Tom Mutch · Events & Books
Greetings from Birds Nest Studio – An
update on the Mutch’s adventures. July 7 2008
Dear Reader,
Some of you will know that Tom is taking a one-year sabbatical
from painting. For those that are unaware, we are living in Coffs
Harbour, Australia, for its mild climate and constant surf, where
Tom has just finished his fourth novel The Orchardist, (which has
received great feedback from a variety of sources – we’re
hoping to find a publisher for it after our travels), and has
already started a fifth novel under the working title The Red
Shoe. He keeps his hand-eye-co-ordination honed through pencil on
paper drawings, and keeps his endorphins raging by body surfing
whenever he can.
Tom's War and Famine Series, in particular the painting "The
Carbon Footprint of War & The Pollution of Religion", has
been a key focus in a Discussion written by Dr Margot Edwards
& Dr Ralph Bathurst, (Snr Lecturers at the Department of
Management and International Business, Massey University, Albany
Campus). Dr Edwards writes "We think your painting is a very
significant work, on a global scale, and we would like to make it
accessible to as many people as possible." The Chapter –
"Developing a Sustainability Consciousness Through Engagement
with Art" is to be included for publication in the USA based
book Management Education for Global Sustainability; and may also
be presented in an Australasian Conference Paper. In the near
future, a copy of The Chapter will be available on request if you
are interested in reading it.
We hope you enjoyed the Birds Nest Studio 2008 January exhibition
with David McCracken’s superb steel/stainless steel sculptures
and Tom’s anti-war works [the War & Famine Series]. As
always, we had a great turnout and many private collections can
now boast of their new Mutch or McCracken artwork.
There will be no exhibition in 2009 but we promise you an exciting
show for January 2010, which will be our TENTH exhibition. We’ll
keep you updated on its progress. In the meantime, those of you
that might be interested in Tom’s anti-war works which seem to
have grown legs of their own, log on to www.tommutch.com
or contact us through art.lim@ihug.co.nz .
In six weeks time, we will be setting out on a 13,000km camping
trip into and around Australia before returning to God’s Own to
settle back into a working routine. Tom intends to document our
Australian travels, so expect there will be a new series of works
based around this experience.
All the best to each of you in your endeavours for the rest of the
year and as mentioned earlier we intend to thrill and entertain
you at Birds Nest Studio’s 2010 Show.
Until next time, keep warm over winter.
Kindest regards from Tom and I
Raywin
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