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k i m

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About Me

i draw. unisa is home for the next three years... i’m the most scorpio scorpio you’ll find... i make coffee to pay the bills and drink coffee cos it's yuuuum… love music, both listening to and playing. one day i'll master the harmonica. and the banjo. and the bass... accomplished procrastinator... sweet tooth... have longer legs than anyone i know... hermit tendencies... have just spent a month in india and nepal… laugh a lot... would love to bungee jump… can't wait to learn to blow glass... enjoying this thing called life and all its twists and bends...

please contact me if you have any queries regarding portraits or commissionsall images displayed are drawings

My Interests

drawing and art, talking about art, music, the banjo, figs, chocolate, chocolate coated figs, chocolate coated anything, travel, womad, music festivals in general, coffee, daring to do, like minds, words, reiki, road trips, reading, probing questions, thunderstorms, triple j, hands, playing golf, fireworks, bourbon, the yoghurt shop, looking for the links in things, not the gaps...

I'd like to meet:

lucien freud, gary hume, ani difranco, kate langbroek and the chick from soko

Music:

bloc party, pink, the waifs, kent, yeah yeah yeahs, sleater-kinney, stars, tegan and sara, goldfrapp, ladytron, the audreys, ingrid michaelson, the raveonettes, kate miller-heidke, the sounds, the long blondes, hot hot heat, the pipettes, okkervil river, shout out louds, custom kings, heather frahn, muse, missy higgins, the concretes, ray lamontagne, the be-good tanyas, the killers, imogen heap, the view, royksopp, the cure, xavier rudd, the knife, m ward, gomez, powderfinger, clare bowditch, ryan adams, swervedriver, shivaree, ani difranco, michael franti, sarah mclachlan, kt tunstall, the frames, ben lee, my friend the chocolate cake, jen cloher, holly throsby, damien rice, tori amos, placebo, m83, sarah blasko, regina spektor, matt costa, david bridie, angus and julia stone and a bizillion others i've forgotten...

check out one of these albums by the swedish band, kent!

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Movies:

little miss sunshine, lost and delirious, the rage in placid lake, lost in translation, finding neverland, 21 grams, thankyou for smoking, about a boy, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, crackerjack, pulp fiction, thelma and louise, fried green tomatoes, before sunset, amelie, finding nemo, napoleon dynamite, pride and prej… and then for the tragic sap in me: notting hill, the notebook, love actually, the truth about cats and dogs, salaam e ishq, kissing jessica stein, the wedding singer, imagine me and you…

Television:

the l word, grey's anatomy, love my way, buffy, alias, bad girls, boston legal...

Books:

tim winton. nikki gemmell. anne tyler. peter goldsworthy. anything random and mind-expanding.

Heroes:

sydney bristow, claudia karvan, myf warhurst, leunig, nikki gemmell...

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My Blog

drawing... the consumer of all things... (22 dec 07)

hey everyone, been working on this drawing for about three weeks. i'm sitting here in the quiet house looking at the finished picture and feel like doing a little ruminating. i'm not sure i'll be a...
Posted by k i m on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:02:00 PST

Feast drawing 2 (5th Oct 07)

So this one was an even bigger relief to finish than the last hands drawing. Again, it was totally different to draw than anything else I've tried and probably about 5 times the size (it's a metre ...
Posted by k i m on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

Fingers for Feast - 21 Sept 07

hey everyonethis has been the bane of my existence for the last couple of weeks but it's finally done so i thought i'd put it up and see what you think. it's going to be part of a group exhibition for...
Posted by k i m on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:35:00 PST

new drawing - 5 september 07

well, it hasn't been the most productive few months but i think i'm back in the zone...this will be the last commission for a while. keep watching this space - there should be some new and much more e...
Posted by k i m on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:05:00 PST

it's a drawing! surprise surprise 23/7/07

glad to have this one finished - wasn't the easiest drawing in the world! it's a commission for a woman who wanted a male to match another drawing of a female she bought previously.as always, any comm...
Posted by k i m on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:36:00 PST

hot off the tip of my charcoal stick (26/6/07)

just finished her... hope you like! any comments or advice will be greatly appreciated... ...
Posted by k i m on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:25:00 PST

New nude.... 28th May

i've got charcoal soot from head to toe but also that lovely feeling of completeness.dodgy photo but you get the idea....it's one of my favourite people in the world. love ya heaps kaye!...
Posted by k i m on Mon, 28 May 2007 04:21:00 PST

p!nk!

I was lucky enough to be standing only a few metres from the gorgeous Pink last night at the Entertainment Centre! Can that pint-sized feisty chick rock!It was such a pleasure to see someone of such f...
Posted by k i m on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:32:00 PST

Saucy Sarah Shahi

Actress Sarah Shahi - aka Carmen from The L Word...Charcoal on paperThanks v and hf x ...
Posted by k i m on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:13:00 PST

First portrait in charcoal...tell me what you think!

I've just finished this one for a good friend. Comments and critiques appreciated!...
Posted by k i m on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:14:00 PST