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paintergirl

modern art makes me want to rock out

About Me

I'm going to hospital on 26th Feb (nothing big deal) - but if you wanna find out if I'm okay, you can message my nearest and dearest via his band page - here
gemmajones.net - that's me
I'm an artist who likes pop art and painting and collecting. I work with some of my favourite peeps at Outre Gallery in Melbourne. My life is all about art. I live in the inner-west of Melbourne in an old milkbar where I live with my grey kitten Cuby, my brother Blonde Dan and a backyard full of volkswagens. I'm an ex-mod with an enduring passion for sixties culture and an obsession with good hair. I think I'm feistier than the average girl and proud of it. I'm a rough tough cream puff - I smile like a saint but I curse like a sailor...
I'm also a co-founder of the koolest Melbourne Stitch'n'Bitch: The Kaotic Kraft Kuties! Join our myspace group at:
I also just opened a little Etsy Store! Woohoo! Click my lil banner!
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests


painting
vintage volkswagens
op shopping
old school love letters (you know - with stamps)
pop art
Bridget Riley
lowbrow art
Tim Biskup
Mary Blair and Jim Flora
Marimekko
Biba

Rudi Gernreich and Peggy Moffit
Melbourne burlesque troupes! (not picking faves!)
girl groups
vintage airline aesthetic
old dress patterns
chain stitch
Ryohei Yanagihara
kittens and cats
scooters
sixties folk art
pointy shoes
liquid eye liner
red nail polish
Blythe dolls
drives to nowhere and drive-ins
kissing
beatniks

badges
stripey t-shirts
Vietnamese lunches
free booze at exhibition openings
vegetarian menus
cupcakes from Magnolia NYC
Yoshitomo Nara
Cherry Bar
Cobra Bar (RIP)
Gimme Shelter
old school fanzines
hanging out on Etsy!
mix tapes made with love
plastic jewellery
breakfast at Babka
all-night drunken scrabble tournaments with red wine
Abbey McCulloch
Margaret Kilgallen
Bozo Texino and Hobohemia
beautiful losers
cactus gardens
summer nights
The Hula Bula Tiki Bar in Perth
soy chai
Space Invader
Camille Rose Garcia
Thomas Campbell
old school tattoo style
Angelique Houtkamp
retro-to-go
the smell of paint
frocks by Peta Pledger

me & jessie jean: the jetsetters!

Hand-Jiving with my peeps at Anna's Go-Go Academy!!!!

I'd like to meet:


Graduates (and drop outs) of Fink University, smart kids with a lust for life, rockers'n'rollers, mods and ex-mods, go-go dancers, peeps who like cats, crafty friends, creative types (pretentious wannabes need not apply) and good hearted troublemakers.

Music:

northern soul
Motown
ska and reggae
sixties garage
old school surf music
music my sweetheart plays me
random faves among hundreds include:
The Shimmys

The Action
Small Faces
The Ramones
The Who
April March
The Makers
Tell Tale Hearts
Easybeats
ESG
The Clash
Turbonegro
King Tubby
Lee Perry
Rocket Science
Dirtbombs
Detroit Cobras
Supersnazz
Firestarter
5678s
Guitar Wolf
Mach Pelican
Teengenerate
Big Star
Billy Childish
Lee Hazlewood
Mike Ness
Wanda Jackson
Vashti Bunyan
The Bees
The Specials
The Beat
Buzzcocks
Death Cab for Cutie
Postal Service
Go! Team
Elliott Smith
Arcade Fire
The Young Knives
The Pipettes
Tugboat (yeahhhhh!)

Movies:

beyond the valley of the dolls
puberty blues
big wednesday
le samurai
rosemary's baby
ed wood
the party
mon oncle
blue velvet
pee wee hermans big adventure
blow up
ghostworld
mystery train
tampopo
cry baby
hairspray
grey gardens
pedro almodvar flicks ...

Television:

I can't remember the last time I watched TV ... but ... if I have to:
6 Feet Under
Skippy
Gidget
Monkey
Twin Peaks
Spicks and Specks

Books:

MAGAZINES:
Found Magazine
Giant Robot
Atomic Ranch
Frankie
ReadyMade
Hi Fructose
Monster Children
Gearhead
Paperplane
Juxtapoz
Empty
Bust
Super 7
They Shoot Homos Don't They (made by Shannon!) ...

Heroes:

Little Edie of Grey Gardens ...

My Blog

I'm in an exhibition in Canada! woot! woot!

"LADIES ONLY" GROUP EXHIBITIONfor INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAYThursday 8 March 2007I'm stoked to be featuring next to some amazing female luminaries as part of this show in Canada that opens super soon!T...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:09:00 PST

Feb Top 10: Viewmaster Magic, Bozo Texino, Tea & Biscuits

1. VIEWMASTEROne of the most of-the-heart and most crafty gift to ever come my way arrived humbly in a postpack from WA this week. A handmade viewmaster reel of opening shots taken of my exhibition i...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:56:00 PST

hacky hacky go away

This is a boring arse blog with stuff about HACKERS and protecting your myspace.  I don't really fancy losing my page after all the love that has gone into it - so I'm just shaing this info. ...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:58:00 PST

Tugboat's Rushes EP - it's beautiful modern psychedelia supreme!

My honey made a beautiful collection of songs with his band TUGBOAT. Its all been put together as a 25 minute EP called RUSHES that has just been released only this week! Dreamy, modern psychedelia ...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:41:00 PST

First Ten for 2007: Oz Pop Art, Cake Eating Queen, Furniture Tattoos etc...

2006 was sparklingly wonderful and staggeringly crap. I fell in love, I had a big exhibition interstate, I met lots of amazing artists from all over the world, I got a new housemate (yay!), I go-go d...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:49:00 PST

Ten Things I Got For Xmas: Pain, Happiness, Art, Fun

Ten things I got for Christmas1. GallstonesOkay, I thought this was a sign from Krampus that I had been bad. Real bad. Not good. Absolute pain and no where to run. The low down is that come the ne...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:16:00 PST

Festive Ten: Monkey Magic, The Language of Fans, Icecream

1. MONKEY MAGIC - GO-GO MAGICWhenever I hear: Born from an egg on a mountain topThe punkiest monkey that ever poppedHe knew every magic trick under the sunTo tease the GodsAnd everyone and have some ...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:05:00 PST

G10  Sharpies, Dita Von Teese, WMCA Good Guys Sweaters!

A weird note to everyone that gets the impressions from my blog that I live an unhindered life of riley: be sure I have just as many downers and trip ups as you do. I just don't like to dwell on them...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:05:00 PST

three shows: melbourne / sydney / perth (november)

I did some paintings for some group exhibitions sprinkled about the country! Go support the makers and creatos from all round!MELBOURNESYDNEYPERTH...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:37:00 PST

an long overdue 10: licorice, tretchikoff, siamese twins and tugboat

1. Cuby is on the 'SpaceThe cheekiest kitten in Yarraville now has a voice on the 'space. While I'm at work - he's networking with other cats online and telling all my secrets to my friends. Add C...
Posted by gemma jones aka paintergirl on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:12:00 PST