There wouldn’t be many people who haven’t heard of street artist Beastman. His work is instantly recogniseable and everyone has had a chance to see his recent work in Art & About Sydney (Streetware 2011), “Transient” a pop-up exhibition at the Galeries in Sydney, the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island and his latest exhibition “Cosmic Nature” opens tomorrow night (Thursday... 

Numskull must have been working around the clock with everything he has been involved in recently. All the street art lovers will have recently seen his work in Art & About Sydney (Streetware 2011),  a pop-up exhibition at the Galeries in Sydney called “Transient”, the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island and his latest exhibition ‘Mixed Messages’ is currently showing at Kind of... 

If you’ve been to Eveleigh Artisan Markets you will have seen Samantha Denmark at her gorgeous Big Toast stand. Her beautiful and playful illustrations come on canvases, notebooks, prints and they make beautiful cards for all occasions. I have several favourites and I love the titles given to each illustration (“Mr Tea loves Mrs Toast” above left). If you haven’t been to the... 

Everyone knows by now that I am a huge fan of street art. I love walking through the streets of the Inner West and stumbling across a new piece of art on the walls. Nothing beats turning my head to check if there is a new splash of colour in a laneway and spotting a new work. One street artist whose work never fails to bring a smile to my face and brighten my day is Birdhat. I was excited that I got... 

I started photographing the free rotating art exhibition next to the Crumpler store on King Street last October. There have been several changes since then. A couple of months ago, some bastard actually stole the Phibs artwork right off the wall. It took a while to get a replacement board back up on the wall, but it’s up and I was excited to see that Phibs has made a return with another one of... 

Bet you didn’t have a better weekend than me! On Friday I managed to buy an original Beastman artwork at the grand opening of the new Colour By Numbers Gallery on Enmore Road. I was also lucky enough to meet Beastman on the night and to say that I was super excited by this would be a dramatic understatement. I tried my best to play it cool so that I didn’t scare him, but I’m not... 

It’s not everyday you can walk down a street and say “There is a shark on the roof!” It is also a very strange thing to be seeing in the Inner West of Sydney, not a well known area for shark spotting. For those of you that may not be familiar with Marrickville Road, it has some interesting roof art going on. The shark on the end of a fishing line above the Marrickville Seafood shop... 

The Antique and Design Gallery in Alexandria has to be seen to be believed. You can’t miss this bright yellow warehouse as you drive along Mitchell Road and it brings new meaning to the phrase “jam packed”! The ground floor is full (literally packed from the floor to the ceiling) with pre-loved items of furniture, clothing, accessories, instruments, surfboards, bicycles… you... 

I just made it to this exhibition before it closes on 10th July. Don’t miss this show. I would love to own a work by each of these artists. James Blackwell’s assemblages and sculptural works, based on natural forms, are intricate, delicate, small in scale and beautifully made. The works invite close inspection and contemplation. Nicolas Uhlmann’s sculptures  are expressive,... 

I will never look at a breadtag in the same way again! I dropped into Sweets Workshop to check out Breadtag World which is the current solo exhibition by inner westie, Beth Taylor. After hearing about how she created her artwork completely from breadtags I had to see it for myself. Big thanks to Beth for giving us an insight into her art, inspiration and process.  The exhibition is on until Wednesday...