A sketch of a barren landscape with ruins and a leafless tree, under a cloudy sky with smoke or clouds, drawn with black ink and some yellow and orange shading.

the kozmokat express

It got to you as fast as it could.

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The Downfall Of Money

A book about life in the hyper-inflationary era of early 1920s Germany, with a cameo from a painter who lived through it.

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Driven Over The Edge

A painting of a forgotten terrorist from a few years ago. Painted late 2010s, Finally being varnished.

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Hallmark Holiday

Yesterday was Valentines Day: Feb 14th.

But for me, it’ll always be the day I got my P Plates in 2006.

Thus, it is also my licence expiry/renewal date.

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Know Your Paint Tubes

Red Oxide was the hero of the morning’s session. This article is about how to read tubes and labelling.

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Outsider Art, Back In The Day

The battles between the outsiders and the insiders has always been around and represented in visual art. I essentially judge works on their individual merits. Both can be good, both can be bad (or criminal). Either way, they reflect values. In this article, I look at Kings Way. A book on Melbourne Graffiti in The 1980s/90s.

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The Superbowl Is Shit

Gridiron is boring, all the best rockers are too old to play half-time, I hate Taylor Swift. Are the ads still a thing? A quick tour of bygone spectator sports good and bad.

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