3. Living in the Seventies

So here I am again, talking to myself lol, or maybe you, if you are out there somewhere. So my website is finally up and running after its initial crash and then what seemed to be an eternity whilst it was being redesigned by powwow. And they did a very good job too I am pleased with it. Hope you all use the E-cards, free of course and add your own caption to a couple of them. I have had fun thinking of captions myself, but I am sure you can think of plenty. You should find something there for every occasion. We will be changing them from time to time to, like Christmas and Valentine’s Day etc. This painting now a print and a portion of it is an E-card “The true colours of Hindley Street” is a favourite of mine.

I had so much fun painting this and it was bought by a psychiatrist and hangs in the waiting room, where it is very popular with the clients. In my youth Hindley Street in Adelaide, South Australia was The place to hang out, we would often “crack a Hindley” and check out what was going down.lol. You would find every type of person there, much like Kings Cross in Sydney. The establishments offered everything from fast foods, to books, gelatarias, charity shops, pasta and pizza, nightclubs, dry cleaning, as well as adult only shops and strip joints. People of every race and religion was there just to look or in the case of The Salvation Army and The Hare Krishna’s, there to convert some wayward souls. Don’t know if it did them any good but it certainly was interesting.

So what a fantastic place for an artist to get inspired to paint a picture, there has been many reincarnations over the years and different shops have come and gone, but basically the feel of the street has remained the same.

If you are not familiar with the twisties packets in the pockets of the raincoat brigade, you may have to listen to the lyrics of Skyhooks’ Living in the Seventies Album’. Lol, they were a major influence on me and a band I still love. Mmm…Talking bands, AC/DC you ROCK!!

Here is another saying that amuses me…

God may have created man before woman but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece.

Till next time

Much Love

Marie xxx

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