My show is booked and the ads have gone out....Im well into printing....I miss my own grungy familiar surroundings and equipment

I love that it takes 10 minutes to Newcastle from Carrington by pushy

Therese's ankle.still sore after weeks

Doing art shots for me mate mark

Headache....Therese applies medical attention.....remaining head fuzz falls out from frostbite

The Building continues...Im learning lots

Therese in her new consult room SOON

Therese at the good guys....looking for a deal

I feed the painters lollies all day.... to keep the pace going.... Ill switch to insulin if needed

I think the electrician (in the background) never likes his face shown.....I think he is on the run.....3 guys to install the ironing cabinet....Therese says its a gift for me.......he he

Ray the plasterer....ALWAYS bates the electrician.....ALWAYS

there is lots of this going on......a runna way train

This is the darkroom....

Ive never had a dishwasher before...can you wash ya wetsuit in it?

....ducted range hood to come.....paint ....and we have a new kitchen

....this is what we are using for a kitchen at the moment

Some of the guys start work a little.............sensitive

The new living room....and the squatters

The builders catch their own lunch....If you intent to microwave a lizards...treat them like potatoes,pierce the skin....serve with a fresh salad

Do you know what has to happen if the floor in the shower dosent fall properly? You rip it up....After it was completed I found a cracked tile....Photos of the THIRD lot of shower tiles to follow....

Yep...the painters have warmed to us just like the builders....I am sure they are trying our clothes on when we are out

Every day starts with a 90min group hug with the tradesmen....humming and rocking also ad to minimising the feeling of the home invasion....

These double doors lead onto a private deck and then into the master bedroom.....the plywood shutter is trying to lend a "Nordic" touch to the whole scene

Ther side entrance to my studio....there will be a sink under that window....you cant call it a kitchen....you cant call it a laundry....you can call it a bar....yep! the council AGAIN.

The entrance to Therese's waiting room....consultation room further in

The studio...double doors and a loading dock at the back....the back passage actually

This Murray....one of the carpenters....

....and here is dave....another carpenter