23rd June My last day in the cottage! It was also the day I met Rebecca Owens, the Arts Officer who deals with the artist residency...

22nd June Early this morning I drove down to the Quarantine Station to access the beach to do a bit more scavenging for my mould-making....

21st June After an early night I was late to rise – almost twelve hours of glorious sleep, I think! I had a pretty cruisy morning of...

20th June Having organised all my bags the night before, I was on the road to Mount Donna Buang by the planned 7:30am, but unfortunately...

19th June I posted the blog early yesterday, so missed my little afternoon excursion. I had to drive my rubbish up to the bins, so...

18th June I set the alarm to make sure I got up early, ready to leave before 8am to catch the low tide at Mushroom Reef, and was good to...

17th June After another glorious sunrise, I had pondered heading further back down the peninsula to check out Fossil Bay and Mount Martha...

16th June I didn’t leave the cottage all day, instead staying in the studio to work both on drawing, and on finishing my articles for...

Thursday 15th I slept in, having stayed up a bit later working in the studio, trying to tire myself out to ensure a good sleep. I woke...

Wednesday 14th The morning was fine, so I drove up to Gunner’s Cottage to park the car, then set off on foot on the path to Fort Nepean....

Tuesday 13th Waking up at just after 6, I found it was still absolute dark outside, so enjoyed my first coffee in my warm bedroom. As the...

To see videos of the three-day journey some 1800km's from Brisbane past Melbourne, visit my Instagram @studiosvenja. Monday 12th Three...

I've been quietly preparing for my Residency at Police Point on the Mornington Peninsular all week in between resting up after my recent...

11.11.2019 Great news! I have been accepted for an artist residency on King Island during the month of December this year! A remote...

2.12.2019 What an incredibly surreal day! 3am was wake-up, for a 5am flight to Melbourne, which was very wintery! Transition to REX...

3.12.2019 Although tired out and in bed by 8pm, the ferocious winds last night kept me from falling asleep, and made for a very weird and...

04.12.2019 Thanks to Fay’s plunger, I was able to start the day with ‘gumboot water’, as we fondly refer to it – enough to get me on the...

7.12.2019 I planned to take it easy on Thursday as my back was sore from battling against the wind, rock-hopping and holding strange...

8.12.2019 Sunday I woke at dawn to sun and stillness – amazing! No time to waste – drink that coffee and get out there! I drove down to...

11.12.2019 Monday I woke at dawn, and got into the domestics, tidying the ‘Love Shack’, and went down to the bakery early whilst I waited...