I am an artist with no workspace, camped by a sluggish creek and a busy highway in the Queensland heat, where the bush rats, pythons and mosquitoes are relentless
I love this style of art, and it’s a beautifully written article. Would like to know where I can get some of it, but I can’t seem to find any more info about him. There’s a Michael Koren who makes bendy wooden spoons and a Michael Koren who is a musician, but I can’t find this guy.
I think he’s the bendy spoons guy; they both talk about north Queensland, and the spoons guy worked with fallen wood. But it doesn’t seem like the spoon guy has produced much in the past few years, which might coincide with him moving into his van.
I also found this listing [ https://creativeriverina.com/listing/wandering-artist-group-michael-koren/ ] which I suspect is also the same guy; it has photos of a couple artworks and a couple bendy wood pieces. It’s not clear that anything is for sale, but he lists “artistic services” and has an email, so you might drop him a line if you’re serious.
From the article, it doesn’t sound like he’s the sort of guy who would have much of an internet presence. The only service he can probably access is cellular, and out where he’s at might only have Telstra, maybe Optus. He doesn’t have an address, so he likely can’t get a postpaid plan. Aldimobile probably has the best prepaid deal on Telstra’s network, $59/month for 175GB.
But also, I think he might just prefer physical mediums. If that’s the case, he probably has no way to scan them to put on the internet. Remember, the local library won’t let him join without an address. He sketches on A3, a scanner that big would probably be really cumbersome to keep around in a van that small.
All of which seriously sucks. You’re right, his art is really good, and I wish I could buy a print online to support him a bit
I love this style of art, and it’s a beautifully written article. Would like to know where I can get some of it, but I can’t seem to find any more info about him. There’s a Michael Koren who makes bendy wooden spoons and a Michael Koren who is a musician, but I can’t find this guy.
I think he’s the bendy spoons guy; they both talk about north Queensland, and the spoons guy worked with fallen wood. But it doesn’t seem like the spoon guy has produced much in the past few years, which might coincide with him moving into his van.
I also found this listing [ https://creativeriverina.com/listing/wandering-artist-group-michael-koren/ ] which I suspect is also the same guy; it has photos of a couple artworks and a couple bendy wood pieces. It’s not clear that anything is for sale, but he lists “artistic services” and has an email, so you might drop him a line if you’re serious.
From the article, it doesn’t sound like he’s the sort of guy who would have much of an internet presence. The only service he can probably access is cellular, and out where he’s at might only have Telstra, maybe Optus. He doesn’t have an address, so he likely can’t get a postpaid plan. Aldimobile probably has the best prepaid deal on Telstra’s network, $59/month for 175GB.
But also, I think he might just prefer physical mediums. If that’s the case, he probably has no way to scan them to put on the internet. Remember, the local library won’t let him join without an address. He sketches on A3, a scanner that big would probably be really cumbersome to keep around in a van that small.
All of which seriously sucks. You’re right, his art is really good, and I wish I could buy a print online to support him a bit