Denise Faulkner
@denisefaulkner.art
Australian watercolour artist, Burmese cat slave, nature lover, bibliophile, working in and inspired by Wiradjuri country near Mudgee https://shop.denisefaulkner.art/
I have been busy the last few months helping to organise an exhibition honouring the superb fairy wren and ways we can help them into the future, along with fellow artist Margot Stephens. We have over forty artists involved. Opens this Friday night in Mudgee if you are in the area
Splendid fairy wrens *enjoy fairy cakes… or so I am led to believe… *they don’t actually like fairy cakes, but they do like insects, which fairy cakes if left for a long time will eventually attract… Painting available from the Moree Gallery moreegallery.com.au/denise-faulk...
The National Environmental Standards released today do not deliver the strong nature protection the Albanese government promised with its reform of the national nature law. #auspol #nature www.acf.org.au/news/disappo...
‘Disappointing’ standards fall short of what’s needed to protect…
The environmental standards released today do not deliver the strong nature protection the Albanese government promised with its reform of the national…
acf.org.au
Yay! The day is finally here! Calendar presales for 2027 are open! (Sadly buying my calendar early does not make this year race ahead with the promise of a better next year, all I can offer is a wee bit of whimsy each month in 2027) Link in bio
I have never been shown one advantage of using AI to write or research. Every single example of someone saying how they find it helpful is accompanied with "But make sure you check it because you can't trust it". Enshittifying your writing and research should not be an aim.
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 3mo agoAnother one bites the dust. Just *do the work* you lazy poseurs. You want all the laurels of scholarship and publication without the labour.
RIP Bill Oddie My favourite Goodie and fellow bird nerd. Thank you for the inspiration
Every now and then I paint a picture that surprises me… My black swan snacking on a lamington is one of those paintings
“The Last Supper” featuring twelve of our visiting apostlebirds making mischief with my favourite comfort food, tomato soup. Currently on display as part of the Muswellbrook Art Prize!
Attention: Here is an important cartoon about an Australian Cultural Icon! (untrue) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The government has decided to charge MONEY to visit the Twelve Apostles! Unaustralian! | First Dog on the Moon
Maybe we should go all the way and turn it into a 12 (7) Apostles theme park!
theguardian.com
My two current works in progress (ignoring the hundreds of half finished paintings all over the place) Definitely a bit of a theme going… Meet “Hello Possum!” and “Dame E(chi)dna”
A few minis almost finished… a few tweaks here and there and then they will be available for adoption Fit For A King (Fisher) James Pond The Spry Who Loved Me (sold) Lost in the Details The Bluebird of Happiness
Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now cybernews.com/security/dev...
One developer’s tool strips AI and other junk from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
A developer released a free tool called “Just the Browser” that disabless AI features, ads, and other unwanted junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
cybernews.com
Happy New Year! May 2026 be the year that all your dreams come true! And may you be as happy as this fairy penguin is with his fairy cake
Wishing you all the merriest of Merry Christmases and the happiest of Happy New Years!
Trying to stay cool on this hot and blustery day by painting a fairy penguin with fairy cake
▫️ Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus. ▫️
It is a scorcher here today so where does my cat decide to sit? On me… I am melting… For once I wish she was rolling around in my wet paint
These quirky characters will be making their way on to my website over the weekend. Sign up to my newsletter (link in bio) to find out when.
The only downside to having wings is when you want to dunk your iced vovo in the tea you are holding… and no pockets means you have to store your biccy (bikkie? bickie?) for later in your crest
Oh dear, what started as a bit of practice painting quirky characters is getting out of hand… I suddenly want to paint ALL the Australian animals drinking tea now… Still undecided whether they need pretty backgrounds or to just let them be…
Last two pieces of the puzzle… I have four of these Precious Precarious Porcelain paintings heading to a women and birds exhibition at the Mudgee Arts Precinct in December
Work in progress… This is by far my most over the top painting and it isn’t finished yet (although I am running out of room) A pack of pretty pardalotes perched on precariously placed precious porcelain
