Aidan's World

The world according to Aidan.

Thomas and Friends

July 17, 2009

Today was my first time on a train ever. And to top it off, my first time on a train was on my favourite train of all – Thomas the Tank Engine!!!

Mum and Dad, David and Max, and I, went to the Zig Zag Railway at Lithgow in the Blue Mountains for a “Day Out [...]

Easter 2009

April 12, 2009

Just like last Easter and the Easter before, today started with a chocolate breakfast.

Lunch, on the other hand, was prefaced by a hunt.

After gathering each item from the menu…

It was time to partake of the spoils.

After which I even found the time to give some back.

Ryan’s Third Birthday

March 1, 2009

Today I went to Ryan’s third birthday party – and it was hot – real hot!
It’s been a year since Ryan turned two, and two years since Mum and Dad took me to Wollongong for Ryan’s First Birthday Party, but this time Ryan had an extra-special Thomas the Tank Engine cake and, right now, Thomas [...]

Australia Day 2009

January 26, 2009

Australia Day this year was spent with Mum, Dad, Godmother Linda and Teri – wandering through The Rocks – before lunch at Pony (the chips were OK).

Blast from the past: Australia Day 2008

Blast from the past: Australia Day 2007 (My First Australia Day)

Artist of the Week

January 13, 2009

I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

I’m not trying to make paintings look like photos. I want to make paintings using photos as a reference, the way painters did when photography [...]