“Unwell”
Thirteen songs about getting hurt and getting better.
Unwell: The Brooklyn Mix, 47-minute monolithic pre-master MP3, streaming now on Soundcloud.
http://soundcloud.com/norv/unwell-1
Download available and comments welcome.
Year: 2009
Emergency
Previously, on “How I Broke My Neck”:
“It was a huge relief when the helicopter touched down in Brisbane. A team of medicos ran out with a trolley. As they wheeled me through the big glass doors I sucked some more oxygen through the mask and thought, maybe, I’m going to be OK…”
It was now five hours after I broke my neck in a slow, awkward, unspectacular fall off my bike in the forest near Byron Bay. Continue reading Emergency
“This is Art..”
This is Art.. from Norv 2001 on Vimeo.
A nine minute rollercoaster ride through the great museums of Paris.
The Accident
In 2006 I was heavily into downhill racing on mountain bikes, stunt riding, and skimboarding in gnarly shorebreak. We had to wait for the right conditions to skim, but for the bikes we could take matters into our own hands.
Continue reading The Accident
“Loss..”
Loss.. from Norv 2001 on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/4840940
Losing something on a rainy day..
Sundog
This is a popular painting.
Windshark
I was windsurfing every day at some very sharky locations.
A river full of fins
I Live to Ride
I painted this one at the Data Express courier base in Douglas St, South Melbourne.
I had a little studio in the corner of the warehouse and I would paint in between jobs.
Working as a motorcycle courier was my all-time favorite job and I took to it like a duck to water.
Big Wednesday
“Big Wednesday”, oil on canvas, two panels, @ 48″ x 120″, 1993.
This painting shows a cyclone swell at Manly in 1993. The swell came up from dead flat at dawn to 12-15′ by lunchtime. The only surfable spots on the northern beaches were Fairy Bower, the Queenscliff bommie, North Narra, North Av and South Palmy. This was before tow-surfing was invented.
The best part of this painting is the loving depiction of my trusty FZ750 at bottom left 😉
Contact Grant Forbes at Tigerfish in Torquay for details.