judy horacek
Judy Horacek is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children’s book creator. Her cartoons have been pinned up on doors and walls all over the world.

www.horacek.com.au
 
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judy horacek is trying to work out what the subtle differences are between the phrases 'Leave well enough alone' and 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone'... while cursing the fact that they both apply so well to working in watercolours (especially when you're on deadline for a picture book)

November 19 at 7:44pm
judy horacek
judy horacek
That song has been running through my head constantly. Big Yellow Taxi - it's been alternating with the jingle/dirge for the taxi phone number 'One three cabs, one three cabs, one three cabs' (sung as if descending into hell)
November 20 at 1:36pm
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judy horacek Happy November (for Sunday) everyone. November's Topic of the Month on my website is 'zzzz', the cartoon sign for sleep. Something nearly all of us need more of. (I can't believe I'm at the end of the alphabet again, the letters seem to whizz by very quickly!)

October 30 at 11:16pm
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judy horacek
Here's the link to topic 'ZZZZ'. I know there are better ways to do this, I'll try and learn for next month. Meantime I'm just happy I got this far. http://horacek.com.au/topic-of-the-month/tonov09/
October 30 at 11:21pm
judy horacek

judy horacek As a spinoff from the work in 'Everyday Fairytales', I've made 4 artist's books using the same imagery. The series is called 'Fairytales (Colours)' and consists of Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. They're on display at Helen Maxwell Gallery until Saturday November 14.

October 25 at 1:28pm
Fiona

Fiona everyone will want one!

www.penguin.com.au
Find your very own green sheep with a copy of Mem Fox and Judy Horacek's internationally acclaimed book in this gorgeous box set.
judy horacek
judy horacek
I was cautious when I first heard they were going to make an actual green sheep soft toy, but it's turned out rather gorgeous! Not sure if it's a free sheep when you buy a book, or a free book when you buy a sheep.
October 14 at 10:06pm
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judy horacek My horoscope on the airport bus this morning said 'This month stress and frustration become almost a religious experience'. Guess I should be offering it all up to some higher power then (or perhaps I am already).

October 14 at 4:11pm
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judy horacek Last chance! My exhibition Everyday Fairytales finishes this Saturday, 17 October at 5pm. Next chance! I have 4 artist's books in a series Fairytales (Colours) continuing with the same imagery, and they will be part of the next exhibition at Helen Maxwell Gallery in Canberra, 23 October - 14 November. Both these pr...ojects have been supported by the ACT Government through an ArtsACT Creative Fellowship. Thanks!

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October 13 at 9:20pm
Catherine Stephenson

Catherine Stephenson I am trying to track down a cartoon called (I think) 'Graveyard of Women' but I am having trouble finding it. It is probably my favourite Horacek cartoon and had a huge imapct on me wneh I first saw it. Can anyone help?

October 11 at 8:10pm · Report
Catherine Burgess
Catherine Burgess
http://www.nma.gov.au/collections-search/media?irn=66098&image=yes&size=lrg

Hey Cath, I'm still lovin' Horacek cartoons. Hope this link works, me not being much of a Facebook expert!
October 12 at 2:24am
Catherine Stephenson
Catherine Stephenson
Hi Cath! Thankyou so much. Where did you get it from? You were the one who got me into Horacek in the first place you know. How are you doing? Tell me all the goss. I think of you at work often - mostly when I am grumpy about something and I don't have a small stuffed animal to punch that makes a noise..... I think.. now if Cathy were here there would be an abundence of strange objects that i could punch, throw or squeeze that would make me feel a whole lot better.
October 12 at 3:27pm
Clare Andrews

Clare Andrews I have loved Judy's work for many years now, since first spying her "unreqited love" postcards in the Monash Uni Co-Op bookshop in the early 90's

October 4 at 9:28pm · Report
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judy horacek
I still love that one, although I do wonder why in the drawing the woman has such a huge pile of dishes and yet a perfectly clean floor! Maybe I had just reached the limit of the chaos I could draw.
October 9 at 5:40am
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judy horacek The new topic of the month is up on my website - this month it's 'Yearning'. http://horacek.com.au/topic-of-the-month/tooct09/

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This month’s topic is Yearning. Maybe it’s because spring is in the air in the southern hemisphere (every few days or so, interspersed with more winter). Maybe it’s because it’s the human condition. ...
judy horacek
judy horacek
I love people laughing and crying at the same time at my cartoons - I think that's the best response. Definitely perfect for Yearning!
October 9 at 5:37am
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judy horacek My exhibition 'Everyday Fairytales' is now up and running at Helen Maxwell Gallery in Canberra. It's an exhibition of screenprints about Prague and Melbourne and home and foreignness, and it looks good. Lots of people have already been to see it and I've sold quite a few. It's so good to be at this point!

September 19 at 8:25pm
Karen Green
Karen Green
Went and had a look today while everyone was doing the footy thing. It's gorgeous.
September 26 at 1:43am
judy horacek
judy horacek
Thanks Karen, glad you liked it. (I actually found myself doing the footy thing this year, most strange)
September 27 at 8:18pm
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judy horacek has a new topic of the month on her website. It's X-hibitions (we're up to X) to celebrate her exhibition.
http://horacek.com.au/topic-of-the-month/tosept09/

horacek.com.au
This month’s topic is Xhibitions (it’s not an X-rated topic – the ‘x’ is in caps because that’s because that’s the letter we’re up to, even though as we all know ‘exhibitions’ actually begins with an ‘e’. ...
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judy horacek just took all the work for the exhibition to the framers). Phew and yay!

September 7 at 1:52am
Jules Faber
Jules Faber
Congrats Judy! Bet it's gonna look awesome!
September 7 at 4:13am
judy horacek
judy horacek
I celebrated by doing the dishes - it'd been a while!
September 7 at 5:04am
Desiree Heather

Desiree Heather Hi Judy, I'm another fan and I'll definitely check out your exhibition at Helen Maxwell Gallery.

September 1 at 1:51am · Report
judy horacek
an exhibition for a month
Location:Helen Maxwell Gallery
Time:11:00AM Saturday, September 19th
Caitlin O'Connor
Caitlin O'Connor
All the best with your exhibition, Judy - wish I could come see it!
August 23 at 12:51am
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judy horacek just got a spam email about my 'inheritance fund' of $8.5 million dollars. The return address was 'inherittancecon4343333333333333@yahoo.co.jp' You'd have to be really naive to answer that one.

August 22 at 12:25am
judy horacek
judy horacek
It's kind of them to misspell 'inheritance' too, as an extra alert that it might all be fake, in case the word 'con' isn't enough. I love it that someone out there is playing tricks on the spammers. How do you get to be that person? (Wonder if it's dangerous work?)
August 22 at 1:02am