August Studio Update
Setting up shop August has been a blur of activity with a focus on my Facebook shop creation, completion of small art pieces and adding art to the various online platforms. Of course, this has meant diving into the online world in a way that I have avoided. Not...
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Art shop learning
Fear of beginnings This online art space is such big learning for me and I must admit it is a bit scary. I keep wanting everything to be perfect and there is a whispered voice that says ...let go. Its really about the opportunity to share in new ways. If you know me...
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Mixed media digital art
Isolation and creative space This all started with a CD cover and a tight deadline that became as long as a piece of string as we all went into lockdown. The CD cover started as a painting and shifted into photoshop for digital refining. What I realised was that I had...
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Evolving wolf art story
The List Yesterday I wrote about my current wolf challenge. So today I acted on some of the ideas in that post. The pack is a page of the same wolf, freely drawn and painted, with her head at different angles and playing with size to create a pack moving into the...
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Wild wisdom wolf art
Wild possibilities As I ponder all the possibilities of this isolation time and the way life has a new flow I have immersed myself in learning and exploring. I know that focusing on a specific area helps push your creative possibilities so I chose an image of a wolf....
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No Kiln Clay
Planning At the start of this year, I had decided my focus was preparing and facilitating the community canvas at Seven Sisters 2020 and then it was completion stage so I would be ready for the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios. Then the world closed down and everything...
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Mixed Media Digital Art
It's a small world Currently, I have been working on my Earth Collection of wearable art Jewellery. All these pieces use images from my original art. I have begun using wooden bezel bases which I love. The warmth of the natural wood in jewellery is such a beautiful...
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Kookaburra Symbolism Reflections
Bushfires Disaster Disasters happen and the VIctorian fires are a horrible reminder of what can go wrong. This post has been difficult to write as I know that there are so many people in pain and suffering from the ferocity of the fires and deep loss of home and for...
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Bush fire animal art
Responding Sometimes things happen that are so big that you respond. The bush fires in Victoria called for a visual response so I am exploring the toll on these innocent creatures. Art gives a voice where words are not enough. I'm not sure where this will lead but...
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Intuitive Art Storyteller USP
Artist USP A USP is a unique selling proposition and is business-speak for what you are about as a business. Now I admit that the art business side has been a challenge. I could paint forever but I know I will run out of space. The artist, dreamer, storyteller has...
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Art Calendars 2020
Angel Grace and Animal Dreaming Calendars 2020 I'm excited to be able to offer a limited number of unique calendars for purchase. I have created an Angel Grace Calendar 2020 and an Animal Dreaming Calendar 2020. ...
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Intention and flow mandalas
Heart Intentions For me, art always starts with a heart intention and so naturally I find myself finding words flowing into the images. I never know what connections will form but the intention for this piece was to create a small A5 mandala with word ribbons holding...
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Mindful Flow Mandalas
Flow Mandala Art Playing and completing flow mandala art pieces as I prepare examples for the weekend workshop on the 7th December. Art is about feelings and stories and creating flow mandalas is perfect for finding your own stories. Finding stories Some stories wait...
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Colour outside the lines
Beyond the edges I have always had this thing about going beyond boundaries. My canvas paintings are usually on double thick canvas so a photo can never show the whole image. I never really did like following the rules and am a messy creative who lets the images take...
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Paint an Angel Workshop Only a few more days to go before my Paint an Angel workshop... So excited about this upcoming workshop that I’ll be teaching at Lentil as Anything in Thornbury! You may wonder what my focus on angels is and why I would want to share this art...
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Angel Art Play
Angel art play The issue is not how to draw or paint an angel but how to break it down so that it is clear that anyone can draw an angel...painting is just the next beautiful layer. My problem is that I tend to over-complicate the process by forgetting that in the...
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Find space to create in the waiting spaces as you find the flow of art in unexpected places.
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Angel and Flow Mandala workshops
Paint, draw, collage and sketch with me. I will provide all the materials and plenty of enthusiasm! Angel painting workshop and Mandala Flow Art at Lentil as Anything in Thornbury. Hope to see you there.
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Rainbow unicorn dreaming enchanted art
Unicorn dreaming… exploring the enchanted world of the unicorn in mixed media acrylic and alcohol inks.
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Sharing stories: animal guide art
Explore a world of animals in a collection of mixed media paintings by Cheryle Bannon Showing at Lentil as Anything as part of the IFE community event. Opening Sunday 25th August from 2-4.
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Missing piece of my heart art
Heart space reflections I am starting a big project with a friend and like and project it is a learning curve. It starts with an idea of a heart that has an aching missing part. This is the point where the idea of a missing part starts revolving in my head. What does...
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Art, illustration and trust
Finding myself in the story I find myself in an unfamiliar space as I explore what story means through the eyes of an illustrator, I know that every art piece I create holds many stories but this is a new perspective. I am illustrating my first book that was written...
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Creating beyond the edges
Shifting spaces Art has a way of redirecting us when we listen and act on our inner guidance. Sometimes an accident can be exactly what you needed to spark the next idea. it feels like the art process has a way of shifting our perspective or stepping using new spaces...
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I create because …a statement
A heart statement As I have gone along this path of continually coming back to my 'why' for doing art I realised that the question of why art? almost felt rhetorical for me. Art wasn't a why question but a because... statement. I know this seems a bit semantic but...
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Wild Soul Creative Focus
Wild Soul Creative Focus I was relistening to Clarissa Pinkola Estés. and her book ‘Women who Run with the Wolves and it felt like synchronicity. I have started sharing about creative intentions and hearing Clarissa discuss focus as part of the nature of stepping into...
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Belgrave Emporium Joy
Belgrave Emporium I have had the good fortune to be involved in the Belgrave Emporium and had the pleasure of meeting one of the owners Lucy who is all heart and a Belgrave treasure. This is really a gratitude post and an opportunity to see my work in this space...
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Setting creative intentions
CREATIVE INTENTIONS I have spent time gathering and considering my process and keep circling back to the beginning. Where do I begin when I decide to create? Sometimes I have no idea at all which art piece I want to create but don’t know what I want to begin with...
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Art is storytelling
Connecting through art and storytelling I know Wikipedia isn't seen as the most reliable source but this was the best definition I found for the way I refer to Narrative or storytelling in my art. The stories that are told are snapshots or vignettes of a larger story....
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Meet the Artist
Live music an artist sharing An opportunity to enjoy art, ask questions and immerse yourself in a lovely environment as you enjoy your Saturday and escape the every day. Hope you will join us as we connect and create. I am so excited to invite share this beautiful...
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Art words and story poems
Art and words I am exploring the words that flow from my spirit animal art pieces. Every art piece has as many stories as people viewing it. This is a story fragment as a poem of words across a page. Spread your Wings is a mixed media resin with acrylic paint and...
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