Art and story…finding the storyteller…
“Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.” ― Rumi I am a storyteller...always have been. For me stories and art are inseparable and always have been. Stories take...
Friends and inspiration
Michelle turned 40 and her lovely Mum Val threw her a surprise party on a warm Melbourne Cup afternoon. Her love if Owls inspired me to create another one off bag. I feel like each bag I create extends the possibilities. It is a lot of fun to be able to shape...
Watching
Playing with an image as always. This owl insisted on being painted...I tend to search for figures but owls are still a favourite and like to appear in my work from time to time. In the night sky waiting, Timeless wisdom gazes out across the endless canvas,...
Queen of Hearts
Playing with the completion of this piece which is the first of a new series to be finished. This was based on memories and ideas about my Grandma, her days of dance halls and her favourite Queen of Hearts costume. She is watching through the dress but the Queen of...
The waiting place…art and time
We think there is always time for art....or we think there is not enough time. Art is one of those things that makes us, as artistic souls, come alive. What happens when life is so busy and then the unexpected happens....how do we find time. My friend Sue, reminded me...
Changes
Life is a process of exploration and change. I have recently pushed my boundaries and as such, my art has changed. I went to Tracy Verdugo's art retreat in Melbourne and was challenged to...
Artist retreat- stretching boundaries…
A few weekends ago I went on an artist retreated run by Tracy Verdugo. I started writing up what she did but part of me feels you should go explore her site and perhaps read her book. It is nice to explore individually. Her process has similarities to Flora Bowley but...
Personal accordion book
I am coordinating a writer's festival for 300! Yr 9 students. I wanted an activity that was engaging and would incorporate text and images. I decided an accordion book could offer some good possibilities so today I started my example piece. Steps to making a personal...
A story nestled within the layers.
Every artwork cradles a story nestled within the layers where it waits to be discovered. Stories come to life differently as each artist carries their own stories and each person who approaches and reads, draws out meaning, that is coloured by their own stories. We...
Be brave…imagine
Sometimes when you approach a work and starts to take shape but it is not quite there, you have to take a leap into the unknown to create something fresh. My w ork is intuitive and I listen for inspiration. As I look back at her starting point and the caption, I...
Dreams…through the layers…
Building layers is what gives my work it's complexity. I want to explore all the levels needed to take my work to the space where it finally feels complete. So this is 'Dreams' it started as a colour background exploration where I kept adding until an image appeared....
Mentors, angels and art
Sometimes we all need to be reminded to play and how being passionate about life opens amazing doors and opportunities. Returning from Gallery 314 Church st after dropping off my artworks, I went via my favourite book exchange cafe in Swan St Richmond. A coffee and a...
Exhibitions, organisation and life
I have been sick all week with a deep chest infection so getting up to deliver my art work to the next exhibition opportunity. I have 2 large pieces and 5 A3 works on paper at 314 Church st at the Contemporary Artists Society of Victoria (CAS). So nice to get them...
Wings…allowing and learning to play.
She is lost in the moment as she spreads her wings and moves to the rhythm of her heart. She is another piece for the CAS annual exhibition as one of 5 works on paper. These smaller pieces give me room to explore and play with what is possible. This post is about the...
Step by step…stamps and micro movements
Sark calls them micro movements. Those things you do when you don't have the time or energy to do the larger things on your creative list but want to keep moving and creating. Today I am getting over a basic bug that has slowed me down so I have been practicing micro...
The process: time, change and adaptation.
Nothing is ever really finished. Art like life is this amazing process of creating and evaluating. I have at least 10 works in play at any one time. I am continually researching and looking for new inspiration. A piece I believed finished will often evolve because a...
Letting go…
I went into organising phase this morning, slowly clearing a small corner of the garage. I think they call it avoidance. Then a warm bath and a good book. By the time I got to...
Unearthing past prints
I am slowly clearing small sections of the garage which is storing a lot of my past art works. I found some cards I made when I was pregnant with my first child. So long ago. It is amazing how old works and...
Second opening…what an great show.
I went to Brunswick St Gallery for the second opening(a bit like "second breakfast " I guess ...if you get the reference ). I didn't feel like the crowds that I knew I would get last Saturday night so I skipped that but the second event was a great idea and an...
A view through my window.
Today was clean up day as I went about organising the studio. I had been working on so many pieces that I needed to find order again. This is the view through my studio window at the end of the day. I had a little time to...
A question of what is and what is becoming???
I am continuing to work on several starting points and totally re-working one piece that was never quite there for me. My major challenge at the moment is knowing when to stop. I feel like I lose some of the freshness and looseness and so need to be aware of what I...
Meat ball delight.
Healthy warming meatball delight. Today I decided to make meatballs. Saw Jamie Oliver make them and got some tips but I am not a big fan of fennel so Tim to create my own version. I added a few extra veges to make the...
So many starting points…
There are so many starting points and I am surrounded by ideas. I use watercolour paper as a pallet to create a starting point. So much easier once the page is no longer white. I add random scraps of collage from the studio or an accession all stencil , until an...
Where the wild things are calling
There are moments in time when you know something has changed. Not something apparent to others but something unseen and un-named. I find myself doing a lot of exploratory pieces that are looking over there shoulder. Looking behind at something or towards something....
Delivery and sale…
The coldest day in a long time and I was off to the Brunswick Street Gallery for delivery of works for the small works show. Then traditional Greek banquet in Brunswick st with Keith and then home. The nice surprise...
All those little moments…
She was about time flying but transformed into the place where all those small moments are held and remembered. The layers built...with impasto medium, stencils and stains, she moves into each moment. Time...
Circle stories
Last week I was lucky enough to be at a conference in Darwin and I did a pre-conference workshop with the talented author Nadia Wheatley . If you know " My Place" you have a sense of her awareness of the importance of place. To my surprise and joy I ended up spending...
Through the layers
Some days the act of painting is a push and pull where you feel like you are carving through in order to draw out something not yet definable. Today was one of those days as I worked on 2 small canvases. This is where I left them and will hopefully complete them...
Journal play girls
The Darwin trip was amazing and I got lost in the stories and words. Today was the first day back in the studio for a short time. Too much going on at the start of a new term. Here I the works I explored while away as well as an A3 piece I was working on today. All...
Can't be bothered, chunky vegetable soup.
This is another version of my Thai pumpkin soup but chunky and easier. Honestly I wanted something quick and easy and it was this or take away. Ingredients 3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste 2 Spanish onions finally diced 2 sticks of celery with leaves finely diced 2...
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