Mother’s Day wishes
My Mum has been gone for a long time now and I miss her. She was an amazing creative soul that inspired me. I thought I would repost this image as it is that really deep mother and child connection that is we are all so aware of today. I have 2 children of my own but...
Mother's Day wishes
My Mum has been gone for a long time now and I miss her. She was an amazing creative soul that inspired me. I thought I would repost this image as it is that really deep mother and child connection that is we are all so aware of today. I have 2 children of my own but...
From little things, big things grow
Big picture girl I am such a big picture girl. Who was I kidding...thinking that I could make a little PDF giveaway of some of my intuitive art techniques. Great idea but guess what happened! As I was working on the PDF I started to realize that I needed extra...
Contemporary Showcase 16
Exhibition opportunity I was invited to be part of the next Contemporary artists society exhibition at Decoy Cafe in Melbourne. I have putin 3 works. If you are a Melbourne local, I hope you get a chance to visit this lovely cafe in Exhibition Street in Melbourne....
Always…
That sense of never knowing there is always someone there for you..That energy of life that vibrates around you as you are guided.
Freedom
Have you ever felt so free that you felt like you were flying? Dancing in abandon as your feet barely touch the floor.
From a distance
Girl and wolf Finished another girl and wolf piece as I explore ways of building layers of color into the whites.
40 Minute challenge
Playing: spontaineous possibilities. Okay it started off as. 30 minute challenge but it is so hard to stop. I wanted to see what I could learn by setting myself a tight time limit as I am good at continually revisiting an art work and tightening up sections...
The muse
Sometimes the muse surprises us. Yes...of course we are looking and exploring possibilities but then there is that moment of magic. Something falls into place. It has always been illusive but now it seems obvious. Why didn't I know this all along or did I need all...
Teaching and learning
Posters, play and inspiration I have a 3 day long weekend and the first day became a school focused day. I am a Victorian State committee member of the Australian literacy educators association. We had an amazing pd focused on images and story with amazing Australian...
Enjoying the layers…
Evolving As I create in my studio I know that my enthusiastic starts will evolve over the next weeks and into months. This is the exciting beginning of the creative process as ideas fall into place and images emerge as I follow intuitions lead. I will inevitably have...
Business pondering
The next step... So I have set up my website and busily propagated it with images. I have steadily built my blog. I have a web presence. What now? I do not know what to do next to take my work from a nice start to a functional small business model. It all just seems a...
What type of wolf are you?
Wolf guidance As I take this journey path to understanding my inner wolf and the wolf guides that have taught and protected me for decades, I am curious about the western perception of the wolf. We grow up with images of the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, the Big BAd...
Confused and frustrated
i wish that I had a head for blogging but this is such a steep learning curve. I have had a blog for nearly 2 years and now realise that I am not doing a portfolio page as the example shows. Well I really would like to as I like the way it looks but after many...
Girl and wolf evolving.
Layered understandings As I work on my girl and wolf series, I am exploring ways of creating my own simplified wolf and girl image. This is a journey as I shape the images and build layered landscape backgrounds. These pieces are a bringing together of many images...
Owl Wisdom
These playful, colourful owls are about our deep inner knowing and listening to our guides. They are the bird on your shoulder that whisper in your ear. They are the silly fluffy balls of possibilities that we sometimes discount as unimportant but they remind us to...
Color and light
Presence of angels This painting has had many stages as I layered through the journey. It started as an older work that I was not satisfied with and so I reworked her until she became something new. There is a lot of symbolism in this piece. The hummingbird symbolises...
Magic and adventure…
Do you hear the call? She is responding to the call, as magic flows around her and guides her on her journey.
Maiden and white wolf*
Revisiting and building layers. I am developing a girl and white wolf series and have a mix of pieces in A3, A4 and A5 size. After developing so many wolf images I knew that I needed to rework this earlier piece. She now looks like an in entirely different painting. I...
Jewellery discovery play.
Ideas and possibilities. I love exploring opp shops and finding bits that inspire me and often are added to my art works or inspire an idea. Yesterday I found these small wooden blanks and was excited about the possibilities. I found a small image to play with from...
She finalist 2016
Time moves on and I get distracted. I forgot about this photo that Shane took of me at Walker Street Gallery in Dandong in front of my entry piece. This is my mixed media mother and child piece tilted "Connection". So glad to be in this national juried show as it...
Wandering through the gardens
A perfect day for an enchanted wander... Today was a magical day. Lisa organized a trip to Cloudhill nursery and gardens in Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria. At first it appeared like a pretty nursery but you could see glimpses of an amazing garden from the...
Girl and white wolf
Never say never. Never tell me not to do something...I met Scott Alexander King who has created some wonderful animal decks and books. He is seen as an expert in knowing what people's companion animal is. It was...
Necklaces…creating possibilities
A range of original and commissioned necklces created from Cheryle Bannon art work images.
Spirit doll: Flowing…
Joyful Expression Spirit Doll She is complete with all the extras and depth of symbolism. This spirit doll is self expression. She is the space of inner knowing as she rejoices in her own power. The blue-greens swirl around her as she raises her arms in celebration....
Face shards and spirit dolls
Spirit dolls I love exploring these spirit dolls with their healing powers and the intentionS they hold. They seem to naturally take shape through an intuitive flow as I follow my inner guidance and py attention to the...
Possibilities and art ramblings.
Ramblings of a creative soul I have been slack with my posting as life got busy. The dreams and desires need to find a place of flow and part of this is creating a regular commitment to my postings as I have to creating art every day. As I transition into my artist...
Spirit dolls…explorative play
Green woman Birthing the soul This spirit doll is an explorative piece using small clay faces and binding techniques. The intention is about beginnings and nurturing new parts of ourselves as awareness grows. These times of transition ask us to go gently as we step...
Jewellery layers
I have been busy playing with refining my jewellery. I started using bought bezels which are fine but somehow not unique enough for my art jewellery pieces. So I have created copper wire bezels and am playing with the possibilities. Copper is linked to the Goddess so...
Business learning
Last night I went to my first women's business network meeting in the City of Glenn Eira. I haven't been to anything like this before...except for conferences was a keynote speaker presentation. Yvonne Adele was presenting on 'Online Marketing, the 5 pillars'. It was...
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