How are we defined by the stories we tell about ourselves? How do we want others to perceive us? Stories about ourself are powerful and liberating.
Stitching
Stitching by hand is a meditative process connecting me to my matrilineal heritage. This Mother’s Day I muse on stitching and my mother.
Home sweet
Where is home? Is it a place, bricks & mortar or a notion you carry within you, transportable, a place to hang your hat.
Red Centre
A journey to the ‘other’ rock, Mt Connor, in the heart of Australia’s red centre.
Blueprints
Writing new narratives for change with a series of post colonial blueprints or cyanotypes created during my artist residency in central Australia
Footprints
A desert interlude in Curtain Springs, central Australia for a papermaking residency allows me time to ponder my footprints upon the red earth and how we honour this life of ours.
Start here
Clay and paper experiments to further an artistic collaborative project gives me inspiration for my upcoming residency in Central Australia.
Success (or failure)
When you finish a big art project, how do you measure success (or failure)? Its can be a vicious cycle of ups and downs for artists.
A Café somewhere/anywhere
Where do you go when you want to travel? To a café of course to watch the world go by, get inspired and make art.
Endings (and beginnings)
One art project finished and perhaps another beginning. On route to Townsville to connect with flood affected artists in far north Queensland.
Styling
Finding a style that you feel conveys your spirit, who you are, how you meet life. When you find it, embrace it. Your style has found you.
Collections
Collections of things, I’ve got many, some have become artist books, some are still waiting to be transformed.
Tumultuous Times
Living in tumultuous times requires us as artists to think hard about our environmental footprint..
Passion
Day one of this year’s collaborative art project with myself and two artist friends mucking around with clay, paper and fibre.
Visions
Creating a vision board brings the future into the present. Its a powerful transformation tool.
Smile!
Smile and you connect with people. It’s a crucial element of storytelling on camera.
Libertad (Freedom)
Freedom. and art. A reflection post Australia Day on the upraised voices of indigenous people all over the world.
Deluge
The inspiration for my upcoming exhibition Deluge opening in March 2019, Murwillumbah NSW.
Creative Paper Collage
My new art business Creative Paper Collage.
Legacies
What is it that we do in the world, by what deeds do we wish to be remembered.