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On the screen: orange hi-vis shirt pulp with white cotton pulp and flood-mud.

On the screen: orange hi-vis shirt pulp with white cotton pulp and flood-mud.

Discovery and experimentation

June 16, 2019

Experimenting is a process of discovery and that all starts in the studio. Turning up to work in the job of art, often feels like its unproductive and then suddenly your experiments propel you into new forms of art making.

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Brisbane collage from Friday 07 June. Click on the image to read the poem on Instagram.

Brisbane collage from Friday 07 June. Click on the image to read the poem on Instagram.

Daily Creative

June 09, 2019

My daily creative practice is collage. Why do I make these simple collages every day? I believe art helps us make sense of our own lives so that we can navigate the greater world, every day.

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Draining water from the rusted fire pit with its amazing mandala pattern.

Draining water from the rusted fire pit with its amazing mandala pattern.

Start, somewhere

June 02, 2019

Day three of of an artistic collaboration between myself and two other artist friends where we explored print making, starting with no preconceived ideas of where the day’s making would take us.

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Daily Collage 20-05-2019

Daily Collage 20-05-2019

Turning Up

May 26, 2019

Turning up to your art practice is a commitment to yourself and your art. Even when you don’t feel like it, this routine ensures you are always productive in a small way every day.

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Once upon a time when Grandma & Grandpa lived on the farm…….

Once upon a time when Grandma & Grandpa lived on the farm…….

Storytelling

May 19, 2019

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.

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The Whale and I (detail) 2010

The Whale and I (detail) 2010

Stitching

May 12, 2019

Stitching by hand is a meditative process connecting me to my matrilineal heritage. This Mother’s Day I muse on stitching and my mother.

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The house where I grew up in Beaumaris - it has since been removed and a new house built in its place.

The house where I grew up in Beaumaris - it has since been removed and a new house built in its place.

Home sweet

May 06, 2019

Where is home? Is it a place, bricks & mortar or a notion you carry within you, transportable, a place to hang your hat.

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The ‘other ‘ rock, Mt Connor.

The ‘other ‘ rock, Mt Connor.

Red Centre

April 28, 2019

A journey to the ‘other’ rock, Mt Connor, in the heart of Australia’s red centre.

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Obsolescences  (detail) - from the series of post colonial blueprints

Obsolescences (detail) - from the series of post colonial blueprints

Blueprints

April 21, 2019

Writing new narratives for change with a series of post colonial blueprints or cyanotypes created during my artist residency in central Australia

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Footprints

April 14, 2019

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.

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