When you make art with a strong message – about issues of injustice or climate change or social breakdown, how do combine the message with aesthetic beauty, without diluting the content? Art can bring revolution and resolution…
Inspirational Exhibitions
What lies beyond the frame of a photograph or painting? Visual artists are also storytellers, they reveal and conceal, hinting at the back story, the why of their creations. As artists it is our job to dig deep within ourselves to find out our why, as this leads us also on the path to self discovery.
Rejection = Redirection
Rejections equals redirection. If you have a Plan Bs this softens the blow. Plan Bs lead you into unchartered waters but they are worth the risk and challenge you to grow.
The reward of patience is…..
How a collection of rocks became a 5 year arts project and a painter found her way to write her family’s immigrant story by exploring the rock, Granite. Sometimes stories and artworks need a long time to ferment before they are ready to emerge into the world.
Inspiration to Exhibition
Even the humble apple can inspire a series of artworks that can then be formatted and exhibited. A bite into a red apple takes you back to your childhood, and suddenly the prints become folded artist books with stories that are ready for exhibition.
Are you ready for success?
When opportunity comes, will you be ready? I never thought that I was good enough to apply for a major international exhibition. I thought I would fail, but then I thought - what if I am successful? Success takes courage and planning.
Stories, storylines and storytelling
The idea that we all can participate in the giving and receiving of stories via cultural rituals, community theatre, festivals and other events, is integral to many cultures. Art is a form of citizenship, to be celebrated and valued through the telling of stories.
Take Heart
As artists and creatives, it is very easy to get dis-couraged.. We need courage to tackle the big (and small) issues which face us daily and the heart to keep going despite the obstacles we encounter.
Room to grow
Creative activation take courage. You need to be able to recognise when it is time expand your horizons. Like repotting a plant. It’s an energetic thing.
The Marigold Antidote
The Marigold Antidote, it’s medicine for the soul when it feels weary and is suffering from general malaise. Finding joy in the day is the active ingredient. Like marigolds in flower, that sunny splash or orange inspires painting and writing. Creative antidotes to pandemic days.