Me and my dad at his pharmacy in 1978 just before I went overseas.
My word for 2021 is BALANCE. I remember my dad working every day of the week. So I’ve decided to take Sundays off and am stepping away from my computer. Time for some Sunday adventures - it’s the new balance in my life.
Read MoreWhen the world went into lockdown and my travel plans were cancelled, I brought the world to me. The view outside my window became a portal into the chaotic world outside and my daily lives on social media helped inspire others to keep creating through crisis. I learnt that home can be the best source of inspiration.
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Solstice Postcard & a travel memory on my YouTube channel
Tomorrow in Australia we celebrate the longest day and shortest night with a rare solstice event. Jupiter and Saturn, our two biggest planets in our solar system, will be in conjunction, appearing as a single bright star in the night sky, close enough together to “kiss” each other . What a great time to make a wish!
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To Taiwan in an artist book filled with temple papers of gold and red.
Travel is a “virus of restlessness” writes American author John Steinbeck. This year I have started making artist books again as a way to relive my travels when we can’t travel anymore. Reading Steinbeck reminds me that the urge to be somewhere else can be found by reading a book - or making one.
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Detail of a collage, 2011.
Backyard beekeeping and bee hives featured as a recurring motif in my early art works. Taking possession of new bee hives is a circuitous route back to exploring what home means in the light of the year 2020.
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Afternoon light in the garden
What brings you happiness? For me it is the beach and my garden. It is also creativity. I’ve teamed up with 3 other women to bring the gift of happiness, wellbeing and inspiration to your inbox starting December 1st. It’s free to join.
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Close up of original postcard with collage additions
Perseverance in art is essential. There is also an art to perseverance. I think about Shakespeare and the history of the Globe theatre today as I collage a postcard, which becomes a portal into a time of plague, chaos and playwriting.
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Cristo Rei (Christ the Redeemer) statue on the hill overlooking Dili harbour, Timor Leste
What this week has shown us is - Never take democracy for granted. In this momentous week I remember the 11th of November, the Whitlam dismissal, NAIDOC week and the struggle for independence when the Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia. Democracy hard won.
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The first steps…screen print on map and sizing up
Navigating through life is a journey of discovery. Where will you go next? A book made from a map is a placemaking activity. It shows you where you are now, where you’ve been or where you want to go next. A pocket map book has even more options, you can add paper ephemera to mark your journey, tickets are a great addition.
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The introduction to my Youtube series
Not perfect, but finished. It’s what I tell my course students and what I have to remember to do myself. Make mistakes, there are no mistakes. What we have instead are perfect imperfections, the messy human side of us revealed.
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