This is the year I have given myself permission to design the life I want to lead my way and to encourage others to do the same. As I do this I become clearer in how I want to work, what I want to create and how important travel and adventure are in keeping my inspiration alive.
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Pooling (detail) work in progress sandbag sculpture
Whenever I make new art, I ‘talk’ to my materials with my hands; moving papers around, ripping some up, stitching some together, folding and glueing. It's what I've been doing as I get ready for my exhibition, Paper at The Centre, Beaudesert, QLD in January.
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New views from other windows in far north Queensland.
Seeing things from a new perspective, allows them to come into better focus, where you can see the luminosity shine through. When confronted by my own perceived inadequacies, art provides a window with new views.
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Kendal Mountain Festival with Tibetan flags flying - 10x10cm collage
Fluid time is variable, flexible and adaptive. Which is what I have experienced this week in England as I packed in travel, discovery and art in 7 days of wonderful adventure. Time that is measured not by the hours in the day, but in the fluidity of motion.
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Standing in front of our new motorhome in Mansfield, UK.
This week I listened to my inner voice, booked a ticket to London Heathrow, caught a train to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire and bought a motorhome. Some people thought I was mad to do such a wild thing, but there were others who encouraged me to keep going, so I did.
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The pic that first captured my interest, an MA in Arts +Place
How do you choose your own adventure? Combine art and travel and that’s the grand adventure to me. Which is what I’m planning for 2023. This is the big reveal. I’m off to Devon, England to undertake my Masters at Dartington Arts School.
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Dispossession, at the Ocean Shores Art Expo 5-6 November 2022.
You can make art with any materials and any tools, but like writing a story, you need the right ingredients to start. When people ask me about artist residencies and what to create, my answer is the stories will find you. You first need to listen …
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The beanie brigade. Myself (back) Carol Robinson and Siobhan Daniels (front)
I’ve lost count of the number of synchronicities that have happened in my life. When you say yes to opportunities and chance meetings with people, sometimes the best experiences present themselves.
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Sandbagging the Past, hessian sandbag, paper pulp, paper doily, rust marks, 2022
I have been creating new ‘place mats’ about time and place. They talk to me about preservation. Of objects, of homes, of lives. The idea of ‘sandbagging‘ the past is a topical subject. Floods now sweep across northern Victoria and western NSW and sandbags replace fire hoses as we swing in this pendulum of climate crisis.
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Leviathan, 2021. Mixed media .
What if you could make art that incorporated a formulaic method of response to an idea or materials where the images appeared “as if by magic” and all you have to do is join up the dots. Wall art or ‘art to make you scratch your head’?
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