Thinking about how difficult it would be to create a gumnut or a pink marbled stone ... imagining those shapes and carving them from ... wood and rock.. it really elevates them to treasure status - art.
Meditative works, spins, twists and circles then folding. Peaceful motion bringing a sense of calm purpose this week #moonbowaustralia #australiancolour
Gum leaves Nature’s thrilling palette Surprised and then not surprised at all to find these colours in our collection (see previous post for inspiration)
One year ago to the day the first composition....now again.... in the spirit of gratitude and for the love of seeing what you have around you....these great gum trees drop a rainbow of leaves that gently change in colour by day...endless natural insp
Not isolated at all if you count the birds and the beetles :) hope you are all well in spite of recent changes to freedoms xox #bluesky #southaustralia #sulphurcrestedcockatoo #noisyskies
Staying connected. An interpretation of Amy’s photograph of noticing, being still enough to notice- using walnut pigments.
Huge swathes of eucalyptus bark fall from the tree and lie in the sun. This beautiful tree near Amy’s house produces bark with very fine zigzag shapes layering it’s inner. Even where it cracks and cracks from the tree there are these won
Using what we have, 15km apart - the Moonbow partnership is embracing this opportunity to stay connected to nature and each other - these walnuts from Carly’s tree will become pigment for our art practice....
We will get through this together.
Inching through
On the table : in the sky : overcast tones and soft dark lines #australiandesign #overcast #stilllife
The little moments Assumed and presumed, Slip quickly through The fingers of my busy life. Those fleeting moments of Grace, In things quickly passing I turn to gather Finely layered remnants like these. In the come and go of my days, And discover, wi

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