Lure of the Sun Exhibition

Last week friends and I caught up in the city and visited the "Lure of the Sun "Charles Blackman Exhibition. 

It runs from 7th Nov2015 to 31st Jan 2016. It is a free exhibition and well worth a visit.

Relax and Reflect

I was fortunate to have a weekend with my family at the beach, to take myself out of the busyness of everyday and have some quiet time.
I have come to understand that stillness for me is a must, it enables me to stop, rest and reflect.
I am going to try to do it more often. Nature itself always provides such wonderful inspiration.
New artwork is on the horizon.

Early morning walks

Time to stop

I did share this brownie with my husband  I promise , it was amazing.

We found this wonderful tea/coffee house called the Silva Spoon at Cottontree on Cottontree Parade

we had a beautiful black and peppermint tea to go with it.

Monte Lupo Masterclass
On Friday 18th September 2015,  I was fortunate to attend a wonderful workshop and masterclass with the inspiring tutors from Monte Lupo. The masterclass was offered through the Swell Sculpture Festival held at Currumbin Beach. Check out the website for these fabulous artists from Monte Lupo and their work. www.montelupo.org.au.

3/9/2015

It was a priviledge to be included in the lastest issue of Down Under Textiles magazine issue 20 by Practical Publishing Australia. If you haven't checked it out, do pick up a copy it is an inspiring magazine. I feel very grateful to have my work included. www.practicalpublishing.com.au

Visual reminders

During the making of the Women Afoot project, I met many inspirational women. One of those being Emma who kindly shared her wonderful  message above. It certainly resonated with me and I keep a visual reminder next to my bed.

New Environment

It has been a very busy few months. I am sorry for the lack of blog posts. After 20 years we have moved from our family home, to our new apartment and new suburb. After much sorting, packing, more sorting and unpacking we are now settled and our new chapter has begun. At the end of June we had a short visit to Darwin and I made a new purchase for our new home.

This beautiful piece of artwork is the work of Artist Caroline Numina. From the Utopia region.  Titled " Medicine leaves." 

Caroline is the eldest of the family of seven children and was born in 1971. Her Father' Country is Utopia and she was brought up in both Utopia and Stirling station. Her father was the brother of famous artists Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre. Both of these renowned artists are Caroline's Aunties and taught her to paint. Caroline and her husband Daniel Pula Turner and six children live most of the time in Darwin. They still travel to the desert to see family.

 I purchased the work from the Readback Aboriginal Art Gallery. 2 Star Village, 32 Smith Street Mall, Darwin NT. A truly wonderful display of inspiring work.

Trip to Tasmania

In April, I was fortunate to have a 4 day break in Tasmania. I travelled from Launceston to Hobart.
I am very much looking forward to going back. I visited many wonderful places and saw lots of incredible sculpture. My highlight of the trip was visiting Mona (Museum of Old and New Art Hobart.) which was just incredible.