It is really wonderful to have my iMac back - having thought it was infallible, it broke just after my last post and needed mending. Thank goodness for computer doctors .....
I haven't done much in the studio since Steve arrived home and we are now frantically trying to get things ready for our trip into the centre of Australia, through Birdsville, across the Simpson Desert, over to the Painted Desert (a particular favourite of mine) and then down to Wilpena Pound at the lower end of the Flinders Ranges, back up through Arkaroola at the northern end etc etc. About seven thousand kilometres in all! My camera will be busy - and my mind racing.
Seeing much of my work is drawn from the landscape, I imagine my visual wires will be sparking - hope to do a little mark making along the way, but have learnt from experience that unless you are travelling with other artists, you generally do not stop and take time to draw or paint.
In the mean time I have been revisiting some old work, thinking about some new and wondering what I will fit in once I get home and before Christmas is upon us.
I am sorry I haven't been out and around visiting others blogs and commenting - will do so over the next week and then try and pop in every now and then whilst travelling. For about ten days whilst very remote, I doubt that we will have any connectivity at all.
Love these pieces, have a good trip, the painted desert sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work.. thanks for sharing it. And what an amazing sounding journey! I find that the camera is my sketchbook when I travel, long ago I used to paint outside on mountains in Greece, but now, the camera and long sits on stones to watch the landscape works just fine. Have a wonderful trip!!
ReplyDeleteYour work is amazing! Beautiful colours, designs, layers and shapes. What a delight to see. Your trip sounds amazing and I am sure will provide you much inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful creations, they are always inspiring. Have a wonderful trip!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone, your trip sounds amazing and I know you will have a wonderful time and that you'll find lots of inspiration. In fact, the works you show us here look like fragments from a painted desert. I love the torn, folded pieces. Thinking of you and wishing you a fulfilling experience.
ReplyDeleteThank you all - and to Fiona too who left a lovely comment on the work which I inadvertedly deleted instead of publishing! I am excited about the trip and agree with those that said my images look like work from the painted desert ..... very excited about heading in that direction again. We will be camping for a couple of nights so will be able to take sunrise and sunset photos .. yay. More inspiration for my work.
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ReplyDeletei really like these pieces, the concertina in the center repeated is very interesting visually. your trip (which you are probably on now) sounds wonderful, huge. travel well.
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