My first ski holiday..and definitely not my last

Woodend Mill - Feb 2012

Whilst not much free time over the past few weeks to spend at the mill, I managed to squeeze in a few days in Scotland to enjoy my first ski-ing holiday :)

The weather was wonderful and I have come back feeling refreshed and unbroken! Yay!

Glenshee - Feb 2012

A New Year

St Kilda, Melbourne - Jan 2011

What a difference a year makes...this time last year we were in Melbourne though 2012 has started with bright skies and I am feeling optimistic :)

View From Our Home - Jan 2012

The Aspect of Nature

Thoughts as I sit and drift in my studio...

the aspect of nature in my work.

The drawings are an expression of.....?

Shapes, forms, interfere, disrupt, harsh, strict, quiet colours.

My drawings are rarely seen or spoken about.

My studio

How & where should they be placed, hung, shown, exposed. 

Trees - they reference back to my landscape work, they highlight nature in a simple yet evocative way.

Delicacy, surrounded by the unfinished architectural chaos surrounding it. 

Is that how it looks, is the messgae clear to the viewer & does it need to be?

The painting does not say enough for me sometimes. 

What will my drawings do that my paintings do not?

'All Alone', own work

Trees

The lonely tree is standing strong in my work.  Where is this going?  Nature is crawling back into my work and I feel excited about it. I have almost missed it.  Finding my uni creative diary it has taken me back to that time...the thoughts, the comments, critiques, pathways.

Port Douglas, Australia

Grand Cayman, Caribbean

'Growing Towards The Light', recent work

'As Nature Crawls Back' New Series

Two of my most recent paintings. Through thoughts, experiments and travels - the landscape seems to have crawled back into my work. These pieces will be on show in Hale at the end of this month, I am looking forward to getting feedback on this new series of work.

Small studies

Unknowingly, my recent studies have a striking resemblance to my 3rd year degree work. It seems my work has gone full circle, wrestling with the same thoughts and conflicts as I did in my final year.  The focus on my environment, the landscape and the effect we have on it, is a constant route of investigation for me.

Recent study

3rd year degree work