Thanks for Resilience
Two months on and a fresh perspective on my world. Well actually it is three months on. Wow that went fast. With ups and downs, cans and cant's, sudden restrictions on again and off again our lives have been in a state of questions. Do we make plans, buy...
Moving Through The Tunnel
The light at the end of the tunnel seems to be looming closer. It has grown from a pinprick, like a distant star in a vast blackness, constantly out of reach; to something not quite beacon like that illuminates for miles as a guiding symbol. That light, what ever it...
Whitemark on a Map
Mid December 2006 Walter and I drove the old van to Moorabbin airport to catch our flight to Flinders Island. I had recently returned home from an amazing adventure in China and my new studio in Beijing and thought that my time on the trip with Walter would be...
A Journey to the end of the Road
Late 2014 I wrote an article based on an Artist-in-Residence (AIR) in Spain, titled a Tribute to Farrera. Whilst in Spain, at least three times, I drove to the end of the road, usually up a narrow mountain road. Farrera is at the end of the road on the edge of a...
Traveling North Part Two
My immediate environment of my studio and the Dapu Art Centre design influenced A personal Perspective, Lines and Light and He Cha artworks. In Part Two we go outside, further afield to Daqing city and beyond. Daqing city was established through the finding of oil....
Traveling North – A long way North Part One
An invitation to specifically create installation artworks at the DaPu International Art Centre saw me travel into Heilongjiang Province 150 plus kilometers North East of the capitol Harbin, to Daqing. Artists in this recently established city had heard of...
A River Journey
My second journey in this series takes us along the Hudson River USA. A dear friend, Zheng Xuewu, who is the director of the Hudson Centre for Contemporary Art invited me to undertake a residency in Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River in New York State, about two hours...
A Journey through the Isles
At this time when we cannot travel, I have decided to reflect on some of my journeys that have given me great insight, learning experiences and immense joy in my art practice. In September 2008 Walter and I toured Islands of Scotland. The trip included several Ferry...
Sail Away: The Boat Project
In 2016 my Artist residency was in Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River, two hours North of Manhattan in New York State. Poughkeepsie is a multi-cultural community and there I saw correlation with my community and topical aspects of immigration, trade and asylum seekers....
THE ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT
The Enlightenment Project has been part of my art practice repertoire for over twenty years. The components of perforation, light, circles, reflection and mass have been pushed and pulled, inverted, punctured, suspended and shifted into many interpretations for many...
Walk a Crooked Mile
With the lifting of restrictions, being able to visit my daughter was fantastic. Finally that lovely long cup of tea together. We took a walk skirting the fence line of her property and planned to walk on Saturday 16th, my father's birthday. Longridge Farm and along...
A Walk to Contemplate
I wonder what strategies our community and the broader global community are embracing, to assist in managing their well-being these days. We all know that the time we are living in is temporary, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. However, we are not accustomed...