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...
Walk in the Park
As I enter the eighth week of required isolation and have again taken a glorious walk in my Warrandyte Bush, I am reminded of a Walking Challenge that I undertook last December when life was hectic and squeezing in even ten minutes of walking time was a challenge....
TALES OF TEA
In the Blog Her Light in Native Colours the artwork is based on the tradition of Tea Drinking in my Western Culture. All my years traveling to China, I have drank tea in many and varied environments; I have been fascinated with the Tea Ceremony. In 2006 I wrote an...
Her Light in Native Colours
Nearly one month of isolation and some rising melancholia in missing cuppas with my daughters, I found myself reflecting on an artwork I created several years ago. Sandra Angliss, Chair for International Women Artists’ Association Australia Inc. extended an...
LOVE IT AND LEAVE IT: Australia’s Creative Diaspora Part Two
LOVE IT AND LEAVE IT: AUSTRALIA’S CREATIVE DIASPORA Is the publication to accompany the Exhibition of Photographs by Nathalie Latham Held at the national Portrait Gallery, Canberra May – July 2007 Below is Part Two of the Transcript of Interview Nathalie Latham...
LOVE IT AND LEAVE IT: Australia’s Creative Diaspora
LOVE IT AND LEAVE IT: AUSTRALIA’S CREATIVE DIASPORA Is the publication to accompany the Exhibition of Photographs by Nathalie Latham Held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra May – July 2007 Below is the Transcript of Interview Nathalie Latham (NL) with...