Fragments of my art works in progress or "states" (the first print you make before creating an edition); bits of handmade paper from my university days studying Visual Arts, bits of drawings I've made after my many walks in the bush...collecting data...inquiring into nature...searching for self.
I begin...the frustrated artist, in a box, confined by my limitations, work, parenting and poor health. Wanting, needing knowing I need this. Why has it been so long? Frustrated because my inner critic is well and truly present. This is no good. Why have you kept all these bits and pieces? Shut up and just make, I say.
Trust the process and let go.
The materials guide me. It feels renewing to deconstruct and reconstruct pieces of works in progress I have hoarded - some for over 13 years.
Not finished, but happy where I have arrived. Works in progress.
Space to be the "artist me" for this moment. Finding ways to adapt my practice into my present life...
First artworks made by myself in my studio!
"Engaging in disciplined art making has to do with commitment of time, energy, and attention. The first step to look at how to integrate disciplined art making into a busy and committed life is to try and put aside preconceived notions about what it means to be a disciplined, committed artist". (Hyland Moon, 2002, Studio Art Therapy, p. 62
Fragmented Self, (2017) collage & mixed media:
watercolour, binder medium, handmade banana paper, recycled paper,
tissue paper, graphite pencil, silkscreen print, thread
Bindi dog: Willow bank Studio, (2005 - 2017)
drypoint etching, multi plate etching with aquatint,
handmade banana paper, watercolour, binder medium
Etchings printed at Willow bank Studio, NSW & Australia Print Workshop VIC
Paper made at Southern Cross University NSW
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