End of 2010

What a busy year. I've been really bad at posting this year but will endeavour to improve. Here are a couple of projects that formed part of final assessments. The drawing project was a collaborative effort with 5 of us (myself, Emily Hall, Jodie Whitby, Maryanne and Francis Glanville).

The other images are the results of Sculpture...

And Textiles...

Last piece

Spirituality (acrylic on cardboard - March 2010)

Forgot this one...

End of Term

On the Inside (bark, wire, nuts, leaves - March 2010)

End of term was also assessment time. I finally got my head around collage and put together the above piece looking at bark as it falls from the tree. I wanted to encourage the viewer to look beyond what you can see to what's on the inside.

Swinging with the Daisies (cardboard, acrylic, string, paper, wood - March 2010)

Our last task for the term was to create a piece (still focussing on the ideas that evolved from our words) but where one dimension of the piece was equivalent to your height. The other link was that it had to have a connection to a favourite object that we had brought in.

Mine was my Gingham Daisy Megacino Mug in a Paisley design. The finished result was this cute swing using a book as the seat with the cover painted in an Indian inspired henna design. The ropes were simple pieces of string with daisies threaded through (to resemble daisy chains) hung from a branch. I could picture myself happily swinging there for hours. I think I might have to make a real usuable one of these.

Roll on Term 2...

March and April

Week 2 found us working in groups to create some form of artwork using overhead projectors and obscure images such as a photo of zebras, a really crappy plastic poinsettia flower, a transparency of some manequins and another transparency of a grid with little car and truck shapes on it.

Not very inspiring objects but what we came up with was interesting. It certainly puts the individual dynamics of four people who are nothing alike to the test.

Cup of Life (pencil on paper February 2010)

For week three we had to use the three words from the previous week along with one of the design elements (mine being tone) to create another piece. Must say I quite like my giant teacup...

Books of Life (acrylic, cardboard and paper - March 2010)

But rather than just using tone as in black and white, I experimented with developing the 'tone' of a piece which is what the Books of Life does. Each book contains a poem relating to the title. The books represent each stage one goes through in their lifes journey.

Later in the term provided the opportunity to work with collage and also to manipulate photographs. I particularly like the second photograph. Originally it showed a group of students sitting at individual consoles in the library but when it was folded removing the computers from the image, it ended up with some very intense gazing.

Week One at Uni

(shape formed from cardboard and covered with paper, water and glue)

Week one was great. We were sent off to find two words, returned to be given a third, sat down to brainstorm the links between three and see what we could come up with. My words were psychic, fundamental and violet. Can you determine the links between the three?

(finished teacup painted with white paint)

I loved my paper mache giant teacup and would love to made a really big one that could sit in a garden surrounded by a mass of daisies. Just imagine...

Fundamental psychic teacup (paper mache, cardboard, paint, string - Feb 2010)

Just starting out...

Fruit Bowl (pencil on paper - 1990)

After years of asking myself what if....maybe....should I....could I I've decided to take the plunge. I've started a Uni degree in Contempory Art specialising in Visual Art. Oh what fun!!!

The West Australian and Capsicum (ink on paper - 1990)

Part of the reason is to get those letters after my name. But it's more than that. It's about taking some time out and focussing on myself especially after spending the last 10 years putting all of my efforts and attention into my partner and his endeavours and also our three wonderful children. There is also that part of me that wants to provide a role model to our girls showing them that University is possible at any age. And school is fun.

Boyfriend's Niece (pastel on paper - 1991)

This blog is my own record of my artistic journey starting with images of artwork completed during my high school years, my working career prior to children, the creation of Gingham Daisy - the small business that I have created from a spare room in my house (or many houses as there have been quite a few) since my second daughter was born and now to this new stage in my artistic development. I'm hoping the blog, like my others. will be a motivational thing for me and also provide a record of where my artwork started, it's progression and where it is headed.

Sydney 2000 Profile (ink and pencil on paper - 1997)

Even I don't know where this journey is going to take me I feel as though the world is shifting and a lot of us are beginning some type of life change. With the natural disasters occuring throughout our world it makes me wonder just what is really going on. I feel it, not in a bad way, but definately in a way that I'm aware that we are moving. It feels like a good thing to me, exciting, the start of a new journey and as part of it I want to try looking past the negative and seeing the pretty, the funny, the laughter and the good that is around us...

Blossom and Doilies (acrylic on canvas - 2008)

So here goes...