Category: Art
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Selling Artful Homes: Balancing Creativity and Real Estate
Artists imbue their spaces with their special creative character. But that is not always what a real estate agent sees as a selling point. Here’s what transpired when a textile artist invited a real estate agent to evaluate her home. The real estate agent’s pitch She opened her door to a smiling, smartly dressed real…
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Exploring the Colours of Bay of Fires, Tasmania
White, orange and mint blue These are the colours of the Bay of Fires, a marine conservation area on the north-east Coast of Tasmania. Granite bedrock, ground into fine grains, becomes the pristine, soft white sand of the beach. The water is ice-cold blue, but so clear. Nature brings together what we humans call a…
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Embracing Creativity During Insomnia
How a sleepless night led me to find calm in chaos NOTES FROM MY ART JOURNAL 10/11/16Wake up before 4.00amDonald Trump won the election.I am anxious so I get up. Let Jimmy in. Go to my art room. Mess everywhere, just like my brain at the moment. Chuckle. The external representing the internal. Embrace the…
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Embracing Change: Creative Responses to Uncertain Times
A commitment to the present We live in unsettling times that require our engagement. Clear away the cumulated clutter of the past. This is a moment of redefinition that requires a letting go of complacency to make way for definitive action. I visually document changes. I’m curious about the ways in which artists express or…
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Reimagining Art: Digital Meets Traditional Techniques
This project aims to redefine an artwork by merging digital techniques with traditional methods. The work in progress shows how colour, in particular blue, can create different meanings and moods. I illuminate the creative thought process using concept ideas from my art journal. Two disparate themes emerge, alienation and live music.