Ten days below

The previous 10 days I have been creating, however I have only completed one piece other than my knitted beanies in between paintings. I wasn't sure wether to post anything as I had a plan to post completed pieces only and try to get myself to finish something each day. However I am creating every day and the difference is in being creative and healing through my creativity and art rather than producing finished works everyday. Hopefully by the end of the year I have a completed series? I would really like to have an exhibition.

Below are 10 photos of  the different pieces I am working on at the moment. The 1st one below is a cross that an old friend of mine made me for my 21st birthday and has since been carried from house to house, eaten out by termites, fired, drenched in storms, dried in drought and carried once again to this home. I have cleaned it and now revived it by wrapping it in wool and it now has a prideful place to remind my of my faith inside the house. It has always been outside the house and now I've decided to bring it inthe home. As my faith is an important part of my whole being and I believe my creativity is a gift form God, it is important for me to have an object that signifies Jesus dying on the cross for me to have life. Don't worry you won't be reading sermons here, hopefully just seeing painting and drawings more often.

my mani inspired installation

Wool bound wooden cross

from white to black. Primed canvas ready to sand

building up the layers

My largest painting at the moment, white on white.

one of my works in process

works in progress

bits of paint

Gesso canvasing in process

Dragon Sketech

I am in the prcess of illustrations and this is the 1st sketch I did in finding my dragon for a kids book I am working on for a friend.

Tea totler

Didg

It isn't every day you are joined for a cup of tea with a winged friend such as Didge, Casper and Erin's wee feathered friend. I am delighted with creative visits from friends, however I have discovered 'the drop' in visitor isn't everyones cup of tea at times.

Anxiety visits for longer than an expected cup of tea time when calling and doesn't know when to leave. I was anxious when Casper first asked if I wanted Didge on my shoulder, I cringed in fear as I have had crazy bird experiences as I happen to be the one they shit on, bite and attack out of everyone. I still have a sore spot on the top of my head when a bird attacked me in the middle of the ocean diving off Bird Island with old friends and one of my heroes. A sea bird dive bombed into my head, gashing blood into a shark infested water.. Anyway, my anxiety dissipated when I caved into Caspers re-assurance, thankfully Didge was a softie and his bites are more affectionate nibbles and he was polite enough to wait for Caspers shoulder to poo.

A differing anxiety that lurks carbon black in my house is the lingering anxiety that make you want to hide in a corner of the house and zone out from life, avoiding the dealings of even the simplest of tasks. A phone call interrupting the dark silence, a friend dropping in to say hello and use the phone, another friend later dropping in to give me a box of avocados, mandarins, rocket and eggs form her farm an adorable welcome in a usually open armed joy, however today I was eye strained, tear flooding breathless dehydrated. foul stenched mood not wanting company. These days are when I feel like the universe is making sure I don't sit in the mud and dry up, though the mud has stuck to my skin and cracked, I try to wade forth out of the blackness and into the browns.

I never realised unoraganised chaos disturbed some people. It is now that I see them effected, like my partner is, by 'the drop in' which I didn't even know had a term til' now and bringing me to this reflection.  I am one who used to love drop ins' and would drop in my self everywhere. I now see its adverse affects and yet I don't know how to change something I do myself.

Weeding Healing

Dougal and Tilly 'gardening feng shui'

Smoochy Staffies having a grande ol' time helping my Folks, Danny and I with weeding the garden. Dogs certainly add an extra element to gardening and any aspect of life.

I didn't get to draw today as it is a blessed opportunity when my folks come down to visit and to also have willing hands to help us create our garden ~ well clear oour garden to then create a garden. We are now three tenths into clearing our property of weeds and I can't wait to get to the landscaping and planting stage that is for sure. Though for now I am happy to do the weeding and composting pre-planting. I think I will get a few million worms as my first pets other than our dog Tilly. I need to get a lot of scraps and weeds composted and what betteer way to get it turned into compost than a massive party of worms! I feel nurtured form my folks visiting today and all of us getting in the garden, eating a healthy home made lunch and spending a day chatting, laughing and most of all watching Dougal and Tilly play, run, speak and pant around and around and around.

Muscles stretched, hands tainted with a rich dark soil and the spirit nurtured through time with loved ones.
A slice of creativity amongst the weeds, work became play today

Wealthy in Friendship

Genevieve of UnSunk Funk

Beautiful people are worth more than gold or any other glorified precious possession of wealth as weighted by many in our society. I am extremely rich in friends and I believe I am alive today because of the love, support, nurturing and prayer of the people that are in my life.

I have started working for a fellow artist and amazing woman who inspires me to create and be me in everything I do, wear, create and am active in. To celebrate my body and character and not be hard on myself which I have become increasingly low on self esteem of late since gaining weight again. Thankfully beautiful people see beautiful people such as Genevieve I photographed here whilst imaging her creative textiles. Time here alongside her retro funky lederhosen wearing body and intricate dada inspired mind I always leave with a recharged soul and strength to my esteem.

Here I am, fattyboombalada enriched with beautiful friends

Friend Sketch

I am still a scribbler in learning....

Portraits are obviously not my forte'

Inspired StitchScapes

Hand Knitted Extreme Nanna Sports 'Dreanies'

My creative day today was as Photographer for Genevieve of UnSunk Funk of Bunbury who is 100% Individualistic. My knitted beanies, dreanies and prints of paintings sell through here where creativity is a buzz in this eclectic gallery. While Genevieve sews funky dresses out of vinatge materials, doilies and other beautiful recycled fabrics her gallery is brimming with local paintings, textiles, sculptures, prints and motley crue of local design.

This place for me is a place I can be myself completely, a fellow artist who inspires me to just create no matter what I think it looks like or feels like. A calming place where I am always re-inspired to create and play with my mediums. This place is a work in progress of its own right as it is continually evolving and draws in a community of people who come to buy, create, inspire, support, play, work or just sit and soak in the art.

Friendships are like a carefully knitted textile piece, stitches too loose or too tight can be forgiveable while a slipped stitch need s to be picked up and carried through...

LOVE LOVE

My home made Quiche made with love... Sappy I know. Tasty treat of creative cooking to enjoy with my love. A week agonised by emotional stress and this journey of healing in which at times I can hardly muster an art sesh of any sorts, so my art this day is a quiche...
LOVE LOVE

Breathing

Breathe          Capturing inspiration in the salty air while my partner and dog run 

                 up and down the beach  is a time of creative imaginings. 

Walk             Painting ideas come to mind in this SeaScape and the relaxing

                 breathe of re-aligning myself with composition of a picture gets my 

Run              veins jigging again to return to play in my studio.

                 I thank my friend Manida here as she inspired me by her actions
Play             to get  outside and create.

Extreme Nanna Sports

Knitting 'Dreanies' with possum fur wool form New Zealand (top blue and orange) and with Alpaca wool (the bottom three). These I am thinking of undoing though and re-knitting as these are the first attempts at using a knitting loom which is quicker, however the sizes are small and I do not know any elven people of that sizing. Yet there is the time wasting, this week has been a kafaffle of time, issues and debates of how time should be used with self, partner, family and friends. How time seeps away through a drain in the vortex of my procrastination and phaffing about avoiding my true reflections of painting. So i will leave these dreanies be for a while while I phaf in my head as to what to do with them and go paint.....

Knitting sports, not just for the old nanna