the Nature of Nurture
When your Signs are Organically Overgrown
Water droplets.
Can you see them?
Nature responding to signage about Nature
More watery signage:
Graffitti plus reflections of the storm-water canal
My Muse-in-Chief is my dear departed Dad, David Swain. He would have loved the ease of using a smartphone to photograph quirky
Who’dve thought sunrays could be so pink?
Get that light into you.
C’mon. Drink
The sweep or lilt of liquid colour on canvas?
Olleyfruit
Sally Swain © original art
acrylic, twigs and other stuff
inspired by Margaret Olley
There’s something about
on the Maps of Mistake. I mean, Map of Mistakes.
‘Art is about turning unevenness into beauty’
On the Map of Mistakes, where
The Maps of Mistake
I mean
the Map of Mistakes
the sun un-shines, you
View through the side mirror
a bit French Impressionist, do you think?
Sydney is a giant fungus. Every
Why cultivate sensory awareness?
Watery Boaty photo
I was captivated that a murky puddle formed a clear mirror
Obvious answer: for pleasure.
Less obvious answer:
I go away for five days. Not Big Away, but just out of town to a pretty place. I feel fortunate for a glimmer of space away from responsibilities. I soak up the sights and sounds of serenity and serious rain.
If I get on my high horse, I can say, well, it’s my Beauty Duty. After all, I support the creative well-being of others. I need to walk the talk.
Julia Cameron calls it ‘filling the well‘.
So it’s my duty to top up my beauty quotient; to pay attention to sensory delight.
That’s my rationale and I’m sticking to it!
Away at the watery boaty pretty place, I choose to make art.
First up, I slap down pre-painted papers: magazine pages, sheet music, fragments of the paper they wrapped around the seafood. Don’t worry – this wrapping didn’t make direct fish contact. Otherwise – ugh – odiferous collage.
Watery Boaty Papery
I pull some window
Seven women signed up to ‘connect with calm in troubled times’.
Art of Wonder playshop
I rarely talk about Art and Soul happenings here in this blog, but am inspired to convey
Art of Wonder playshop
Radiatrix, Goddess of the Heating Element, embraces
Art Therapy – the Movie.
Radiatrix, Goddess of the Heating Element
Sally Swain © original artI made this sculpture out of a radiator and kitchen utensils way back in 1994. Radiatrix hung out for a while with Venus de Salad Bowl and Sunbeam Madonna and Her Winged Spirits in a shopfront at Walking the Street art festival in Newtown, Sydney. She then spent time in the 1995 State Library of NSW Australian Women Artists exhibition.
Today, those Spirits of the House are a bit dusty, scattered and paint-chipped, but still around. And ready to embrace an inspirational movie.
Meanwhile, Sally, Not-Goddess of
for troubled times
Sorry to do this to you, Dear Reader, but again I am compelled to talk about creativity in this political era. I say sorry because I don’t wish to overwhelm or weigh you down. That’s the last thing I want to do.
Art Heart Resource
(who knew a Sally painting could be so simple?)
I harp on about making art in troubled times, because
Art and Soul Space 