Wise and complex root system sustaining life on a city street
without the tree?
Tree Scribble Painting One
It offers breath
Where would we be
Category Archives: Seeds and Snippets
Sculpture by the Sea
(Bondi)
is a collaboration between
High Tide
Tsukasa Nakahara
art, nature and community.
An endless stream of all types of people
views, talks, walks
along a divine stretch of coastline.
Great Southern Noongar
Janine McAullay Bott
Some sculptures
consciously collaborate
with the elements.
They change dramatically
over the days.
Rise and Fall
Small Ocean Collaboration with Jeremy Sheehan
This figure perches
Play of
Allow me to
I love this.
I cannot recall what it is.
Rocks and glass and floral reflections? Oh. And me photographing the mystery.
What do you think it might be?
inspire you with
Reflections Too
The kitchen window at a friend’s place. You see through it. The wooden dresser with little flower transfers. You see off it. The wonderful calm confusion of reflected ambiguity.
the play of light,
Reflections Three
That same friend’s house. Inside/outside become one.
reflections
Love is the Answer
The spirit of creative play is alive and well
in Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the World
and….shh…
The Nature and Culture of Newtown 1
how about a
The Nature and Culture of Newtown 2
Climbing Trees, Knowing Home
How lucky am I?
My original muse was David Swain.
He helped me find my niche.
He helped me find my balance.
He helped me find my footing.
He helped me know home.
My original
Leafettes
micro mini canvasses
Sally Swain © original art
muse, David Swain (1923 – 2010)
would be turning 93 right now. My dear Dad.
He taught me to climb trees.
Folds, Spots and Wrinkles. A tree has no need for anti-ageing cream.
and know home.
I was not a confident little girl.
When I was seven,
I love the
Texture Breathing
How to Grow a
Delicatree.
Delicatree
Sally Swain © original art
A PAINTAGE RECIPE
Ingredients:
- a palette of squodgy leftover paint from your residential aged care art therapy clients
- patterns, textures and colours from magazines of any era
- a cup of expressive slapdashery
- a cup of order-making quietitude
- a black felt pen
- a goodly dose of tenderness
- a slug of love
- immeasurable commitment to creative process
Method:
What is the Texture of the South?
What is the Texture of Paradise?
It is this.
Hobbity Place
And this.
(Dear ones – I am republishing this textures piece, as there were techhy glitches earlier. Apologies if you’re receiving it twice.)
Elf Platters
Art and Soul Space 