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a few drawings (below) during my #getaway #artretreat at Winnaleah with Artable as per my previous post . I enjoy a walk through the landscape, taking photos, making small drawings and collecting a stone or shell to take back to the studio. It is in the studio where i am better able to access how it felt on that walk, the heat/cold, the sounds, the smells, wind waves, flora etc.   To access the memory as a whole as opposed to bit by bit on the walk, each sensory input building on the other.  drawings plein air, some paintings started outside and finished in the studio. Bay of Fires, The Blue Lake, a river on a farm property and beach walks.

i enjoy a #getaway now and again ... a break from the studio and daily household /garden activities, no cooking! (unless its a boiled egg). Just back from a week of #artretreat, as #getaway, with contemporary artist Tim Allen . Love his work and i found him to be most generous in working with each individual to achieve what they were aiming for, one-on-one - over 5 days.  This is my second time with Artable at Winnaleah in Tasmania.  Gillian , Steve and all the staff always do a fabulous job at making everyone feel comfortable and united providing great food, art discussion and comaraderie. This group of girls was particularly fabulous - so warm, kind, all inclusive with interesting, intelligent conversations.  i enjoyed it immensely.  a post here on the drawings and studio work  I was lucky enough to be next on the wait list so i got the "Barn" along with a lovely housemate for the week.  We felt so fortunate to 'get' the Barn which was lights, airy, w...

  Spring brings in colour and vibrancy with the waratah in full bloom against a backdrop of forest with wattle and gum trees.  a quick sketch following a few days of walking past the waratah as i head up the hill to grab a coffee.

beginnings. Loving the immediacy of this one ...  tomorrow is the dangerous stage ... fear and fiddling ... i try not to ...  lets see where this goes