22.1.10

inspiration...


i've been having a dilema for the last however-many-months as to what i'm passionate about.  i'm always wondering why people paint the things they do - what is it that makes someone go head over heels with a still life, whilst others can go a lifetime only painting flowers, or scenery or horses...
there's many things i could paint if i wanted to - but it's not about that really, is it... 
so what do i want need to create? 
well you know the old saying about some things being as plain as the nose on your face?  well this has been one of those realisations for me... a bit of an ah-ha moment if you will.

i really want to explore more of the mixed media side of things, textures, prints, fabrics, metal bits and pieces, leafing, stamping and anything else i may discover, but as for the subject matter i have gone back to my heartland...
i spent many years working in the remote kimberley and northern territory.  i taught in small communities, travelled around as a visiting teacher to far and away places, lived in the lovely Broome for years and was also with the school of the air in katherine for a couple of years.  not to mention all the nooks and crannies i was priveledged to see and experience when i was in the army... 
and i have many, many  special memories of that amazing, awesome land.  once you've lived there, it really does take a hold on your spirit.  it has a magic all its own.
so i'm tripping back through memory lane, and some old photos as well and i'm feeling the inspiration mounting, the ideas are forming and things coming together for some new creations. 
wish me luck!

1 comment:

  1. I do wish you luck Donna! I know what you mean about having integrity in what you create. I haven't painted a canvas for six months (could be more!) I have just been messing in my journal, till I discover 'it'. Time maybe to just get out there and do it! I wish I had access to the kind of landscape in your pic. Really beautiful!

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