Hey there, Welcome. Thank you so much for visiting my page.
My art is inspired by nature and by my natural inclination to explore the spiritual in the material.
I love to immerse myself in nature’s stillness, beauty, aliveness, textures, colours, shapes. Sometimes I sketch out in nature, but what really happens on my sojourns into nature is an absorption on many levels that later comes out into my work.
I have a deep reverence for nature. My mum is Japanese and in Japan some spiritual traditions, like Shinto, are based on reverence and coexistence with nature. Perhaps this reverence for nature is in my genes. I grew up in the USA in the northern east coast with snowy winters and autumn colourful leaves. I’ve always been in awe of the beauty found in nature.
I moved to Australia in 1993 and my creativity flourished living in the Northern Rivers, NSW. There is so much natural beauty here. Different to where I grew up and sometimes I see both influences come into my work.
I paint mostly intuitively. What that means is what I see, feel, witness becomes shapes, marks, colour. I endeavour to express what has touched my heart and soul equally if not more so, than what I actually visually see before me.
There are many artists who have influenced my work over the years. In the States, the art of Wolf Kahn’s pastels, Richard Diebenkorn application of oils, Helen Frankenthanler and Joan Mitchel’s innovative approaches on canvas. In Austraila, the work of Elizabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Jo Bertini, to name a few.
Hope you enjoy,
Aesha xx