Weaving Stories

WEAVING STORIES

Your story is not the things that have happened TO you. Your story is how you have responded and been made by what has happened to you. Not one of us can choose the circumstances of our lives, and yet, it seems to be what we focus on. A glory list of pains and wrongs, of sufferings and loses.
But when you read a gripping book, it is not simply a recount of everything that has happened to the characters. It is not a list of events or complaints. The things that move us, teach us and change us are how the characters felt, how they grappled with their emotions, how they embraced pain and dark and joy, and how they choose to act in the face of adversity, and opportunity. And so it is with our us - we may feel fragile and not in control, but that is ok. We can still share what is being wrought in the depths of our hearts, how we are wrestling with our circumstances and choosing our steps.
These are the stories your children need to hear. Not of wishing things hadn't happened. But of the struggle, the refusal to give up, the daily sacrifices to live meaningfully. And that no one else can ever take away the choice to be brave, courageous, and creative.

This artwork features dusky pink and burgundy, with highlights of gold and white, and sprinkled with gold leaf. Emotive, energetic, and endlessly fascinating swirls and brush strokes.

Signed with metallic leaf.
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FRAMING INFO

This artwork is A2, perfect for readily availble frames such as Officeworks, Kmart, and framing shops making it super cost effective to add original art to your walls.
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You are also most welcome to come view and pick up the work in person, I am in Officer, Victoria.

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Much of my painting intertwines musical form and musical language into each composition, exploring the possibilities in transferring musical energy (sound waves) into visual energy (light waves) via paint, and I am continually exploring lyrical movement, pattern, rhythm, melody and harmony as colour and form. Sometimes I love to paint simplified forms of specific melodies and sounds, while other paintings are inspired by the emotions and meaning of songs, music, and words.

I am fascinated by the timeless and infinite nature of music and memory and how they defy linear time. In a single moment, we can touch the world Mozart lived in, transport the soul of the Baroque to us, we can hear what our ancestors heard - echoes of past transcending centuries and carried in to the future. This is a part of what inspires me to paint, giving visual form to those ideas.

My world was immersed in music when I was 6 years old, and I studied through to University, where I completed a Bachelor of Music majoring in flute performance, musicology, ethnomusicology & performing arts. From this life-long pursuit of music, I draw from a broad palette of musical styles and experience, and an ever-growing library of sound inspiration. My faith has also been a steady companion and is a major part of my creative process, ' ma raison d'être ' - painting has a meditative, prayerful quality that centers me each day, drawing me into a contemplative state that connects me to the unseen. It is a process of surrender to allow the work to become what it needs to be.

I would be honoured to have your support, and I hope my work brings moments of reflection and conversation and beauty. Art is made for interaction, and without your thoughts and responses the work is silent.