Wow – this rock just came out in a burst! Like an erupting mountain releasing all its lava…It took me about 15-20 minutes, no thinking about it, just painting… The weather has been pretty amazing over the last few days; warm, cool, windy, raining – all seasons in one day which is not uncommon for […]
Month: January 2011
Friendship
So our SCANZ art residency is officially over and it seems like only yesterday that we the artists embarked on a journey together. That is the amazing part about gatherings like this – you spend time with others and form life long relationships that continue to inspire and inform what you do into the future. […]
The Circle of Life
This is the third white rock in a row that I have painted (well actually four – one of them I didn’t post) and it has been a continuation of this spiral, this koru that goes round and round, the circle of life…it was also the last rock that I painted for an installation piece […]
Getting Back To Basics
I was having conversation today about the importance of one’s connection to self. Because you can have all the degrees in the world and yet if you are not happy within yourself what good is that? I am not saying that education is not good, I think we should be constantly learning but if we […]
Expectation
Day 27 – so what will I speak about today? (Btw, it is now Day 28 and I am posting this from yesterday!) Well, so much happened today! Angelo and I had a radio interview with Davey Haskell at the Most FM and then we had another korero with Tipene and Tamzyn at Te Korimako […]
Collaboration = Connection = Change
Well I was thinking I’ve probably run out of things to talk about – 26 days is a lot of rocks and a lot of talking! But everyday is an opportunity for me to learn something and to share an experience with others… So I was having a conversation with Trudy today about storytelling and […]