Child’s Play

Wisdom at the Crossroads

My studio may be much smaller than the 800 square feet I once had, but it is light, cozy and warm. My orchids and I appreciate the abundance of light and the river view that this space offers. The winter white scene includes skaters and other active members of the community embracing the cold weather.

𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 is an 11" x 30" mixed media painting on water colour paper from 2001. It is from my early studio days and is a lot more representational than most of my work. I am trying not to be too judgmental of this work as it is from a particular place and time and reminds me of my growth as a painter. It was inspired by a conversation with my husband about tobogganing at Tower Hill as a child. The painting focuses on the undergrowth of the forest as that is what is more familiar to me. In Australia, trees drop their leaves all year round and I would have been riding a bike rather than a toboggan in my winters back home.

Early works like 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 on paper were first under painted in acrylic which I often watered down to be similar to gouache or watercolour. I bought myself some chalk pastels so I would be forced to hold one colour at a time in my hand as I worked on top of the painted acrylic base. My goal here was to document an actual place and to provide an invitation into a space that had been so precious from the child’s perspective.

I hope you have pieces in your home that inspire memories of attachment to special places in your history.

To see an image of 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 and the full episode transcript, visit my blog.

𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘

The meditation this week starts at the 13:39 mark.

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦

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