I am an artist. I work in my studio painting and creating but I also create in my garden. I like to work in the two places almost simultaneously. When I have an artistic block in the studio I go to the garden to refresh my mind and literally work the block out of my body.
Exercise is good for that, as when I am physically labouring and breathing in fresh air and listening to birdsong it clears my mind and I find I can overcome the block that was stopping me from seeing the solution to my artwork.
At the moment I have expanded our native rainforest acreage and have opened up pathways into the overgrown bush. There is a little creek running through the area that was taken over by years of native growth. I have had the pleasure of discovering beautiful peaceful spots that were unseen and unappreciated before my labours.
I have been inspired by Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden in Sydney and have cuttings of the beautiful Datura, given to me from there, growing happily in their new home, my garden.
I am not the painter of flowers that you might think because of this love of garden, but the colours of nature do inspire my work.
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