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| Breezy on the Brisbane River, Brisbane Qld |
Two posts ago I wrote about procrastination. With the benefit of hindsight I feel I was tired and just a bit overwhelmed with everything that I had achieved last year and all the thoughts swimming around my head as a result of it.
This post I feel revived.
I have been fortunate to have been travelling, resting and filling the
creative well.
We journeyed up the east coast of Australia between the Sunshine Coast and Townsville getting around by train and bus. It certainly offers a different perspective to driving by car and you see different things.
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| Fitzroy River, Rockhampton Qld |
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| Views , Ross Creek, Townsville |
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| Me and my little brother on Magnetic Island. I revert to childhhod pose when aware a photo is taken! |
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| Looking out to sea from The Strand, Townsville |
We took in water views on ferries on the Brisbane River and to Magnetic Island. We walked along the Fitzroy River and admired the substantial old buildings and wondered about the towns past history. We watched the changing landscape through the train window.
I was fortunate to be able to see POP MASTERS at HOTA . It featured works from Warhol, Haring & Basquiat together with works of artists I didn’t know. I fell in love with Mickalene Thomas’s large bold portraits and use of a bit of bling.
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| Keith Haring, Untitled |
Though I was familiar with the work Keith Haring seeing his
work real life rather than in a spread in a book really gave much more sense to
his work. There was inspiration in his
work which I could take forward in a textile and stitch format and inform some
projects I have in mind regarding text and textiles.
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| Embroidered detail on dress |
In Rockhampton we caught an exhibition of clothing by
Brisbane designers Easton Pearson just before it closed. It was a delightful
surprise.
We rested at Airlie Beach. I swam in the pool and watched swallows fly down in front of me and scoop water on the wing.
Birds were a big feature for me – looking for birds which I
would not see in my home environment. From
our balcony in Townsville we watched small flocks of Black Cockatoo’s fly by in
the distance, spotted Sea Eagles and Kites circling over Ross Creek and were
entertained by small birds on the wires in front of us. And there were familiars like the Ibis, Honeyeaters,
Galahs and Cockatoos.
I went with a small sketch book, a glue stick, scissors and water-soluble
graphite. I did a couple of collages but mostly I just soaked
up the sights and contemplated. And filled the well. 😊
