Revealing Art Within

Whoever wants to know something about me
must observe carefully & try to see who I am.

On these pages, you will find my spirit of art. As part of my recent course-work and a big part of the learning, I kept an Art Journal (or Spirit Journal). I decided that as well as my traditional coil-bound journal, I would also like to try to have my art journey documented online. And this is it!

This Art Spirit space is about taking what is often something very private and putting it front & centre for exploration at every level. It is an exciting experience. And, in many ways, it is just another way of making art. I am now ready to invite you to take a look beyond the kimono.

I invite you to visit these pages where you will find a place of art. You will see some of my art pieces from the course. You will see some amazing art from generous & caring friends who encouraged me to enter the world of art. You will see works by artists who influenced me on my journey. You will see photos which are my art. The photos carry statements and images of my emotional place on this amazing journey.

I hope you find a way to look beyond the kimono in another way. Art Spirit is mostly the work of others with some of “things’ created during the course. Art Journey is my photo art with most of the images taken by me. There are a few images that come from a collection of stuff over a long period. These images have been around so long they feel like me but they are not mine. I like them and like to use them. That’s why I have included them in this art space.

Golden Apples of the Sun

The Art of Tea

Revealing the Spirit of Colour

The Art of a Windhorse

The Breadfruit Tree

“if a man plants 10 breadfruit trees in his life
he would completely fulfill his duty
to his own as well as future generations”
– Sir Joseph Banks, 1769

The Art of Bobby Holcomb

Bobby Holcomb was born in 1947 in Hawaii. This is where he first became mad about Polynesian legends as well as music, dance & painting. He travelled around the world for a few years and met a number of arts such as Dali and Frank Zappa who influenced his art and music. He arrived in Tahiti in 1976 and quickly set up his art practice in Huahine where he tried to blend into the local population by adopting its way of living and learning the language. For an entire generation, Bobby Holcomb simply became Bobby. He was a complete artist who never stopped defending and creating Polynesian culture. He was committed to the music about nature and protecting the environment. This affected him deeply and left a strong impression on his contemporaries as well as his beautiful paintings that are still today the only complete work of local legends.

His work is a constant effort to integrate integrate as well as contribute to Polynesian artistic and intellectual circles. His death from a cancer in 1991 left an orphan generation and the music circle in lack of inspiration.

Celebrating Mallee Dusk

Out here beneath the sun drenched skies
Out here where the cloven ranges lie
Material things that fill our lives
Are worthless, when you are by my side

This image comes from friend, Jeanette Wormald, who is a singer songwriter living in South Australia. Jeanette generosly gave me permission to put this image of a Malle Sunset in my Spirit Journal. I am moved by the vivd colours and sense of vastness in this image. There is a peaceful calm coming from this image. This Mallee Sunset is very much about the earth and richness of the land.

Celebrating A Blessing

Revealing a Shadow Drawing