Journey

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New Territory!

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This thread keeps getting longer and longer....the more I pull, the more this concept and my deep fascination grows. The evolved jellyfish, on all levels, is the unearthing of something beyond this time and space.  It sounds so cryptic and to anyone that isn't me I probably sound insane but I guess there is an 'artistic bigger picture' within these works and over time hopefully, as I understand it more, it too will be revealed. =)

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Through the looking glass

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It's been a long while since I have added anything but so much has happened in between....

The journey is evolving and here are a few of the outcomes xx

 

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Heading somewhere

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I'm not sure exactly but I think I am starting to see it all a little bit clearer =)

3D wave....water suspended in time xx

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Colour Channeling

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Often I think it is just me but seeing really bright, vibrant, bold colours especially in nature or natural things completely inspires me and I am in awe of what surrounds us. Each and every day, wherever I go, or whatever I do, I must take a million snap shots in my head of all the colours around us and want to recreate them on canvas. 

Recently I received these beautiful flowers from a wonderful friend of mine and since the day they have arrived I have been in a trance! All I can think of is running out to the art shop and getting a ton of bright, bold paints and just letting the colours explode everywhere!  Knowing me however, when I am feeling like this it will be probably be a huge creative eruption and the work will end up in the 'colour gone crazy pile' like dozens of artworks before them haha.

I guess that's what that thing 'restraint' or 'direction' is for....channeling the right colours and using them in a expressive way that best represents what I am trying to convey. But you know what? Sometimes....it's just like nah hahaha buy the damn paints and let it explode! =)

Yes...I got that all from colourful flowers =P

Stef xxx

 

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Walking the unknown path...

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I have spent days searching for words to write a profound and inspirational post about 'walking the unknown path'. After about half a dozen attempts I stopped and realised that what I was trying to articulate was something that I can only instinctively grasp right now myself.

So instead of forcing it, I decided to post a photo of this beautiful old rock wall jetty where I often walk, look out to the vast stretch of ocean and feel inspired. Also this quote by an amazing poet who was defiant, unconventional and ahead of her time.

"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I am going is what inspires me to travel it."

- Rosalia De Castro

Says it all....xxx

 

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Art Awakenings

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Art for me is something where you don’t always know why.... can’t always be understood logically....and often isn't easily explained in words. Sometimes the magic of a piece is the journey leading to it's creation and the 'ah-ha' moments that were made getting there. The artwork itself is a cumulation of thought and life experiences intertwined with artistic expression and creativity. 

Ironically that’s why I love it. It’s the one place I have to step back. I'm unable to influence people’s opinion of it, don’t have to explain or justify anything and can roll with my intuition and inspiration instead of always being logical and 'understood'. I personally am drawn to creating imaginative, expressive and challenging pieces that evoke discussion and explore concepts beyond this existence. It doesn’t always make sense to people at first glance or perhaps at all. But art for me is an evolution of questions, stories, experiences, emotions and wonder. I don’t always know what it is I am saying specifically at first but as I create the conversation is lead through my work and it ends up exactly where I wanted to go. I know why and what I am saying and the messages I want to convey are both obvious and hidden. 

My true words are within the artwork and they are reaching out to be engaged. If you look deeper there is a world of conversation in there just not as you know it. xxx