Witness Exhibition Artist Statement – Love and Loss Spellbound 100.5cm x 75cm acrylic, ink, & charcoal on paper 2019 Photo credit Graeme Wienand Love and loss are powerful motivators, persistently compelling me to act with more thought and care. In October 2018, while on an artist residency at Grafton Regional Gallery, a visit by an exceptional magpie changed my … More Love and Loss
Witness Exhibition Artist Statement – Love and Loss Spellbound 100.5cm x 75cm acrylic, ink, & charcoal on paper 2019 Photo credit – Graeme Wienand Love and loss are powerful motivators, persistently compelling me to act with more thought and care. In October 2018, while on an artist residency at Grafton Regional Gallery, a visit by an exceptional magpie changed … More Love and Loss
Witness Exhibition – Artist Statement – Love and Loss Spellbound 100.5cm x 75cm acrylic, ink, & charcoal on paper 2019 Photo credit – Graeme Wienand Love and loss are powerful motivators, persistently compelling me to act with more thought and care. In October 2018, while on an artist residency at Grafton Regional Gallery, a visit by an exceptional magpie … More Love and Loss
Nervous and excited about starting this project. It’s that first drawing that could set the tone for the whole project. In reality I know this will not be the truth with a project this long, but still the anxiety about that first work exists…like a first date! Want to go, curious, nervous and who knows…could … More 60 drawings in 60 days starts today.
Playing around with Whiskey Grass. One of the first works I did on this residency was with Whiskey Grass. I started using and continued using it because I like the colour and structure of it. This week I have started picking large amounts of it for an idea I have developing. The other day Rae … More The Ultimate Weed!
Yesterday at BigCi – Bilpin was one of the best days I have had up here. I didn’t seem to make any concrete decision about what I was going to do but just did things as I felt like it. What a treat!! No other commitments than to explore my own creativity, Magic!! The creative … More Child in a New Playground…
Bowerbirds Photo of satin bowerbirds bower on the property at Bilpin. Bowerbirds are very closely related to birds of paradise, and species of bowerbird are found in many parts of Australia and New Guinea. They are mainly forest birds, living in a particular local area throughout their lives. Male bowerbirds weave intricate display areas (or bowers) … More Odd and Essential Behaviour…
I love chilling out eating in bed and I am wishing I didn’t while I am here at Bilpin! We were told there is a mouse and you will see him during your stay. Cute little thing evidently, no problem! Suggested we don’t leave food out. Early in my stay I spilt a container of … More Another Rat in my bed!
Not meant to collect stuff from this pile, pity. See my dilemma!! Yesterday I got the chance to dig around at the tip. Stinks more than I remember, when I drove up to the dump site I noticed steaming old mattress, still wondering why they were steaming? It was cold and most rubbish had … More Tip Rat!!
Back in Sydney for a day of teaching and have coffee with one of my closest friends this morning, he tells me my blogs are boring. He is an experienced blogger and asked me why I don’t write what I really do. I am putting that down here now, so I can blame him if … More You’re Boring…
Jody Graham 