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Covid Colour Challenge. sureness, brightness and depth.

Natalie O'Connor May 19, 2020

It feels like the world has suddenly paused and started to notice things that are small. So small that our eyes do not see them… but we are aware and have a sense that they are there.

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In experimental art, colour, contemporary art, paint, red, beauty of colour Tags colour, watercolor, research, red research, covid, colourchallenge, phd
 

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View fullsize The Silent Witness oi siopiloí The Olive Tree, wild and ancient, shrouds the fallen. Acryl ic on polyester 110 x 50cm Details, closeups and studio images-scroll ➡️ Situated on the mountain road to Sfakia, a lone olive tree stands as a witn
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View fullsize A warm flow of gold and iridescence makes the world so much lighter and more beautiful. Promises of fields of gold. #workinprogress @green_st_studio For upcoming exhibition LUSTRE. Bath of @winsorandnewton iridescent watercolour medium mixed with
View fullsize In the studio this morning, but my head and heart are anchored in the battles that we all encounter in different ways. I’m starting work on a series of paintings reflecting on the war graves at Phaleron, Greece. They speak of fallen heroes, and
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View fullsize In Souda Bay, ,Crete next to the allied forces war cemetery lies an old olive grove. After an earlier painting day in the war graves at Phaleron where I read the hundreds of inscriptions for lost sons, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I struggled wit
View fullsize At Maleme, the olive trees tell the stories of battles, lives of so many lost deep in its roots and tortured bark. Now that I’ve returned to Australia, I’m reflecting on these stories and how I am connected to this place and its histories
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View fullsize A moment captured @green_st_studio by @eder_artworks budding photojournalist and former student from @inaburra_school . Skye Eder photographed and interviewed me in my studio, finishing some pieces and preparing some surfaces for my upcoming art resi

I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Elders, past, present, and future and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations Peoples in Australia, on the places where I live, work and research. I recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land, which continue to be important to the Aboriginal people living today. I give my profound thanks to the Elders of the Three Traditional Tribal Groups (3TTG), the communities of Mungo and the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area.