Category Archives: Visual Art – Drawing & Painting

When life doesn’t stop

Posted on 05 October 2011 by Vulnerability of the heart

We all have those times.  Times when we are too busy.  Sometimes our busyness is having too many things to do.  Other times its simply having one stressful thing.  Whatever it is there has to come a time when life … Continue reading →

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Princess

Posted on 06 May 2011 by Vulnerability of the heart

… She dressed up in her princess dress, “I’m a princess!” she said as she twirled and danced about… The magic of childhood; imaginative and unhibited.  My daughter with her precious curls, her beauty is the magic God gave her, … Continue reading →

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Koi Pizzazz

Posted on 11 March 2011 by Vulnerability of the heart

  I have had this painting brewing now for about 8 months after walking into a Japanese merchandise store and seeing a beautiful water colour Koi painting on the wall.  This painting was delicate and gentle, showing the graceful movement … Continue reading →

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We have so much space!

Posted on 15 December 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

On a recent trip to Yorke Peninsula I was mesmerised by the vast space that surrounded me.  It was beautiful and peaceful.  I kept saying to my husband would you just look at those clouds in the sky, or look … Continue reading →

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Same same

Posted on 29 September 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

    The other day I was sitting in a waiting room at a doctors office.  On the wall was a perfectly nice print, the same print that I had seen on a friends wall, and in the popular furniture … Continue reading →

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Moonta’s Former Toil

Posted on 22 September 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

Sometimes it takes something from the past to impact you and remind you of the goodness we modern Century Australian’s live with. Our standards of living, our expectations of our workplace environment and concepts of a child’s right to be … Continue reading →

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Spontaneous Drawing

Posted on 09 September 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

I watch my kids draw and paint with great interest. They do it so spontaneously and so uninhibited. Their images are simplistic representations of their life.  My two and half year old daughter was drawing some pictures of family members.  … Continue reading →

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Tones they make the difference

Posted on 06 July 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

In January, after a long stint of failed attempts to paint, I painted a quick painting of one of my local beaches Silver Sands.  It was a spontaneous simple painting, that (at the time) was crucial in breaking the “painters … Continue reading →

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Down memory lane

Posted on 15 June 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

  Cape Jervis – South Australia           Contemplating the climb, Morgans Beach           Ben wanted to look at a block of land at Silverton, a couple of hours South from where we … Continue reading →

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Painting is more than skill

Posted on 26 May 2010 by Vulnerability of the heart

Turquoise waters of Maslins Beach           The other day I was painting along side my son.  Ewan was was doing a paint by colour water colour,  I was completing a painting of Maslin’s Beach.  Ewan started … Continue reading →

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