CUT Stitching memories from the past, into the present and following the stitches to an anticipated future isn’t a way of life any more. We have had to cut so many threads in mid-stitch because of the effects of the virus. Travel plans, family reunions, shopping, schooling, daily routines, seeing friends, touching, seeing full faces … Read more
Transposing from images that are not from our usual referencing. I am sending 12 little images from a calendar of Japanese traditional paintings and woodcuts. Please see the name of the artists, the year and the title of the work under the image on the right-hand side. Read the image and think about the story … Read more
Dear All, I am slowly adjusting to the reality of not making plans and living each day as it comes. This is not an easy task as reaching into the future is what we do; we look forward. We have to stay inward for the winter and be with every day. I am sure many … Read more
This essay was commissioned by ASAI. It is the original, unedited copy. “There are things that seem like secrets that someone is keeping, but aren’t being kept by anyone.“ Cesar Aira, The Seamstress and the Wind[1] To read a painting, I feel, one must gather some insight into its origins, look to the … Read more
ARTIST STATEMENT Many writers, poets, musicians and visual artists have been struck by what is uniquely and ineffably African and tried to express this in their work. One feels the African geography and all the people who inhabit the landscape most acutely when staying in other parts of the world. Although each place has its … Read more
These projects are the last in the three-month series that have made up our various what’s ap group interactions and exchanges. The images and responses that have come out of the last months have been informative and inspiring. Thank you so much for your involvement, your work and your empathetic comments. There is a large … Read more
Dear All, this is a pre-June update as I would like you to prepare for the June project this week. I am going to open another WhatsApp group called Monday gallery. The other groups will continue as usual. During this week I would like you all, yes, the interactive ones and the quiet ones to … Read more
Full moon calling Trio Beyond the wall Beyond the wall describes a free space where we are left with our imaginings. The walls around us, some self-imposed, some societal and politely, limit us. The walls are guardians of preconception, assumption, education, fashion, etc that we live with. When we approach these walls and … Read more
#ORANGEARTGROUP AND WHATSAPP GROUP INTERACTION AND EXCHANGE. Dear All, it has been really interesting watching as new ideas, comments and really exciting new images have been posted on the Instagram pages and WhatsApp groups. Sometimes it feels a little haphazard as people come and go. There is a lot going on and there is … Read more
Synopsis blue “Synopsis blue” 30 x 20 cm acrylic on board. April 2020 Synopsis revisited Synopsis revisited. 30 x 30 cm acrylic on board. April 2020 Kalahari calling Emerald calling Synopsis series Series synopsis, 1,2,3,4. Acrylic on board 18 x 18 cm April 2020 Series synopsis, 1,2,3,4. Acrylic on board 18 x 18 cm April … Read more