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Walk Gently in the Neighbourhood

 


Artists have always found inspiration  in their every day activities. The very early cave paintings are records of daily life - hunting expeditions for food and responses to the elements.  From the 1800s, Van Gogh's artworks about the daily work of peasants have charmed art lovers and  even in the Pop Art movement, the colourful art of everyday edible items like ice cream cones, cakes and hot dogs by Wayne Thiebaud have become collectable.  It is no wonder that during a pandemic lockdown when walking in the neighbourhood  is  the only exercise allowed  that these walks  take on a new fascination. 


Last week, I recorded my walk on a strip of  paper.... I joined a variety of  drawing and found papers  and added /scraped gesso to the surface. As I walked, I  drew with pencil shapes I saw on the way and then came home and added ink and pencil marks to fill in some detail. As you can see from the photo above, I cut the long strips into smaller squares to  share the walk  in segments. 


With the tiny bits of the original strip, I made some small collages with  additional fabric, dried bottlebrush leaves and stitching. 



Thank you for walking with me... 

We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost connection to nature, we have lost connection to ourselves.

From https://www.theartstory.org/

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