Brilliant warm Sunday, quiet and peaceful as I walk to the village shop. Last night sat in the garden after a barbecue and talked into dark of night. Four Artists bringing worthy discussions, insights, humour and information to the table.
This morning invited to look at work of the other resident artist who leaves today.
Lots of generosity sharing, so important. Hugely grateful.
Moving on with the work three more weeks! Oh joy!
Organising drawings done so far and balancing between urgency, planning and spontaneous action onto surface. While a calm energy and stillness has a part to play, there are questions to ask of the work.
While pursuing the ideas of phytoremediation, plants that detoxify soils on abandoned quarry sites, mining sites, industrial wastelands, I discover that Willow, which grows in the lane by me, is a good plant/ tree for breaking down arsenic and other toxins in the soil. The great thing is the more you prune it the more it grows back. As in basket making branches of various thickness can be cut and used in my artwork as linear “ drawing”as I work with this plant.
Alice coming this afternoon for a input talk about my work in general and this work I’ve done so far.
