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These two acrylic paintings are inspired by the Bald Head Walking Trail, a 12.5 km hike in Torndirrup National Park on the south coast of Western Australia.
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With my pedometer and iPhone camera, I documented my walks along the beach path and boardwalk in Albany, Western Australia. Small paintings of particular locations along the walks made up series about these walks. Each image carries the step number to that particular spot along the path.
A Walk on the Hill, found sticks, eco-dyed cloth, stitching, 70 x 160 cm, South West Art Now, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, 2022.
I enjoy the meditative process of stitching. It is like walking - a repetitive action, one step or stitch at a time. The cloth which has been dyed in eucalypt bark and leaves carries the memory of the tree, while the recycled grey woollen blanket holds its own memories. Wrapping the weathered sticks in the embroidered cloth holds in the memory of the sticks. Our nerves in our brain and body, including the neural pathways which relate to memory, are wrapped in a sheath, like the stick is wrapped in fabric. This installation takes you for a walk over the granite rocks, and through the varied textures and colours of the bush in Albany where I live.
I enjoy the meditative process of stitching. It is like walking - a repetitive action, one step or stitch at a time. The cloth which has been dyed in eucalypt bark and leaves carries the memory of the tree, while the recycled grey woollen blanket holds its own memories. Wrapping the weathered sticks in the embroidered cloth holds in the memory of the sticks. Our nerves in our brain and body, including the neural pathways which relate to memory, are wrapped in a sheath, like the stick is wrapped in fabric. This installation takes you for a walk over the granite rocks, and through the varied textures and colours of the bush in Albany where I live.
