This is a transitional
piece. I’ve used watercolours, but also gum resin, charcoal and
pastels, trying to integrate the natural world into the work. Waterfalls are
significant in Chinese art, being the sign of the life force, or energy, and I
realise that I have responded to Chinese culture over many years, although it
may have seemed superficial at the time: Chinese lanterns at Christmas, eating
at Chinese restaurants, working near Chinatown in Sydney and taking away pieces
from there, such as a hand painted screen. But I feel it is deeper than that,
for some years I studied Tai Chi and when I went on a health kick I took up
regular drinking of ginseng and reading the I Ching. When I moved away from my
Catholic religion I became interested in Chinese Buddhism and Taoism. Sinophile
no, but influenced by Asian aesthetics, yes.
beautiful, Bronwyn
ReplyDeleteThanks again Efi, lovely to have an audience!
DeleteWonderful shape and movement in teh image. Enjoyed the background to it. (Also a T'ai Chi player.)
ReplyDeleteCivilisations that ancient have certainly things to teach us.
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