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Michelle Walker
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#details of new abstract work... . Besotted with

#details of new abstract work... . Besotted with this colour palette of red earth and phthalo turquoise / marine blue... and all the tertiary colours that come from mixing them with each other and amounts of white. . Collage of hand drawn icons inked onto reused brown paper bags and stained tissue paper. . Two more of this series are on the go. . Loving time in the studio after a big week working on Cape York. Schmushing paint around is such a grounding thing after two days travel plus three days of workshopping up north.

Just finished this... an artist's book, "The Book

Just finished this... an artist's book, "The Book of 3 Breaths" (and the link to the video flip through so you can see it now is in the comments below). . This will be part of my exhibition with Rachel Eberhard and Helen Douglass showing 25 February - 10 March next year at Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art.

Reading “Clear Seeing Place” at the moment...

Reading “Clear Seeing Place” at the moment... a book about being an artist by Brian Rutenberg... . Wonderful read. Thoroughly recommend it for anyone, not just people into art.

Here’s the latest from my studio... “of Earth

Here’s the latest from my studio... “of Earth & Song”... . loved playing with large scale collage of hand-painted papers in these canvases. I used tissue, flip-chart and sketchbook paper. . Remember those stunning cut outs that Matisse did in his later years? Like The Swimming Pool... . okay - I’ve not got figures in mine, true. ☺️

Some details of 3 new canvases painted together as

Some details of 3 new canvases painted together as one. . Loving the differences of the small frames within the larger canvases. . I’m looking for their title... ‘of Earth & Song’ is the front runner this morning. . I’m off to the studio to film the final canvases so I can finish the time lapse of these coming to life. It takes a long while to make these but they can be SOOOO worth it!

details of some new work, “Unearthed”... . lov

details of some new work, “Unearthed”... . love this colour combination... .

Details of a new pair of paintings - teal and red

Details of a new pair of paintings - teal and red orange...

Final pieces on the artist’s book made yesterday

Final pieces on the artist’s book made yesterday- fine silver finishings for the catch and closure. . The silver pieces link my jewelry making with my collage. . The artists book is called ‘The Book of 3 Breaths’... I started work on it back in June when 3 things in my universe converged - lockdown due to Covid (which affects breathing/ respiratory systems), Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd (“I can’t breathe”) and participating in a visual art class called “Breathing the Land”. The powerful symbol of the breath was coming up again and again.

Good morning ☀️

Good morning ☀️

Today’s studio collage session at #byroncommunit

Today’s studio collage session at #byroncommunitycollege . Hand-cut stencils for #gelliplate prints... then collaging the stencils after printing into their own abstract landscape.

Saturday was an ‘Art of Abundance’ workshop at

Saturday was an ‘Art of Abundance’ workshop at the beautiful @pottsville_yoga_studio with Angela and a wonderful group of women. . Such a treat to have a space for the workshop that is already so filled with loving, healing energy. . We played with colour and mixing, collage and stencilling. . Fun to have 3 women in our group who have never painted before- the 4 Step, Paint from the Heart process was perfect for getting them started. . Big gratitude for the company and everyone’s enthusiasm!

Out of the studio and back in the training room...

Out of the studio and back in the training room... that means putting on trousers! . Today, my one-day Visual Storytelling for Trainers and Facilitators program at Byron College. . Wonderful, enthusiastic group, great room with blue sky and greenery outside our door... and fun content that everyone got into! . If you are in northern rivers and the topic interests you, check out Term 4 starting first week of October for the next course. . Would love to build a community of practice around visual thinking and storytelling locally!

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