au revoir 2025 artblog no.30
abstract bev mixed media 2025
can you believe i have written 30 of these little mutterings, thank you dear reader for reading my little muses over the years… appreciate all of youse…..back in the day i was quite the letter writer, postcard queen and card maker, but these days with the tech world, not so much communicae gets delivered by that snail mail. only this is, and i think well at least it’s a little something something…. well it is the month of December and oh the end of the year has arrived. with endings comes new beginnings and how truly fabulous all of the life is, it just keeps getting better….
how the time goes by faster each year i keep existing on this very place. so much to do and so many exciting escapades to be eventuated. so my news is that i have a new place of work for next year which is so thrilling, i will be leading some beautiful youth towards arts practice and knowledge for a few days in my week and then i am able to create my little heart out in my camellia studio for a few more days and then it’s the weekend where i get to potter in my garden, hang out with my favourite people and just smell the roses and eat…
…the most amazing bread that i have discovered, (this is supposed to be about art, but like, the only people that read this are my friends anyways…..) so in Turramurra, NSW there is the most amazing bread shop bakery called theflourshop https://flourshop.com.au/ and we have been buying it weekly and it has made me be more thoughtful about what i am eating, it’s a sourdough type of bread and i, well, just love it! there is also a fruit bread that makes my heart sing…. so it’s nice when you find something super special, and it’s good for you, and those bakers, they do get up so early for us, (appreciation! thank you bakers) and,… what i think i like is the simplicity soulfulness of the bread, and the no fuss particular way of being a traditional type human, the old ways, how our grandmothers used to exist, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, not all this packaging stuff…. and being able to recycle the paper bag it comes in, no glue. to have the bread sitting on the counter to let it cool, then pop it in the old cake container that my mother gave me where it sits waiting for me to indulge daily…and to visit a cute little baker shop each week where you run into friends you haven’t seen for a while because you were shopping in your own community… blahdy blah…. i think i am venturing into this new phase, where i am about trying to do my very best in all aspects of the life i have been given, well what else can one do? not that i wasn’t before, maybe i am more thoughtful and pondering about things, is it an age thing? no frills, just quality over quantity.
so friends, more very exciting news, (this is art….) is that i am having my very first solo exhibition in a gallery, this is “the empty nest”. it has come about after much encouragement from my best people who always believe in me, thank you, you know who you are….and it all just fell into place. as my last blog stated that i read: “the artists way”, and followed a few of the recommendations there and then. working part time also allowed me time in camellia studio to delve deeper into the practice of art and writing, and it therefore became more about who i am and what i am as an artist rather than the rushing around of the life that i have always known… time to reflect and meditate… i think there is a few things that has led me to where i am now: (i am truly thankful and teary (because i’m a crier), time, supportive loved ones, drive, maturity, time, no (expletives) about what people think, did i say time? and as a dear friend said to me, “ you’re an artist you have always been one!“ . and I thought, “yes, i am.”
change is coming…
next week i have also the opportunity to be in the Hornsby Art Society Christmas Exhibition at WACC (Wallarobba Arts and Community Centre) 9th -21st December where i am exhibiting three of my artworks and all works by the members are for sale, it’s a wonderful show and nice to get together at the end of the year to celebrate how far we have all come in our art journeys’. that’s why i do like to be in an art society, as like-minded people who create and appreciate the arts are there. this year i also joined the Ku-ring-gai Art Society, it is also has been a group of people who are so welcoming and engaged in the arts in our community. one does learn so much from others in conversation and the demonstrations that these societies hold. how grateful i am to be in their company.
with these notes, i bid you adieu to 2025 and may you have a relaxing break from it all and much joy and jubilations with your family and friends.
thank you for being interested in my writings and jottings even though they have been few and far between.
onwards and upwards,
tasha