I am delighted to let you know the wonderful historic Buda at Castlemaine is now stocking my art works.
Thank you to Viv and the team for this support, I appreciate it.
Buda Castlemaine . https://budacastlemaine.org
Still Life series
For several years I have been creating still life imagery from both native and exotic flora. Initially it was to do with my Imagining Mum series and the vases I had inherited from her.
It has since evolved to a love of painting with light and our natural world.
Each still life session needs planning as well as setting up the studio.
Yesterday was all about collecting flora from a friend and serendipitously getting lost thereby discovering a gorgeous red callistemon still in flower. The property owner kindly let me cut some.
After flower collecting it meant coming home and spending the next 6 hours setting up and shooting the still life imagery that I had in mind.
Today it is editing and I am pleased that I have a few images to use, having deleted at least half!
Later on I will scan some of these stunning flowers before attempting to dry them for future paper sculpture use or potpourri.
First large embroidery piece
As you may know I create small hand embroidered brooches that feature some of our local native flora.
Late last year I decided to expand my embroidery skills by tackling a largish piece, CUSP (from my Bendigo Suburban Flora range).
It has been an interesting time, as I learnt a few more stitches as well as how to undo mistakes!
Well at long last the piece is finished. I am not sure whether to frame it as a whole as the grevillea is a little strange, or to cut it into two or three pieces and frame them.
I would appreciate your feedback.
Here it is…
Sharon Greenaway 