[No, I’m not Australian… Wandarrah is an aboriginal word meaning ‘meeting place’ and Australian Wandarrah is group of Etsy* sellers and buyers from Australia and New Zealand. One of our members has started a WordPress blog and my interview has just been posted.]
If you’re interested in reading about me and my Etsy shop, here’s the link: Anna Cull Art interview.
*Etsy is an online marketplace that specialises in handmade or vintage items and supplies.
I’m taking part in a pop-up mini market next week in Christchurch (NZ). It will be my first ever market! I know, I know… it’s about time. This is the poster I designed for the event.
We’ll also be popping up on December 13th and 20th ― perfect timing for a spot of last-minute Christmas shopping : )
The title ‘Time Slip’ was the first thing that popped into my head once I finished this mini abstract. I must have been thinking about Doctor Who… or possibly the lyrics of the ‘Time Warp’ song… “With a bit of a mind flip, you’re into a time slip and nothing can ever be the same.”
Time slips happen quite a lot when I’m painting ― no, not the kind where I’m suddenly transported back to the French Revolution. I’m referring to the kind of time slip where you are so focussed on what you’re doing that time slips away and the time you spend doing something feels like no time at all.
Proof, as far as I’m concerned, that time travel IS possible.
I’ve painted this magical place (although not this particular image) before. Hamurana Springs also inspired Flow (my first ever abstract), Stand (an experiment in using pastels) and Redwoods (an acrylic version of Stand). There are quite a few layers of paint on this one ― lots of colours and loads of texture. The painting looks particularly good at night with the light spilling down through the gap in the trees and reflecting on the water.
Sergei Bongart’s advice to study nature, exaggerate light and be less inhibited (the quote I posted here on Friday) is more than a little to blame for this painting which I started on Friday morning and finished off on Saturday afternoon. It is based on one of the photographs I took during our DC-3 flight over Christchurch last year.
Because I wanted to exaggerate the landscape, I decided to go with a fairly adventurous palette (inspired by, among others, the late, great Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s ‘Blobs grow in beloved gardens’ 1975 and ‘Green town’ 1978.
But where did the red hills come from? Well, the bright red is my complementary exaggeration of the dark green trees. And the sheep? That was my way of introducing a calm focal point ― something to suggest that perhaps the hills were not on fire : )
Finished, freshly varnished and now for sale sold. Click here if you missed the original post about this painting.
I’ve listed a couple of other paintings ― two I’m rather fond of that I painted last year. Both are available via Etsy or directly from me.
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