Wow. Life is much harder. It took a holiday to Torquay in Late August, where I was able to receive my dialysis on a bus parked in a caravan park - to stop and reflect on the life I was living. The emotional grind has taken its toll. My art is still an active thought, my reliance on working digital so helpful now. I haven’t actually painted this year and had felt guilty when people asked me - what’s next? I have a general idea and a few involve painting ‘off canvas’. Bought a vintage Japanese screen that I will treat and then paint on. Big project. I’ve also completed public art for Victoria’s Big Build. Those digital ideas keep flowing. I find the blue sky and blue ocean lifts my spirits. Painting blossom trees, flowers and birds, Japanese designs with an Australian nature lens. These are my future subject matter but the motivations much darker and full of mortal peril. It’s not all doom and gloom. I spent September and early October admiring blossoms and feel quite well. Dialysis works! Going for a walk is no longer a trial 😊
