40x40x4cm acrylic on hand-built panel, hanging wire attached, signed on the front.
Shelter Backstep are the next part of my Shelter series.
The Shelter series has been developed from drawings I made from life in my garden from mid-February to mid-May 2022. I drew every day for 100 days in ink in a sketchbook. The summer of 2022 was very wet due to a second La Nina in the Pacific Ocean. I had to shelter most days on our back veranda or under a beach umbrella. I would sit low to the ground so that the paper didn't get splashed, I'm sure I looked like a life-sized artistic garden gnome.
I have always had plants in pots. When we lived in rental properties and moved frequently it meant I could take my garden with me. Since settling in Cedar Creek we have worked tirelessly on a very large garden, but I still tend to my plants, in many pots, in the house yard.
When we extended our old and small worker's cottage I wanted wide steps at the back of the house ( which is confusingly where the front door is) so that I could display my plants in pots on them. I spent much of my summer drawing project on the back veranda looking down on the steps, sheltering from yet another downpour and I drew the plants and pots many times.
I originally called this series "Shelter Pots" but then realised that might cause some confusion. My husband was raised in Bermuda and calls pans ( for cooking) pots. All part of that common language divide between North Americans and the British. I highly recommend Bill Bryson's " Mother Tongue". It's all about the root of the English language and the mistakes we make when speaking to each other on the other continent.
Shelter Backstep are the next part of my Shelter series.
The Shelter series has been developed from drawings I made from life in my garden from mid-February to mid-May 2022. I drew every day for 100 days in ink in a sketchbook. The summer of 2022 was very wet due to a second La Nina in the Pacific Ocean. I had to shelter most days on our back veranda or under a beach umbrella. I would sit low to the ground so that the paper didn't get splashed, I'm sure I looked like a life-sized artistic garden gnome.
I have always had plants in pots. When we lived in rental properties and moved frequently it meant I could take my garden with me. Since settling in Cedar Creek we have worked tirelessly on a very large garden, but I still tend to my plants, in many pots, in the house yard.
When we extended our old and small worker's cottage I wanted wide steps at the back of the house ( which is confusingly where the front door is) so that I could display my plants in pots on them. I spent much of my summer drawing project on the back veranda looking down on the steps, sheltering from yet another downpour and I drew the plants and pots many times.
I originally called this series "Shelter Pots" but then realised that might cause some confusion. My husband was raised in Bermuda and calls pans ( for cooking) pots. All part of that common language divide between North Americans and the British. I highly recommend Bill Bryson's " Mother Tongue". It's all about the root of the English language and the mistakes we make when speaking to each other on the other continent.