Waratahs of Australia * Serti Silk Painting
This Video was first posted at my new blog Your Creative Muse which will detail my art, as a collection of drawings & paintings, photographs & mixed media collage, and now video.
Being sensitive to the energy of the natural environment, the indigenous people of Australia know that different plants and flowers have different healing properties that can be transmitted to anyone as they simply come ‘Under their Gaze.’
While this is an innate instinct for people still intune with the dreamtime of this great continent, most city dwellers don’t have the opportunity to ‘Go Bush’ when physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually depleted.
Enter the World of the ‘Bush Flower Essences’ and ’Visually absorbing the Essence of the Bush Flowers.’
Silk became the media for me to bring ‘Life’ to visual impressions of our Native Flowers. Being technically adept at finely detailed Serti Silk Painting was just the beginning. How to instill painting with the ‘Healing Essence’ of the flowers was to become my creative challenge. It seemed like the best way to start was to attune myself to a flower that I most resonated with: The Waratah.
Combining the Australian indigenous word: Waratah with the Greek Genus name: Telopea, the meaning of ‘Waratah’ is aptly ‘Beauty Seen from Afar.’
The Waratah was officially instated as the Floral Emblem of NSW in 1962 and all the biological details of the Waratah can be seen at http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nsw.emblem.html
The beauty of one of these magnificent crimson WILD flowers in full bloom, standing tall amongst the soft blue/green/grays of the Australian bush ‘scrub’ all around the Sydney area is a magnificent sight to see .. And the ‘Waratah Presence’ can be very strongly felt.
The formulators of Australian Bush Flower remedies, believe that the ‘Essence of Waratah’ can instill qualities of courage and vitality as well as imparting survival skills, supporting adaptability. For me the Waratah also emulates the spirit and lifeblood of Australia and I aspired to capture this quality in my paintings.
In a 12 year period I produced ‘Wearable Art’ * Framed paintings * Several screens * Before designing THE ultimate, one and only, and never-to-be-repeated-again wall hanging ‘Australian WILD Flowers.’
This short video is the start of documenting the 12 year period in which I produced Wearable Art * Framed Paintings * Wall Panels and Screens * Before designing THE ultimate, one and only, and never-to-be-repeated-again wall hanging ‘Australian WILD Flowers.’
And I hope that this short videos will enable you to absorb some of the healing energy of ‘Waratah.’
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