Wednesday 28 March 2012

Drifters

There are times when inspiration comes from within, an internal spark whose origin is unknown. Others come in visual waves, verbal vignettes and the source of inspiration is the art of another. This time, the source was my own better half and mutual muse; the artist Cecile Knight.
"Drifters" was Cecile's homage to her childhood home of Coffs Harbour and the Bellinger River. Her artist statement reads:

 "Provoked by a memory, the town I grew up in, the river I played in as a child. I would like to acknowledge its history."  

Visiting these places so embedded in the history and emotional genetics of my partner has in turn inspired me. Not only this, but I have been able to take a glimpse into what makes this place so special and make meaning and in the rivers and headlands for myself. The summer just gone we roadtripped from Daylesford to Gold Coast, and this is what I took and not only what I left. This place of abundant water, of sea salt and mountain mist is truly inspiring. I understand why now.