Bush shadows

Artist: avalyn
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Bush shadows

Ink, wax and water-colour on a full sheet of Saunders cold pressed, 300gms with printing techniques.
I love this paper for it’s soft but meaty texture and the randomness of its surface. Full sheets appeal because I get to keep the deckle edges as part of the rawness I look for with the direct application of water soluble hues.

I read recently how the Japanese think – or have traditionally thought of – paper as sacred. Working with paper is always a thrill for me ….... its tactility and the very simple relationship with the fabric of trees is a delightful inter-relationship

Bush shadows belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, All Around the Styles, Aussie Bush Paintings, Fine Arts, Illawarra , Japanfluence, Printmakers and Printmaking, Sydney's Guide to Exhibitions, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point and Works On Paper Available for sale as

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katsu

Wow avalyn!!!
Excellent new work.
I like this :-)
katz

ps : i like your idea!!! using saunders…xx
avalyn replied

hello there cheeky kat…...... love that little face peering at me!
thank you for such a juicy comment, makes me buzz! xo
Josh Bowe

Love this study Avalyn
avalyn replied

Hey Josh …......... you’re a new face…....... thank you for your comments!
blamo

Love the effect very Abstract
avalyn replied

hugs to you b…........ thank you!
butchart

this has a certain rythm that really appeals to me on a subconscious level.. hard to describe…..... i love the eastern feel as well….. great work….....b
avalyn replied

thanks butch…........ I do love a direct oriental line …... have a love of Zen and what is silent…..... thank you for perceptive comment
linaji

I feel like I am watching on the Tele and then taken deep within the bush… you have created a story here for me of modern life… and where does modern come from? Deep dark parts of our past.. Wow this medium is a winner for you I feel your joy here Avalyn!!
avalyn replied

Hey thanks linaji….......... yes .. there is something very real for me with this ink wash and grabbing something lying over there to use as a printing plate …. felt refreshed doing it..XX
Keith Reesor

Fantastic work Avalyn!! :)
avalyn replied

hey Kieth…........... thank you friend in art!
arteology

simply magnificent, a real inspiration…..totally zen
avalyn replied

Yo to you gallo…......... love that you are inspired
aglaia b

wow, so beautiful! love this avalyn. ;-) xox
avalyn replied

thank you aglaia…......... happy to see your face and comments near my art!
madvlad

thanks for your come by wow so many trained artists here at times i wished i had gone to art school—but was too busy raising a wife n three daughters so my out back leanto was my school and all i did was paint till they looked half desent i have done so abstract too but like my own style better -besides i am all over the place which suits me-again thanks keep slinging the paint pot and having fun like me
avalyn replied

hey madvlad!! I’ve been travelling and off again tomorrow…....... slow on the redbubble…....feeling very zen about art-making…and don’t think any schooling really means anything if it’s in your heart…......cheers to you!
scott allison

i love this!
avalyn replied

hey Scott…..... I’m happy you love this..it worked so simply for me….wish it would happen like that all the time! thanks
Enoeda

Beautiful composition! Love this fantastic picture!
avalyn replied

hello new face….thanks for the look-in
calves

Fantastic work, Avalyn!:)
avalyn replied

Hey! thank you Claudia!! Simplicity works I notice…....in very unexpected ways.
Kerryn Madsen...

Hi Avalyn. A capturing intense and vibrant work.
I love Saunders 300gsm more so over the Arches brand – used it a lot for my life drawing work. It is a 100% rag paper made from the cellulose fibres of cotton plants. Much stronger and archival than the cellulistic acidic/tanin wood fibres made from tree pulp which have to be PH treated and bleached which weakens the short fibres. Cartridge papers, like that used for student visual art diaries and in the many reams used for general photocopy/printing papers, are made from the cellulose wood fibres (from trees).
You may or may not know this. Don’t want to sound pedantic but there are many people that do not know about paper fibre properties or treatment of such to get them to an end-use product.
avalyn replied

Hi Kerryn…...I really appreciate all of the paper-news. I had read a little about paper construction in the past but did not identify why I loved Saunders so much, since I’ve used Arches as a watercolour ground for very many years.
It’s that TREE thing! I think I’ve become a tree I’ve spent so much time in the forest…......and, I love journaling too…...............the intimacy I feel with the little cartridge block of cheap paper. I think I’ve done a lot of my best work in a journal…..I certainly have a pile of them.
Loved your comment! X
Sandra Fisher

Love this work Avalyn!
avalyn replied

Thank you Sandra. You are very kind to keep in touch….....I’m cruising around the WARM northern climes and not painting at all right now. X
Kerryn Madsen...

Thanks for your reply Avalyn You say in above comment – “I’m cruising around the WARM northern climes” ... If by chance you get as far north as Innisfail ??? you are more than welcome to come visit me!
:-) As always, loving your art work. Just a thought – Maybe you could think about publishling a book of your journal work or otherwise (could use one of those on-line publishers)
Cheers K. XXX
PS Have an older brother who is a tree hugger and sees their aura fields!
avalyn replied

gosh Innisfail is so FAR north…........ will get there one day…..... but I’ve been looking to buy a property and it seems I will be moving back to the hills close to Byron, which is so my heart place….... though Byron Bay town is ALL madness now….......... I’m experiencing one of those follow your nose times and all kinds of wonderful meetings are happening.
I like the idea of doing an on-line book…..... need to resettle before too much of that focus though.
arteology

i have several galleries that i favor so much and when im intween projects i love to feel like im walking thru my own little museum to be refueld and re inspired, your gallery is one of them, i had to return to this piece…..its so true a strong…....great creative day for you, gallo
avalyn

hey! thanks gallo…........ I notice you are quiet one and refreshing to hear you when there can be lots of hype around bubble…........ I have noticed new work from you and I’ve been wandering the earth like a vagrant spirit lately….........very joyful, but not painting time…........X blessings
Vasile Stan

Beside the fact I like it without explanations or justifications of any nature (other than perhaps my own), I was so touch by your sensitivity to the light of being: “its tactility and the very simple relationship with the fabric of trees is a delightful inter-relationship”.

Wonderful experience. Thank you.
avalyn replied

Hey Vasile….....you’ve got a beautiful way of appreciation, thank you!
Phil Eckert

There’s a wonderful sense of depth in this work. Beautiful
CarolM 7 days ago

Hi Ava, I think I see something entirely different in this piece. It appears to me like a harbor with boats doced there in a light fog. That’s what’s so wonderful about abstract work. Each of us can interpret it in our way according to what it means to us individually. I’m not familiar with this technique but it is such interesting work. A very creative piece!