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Have you met the artist Stephanie Fuller?
"Have you met the artist Stephanie Fuller?" Twenty years ago I stopped correcting people when they called me by my other name. I realised Fuller was the name they knew me by and it was my first professional name in the UK and Australia. So the international art world and all my friends in the UK, think of me as Stephanie Fuller. It happened to me again last week, "Have you met Stephanie Fuller, she's an artist", as it has hundreds of times over the years. Most emails I send here in the UK to let people know I have moved back I...
On the 5th October 2019, before the Bushfires destroyed 27 Million Acres of Forest
It seems incredible now but I finished this painting before the bushfires in Australia wiped out over one billion animals and 27 million acres of forest. This wasn't a planned painting it just happened. I have been concerned about climate change for years now but my worry was heightened by my recent move back to the UK in May 2019. This is what I wrote on Instagram on the 5 October 2019. The Poem is mine, written on the 5th October. "'When all the trees are gone will there still be clouds, Will the children be able to breathe, When all...
Lake Conjola
This island is at the entrance to Lake Conjola. The community in the town have been through a lot in the last 6 weeks. Their homes were burnt on New Years Eve, many people ended up on the beach or in the lake.Then two days ago the rest of the town that survived was flooded.Yesterday the entrance to the lake was cleared and opened to the sea, easing the flooding.My heart goes out the the people and creatures of this beautiful place. Hopefully now you can have some peace and time to rebuild your paradise. #lakeconjola #shoalhaven#stephanieburns #paintingnature #fishermansparadise
A Modern Day Moby Dick, A Ghost Or A Mythical Creature Of Legend
An artist has to be free and not tied to others expectations.In these days of conformity it can be up to those who are willing and daring enough to take risks.In every society those people are artists.For me the white whale is a modern day Moby Dick. A ghost or a Mythical creature of legend.A creature we are bound to. The largest living animal. .Our canary in the mine who if we cause the destruction of, we also will ultimately be destroyed. Thinking about the meaning of my white whales today as I’ve been invited to participate in a whale...
We need more representation of women artists in museums and commercial galleries
I have been thinking about Migaloo Diving as I have been invited to participate in a whale conservation project here in the UK by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Centre. I’m going to be painting Migaloo for them. A smaller and slightly different view than the original painting that was destroyed in the recent bushfires in Australia. The conservation project I’ll be working for is about increasing awareness of the issue of ocean plastics and how it is affecting whales and dolphins. Showing how we can all work together to help protect the ocean and all the marine life that...