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The word "odalisque" is French in form and originates from the Turkish odalık
Evening Waterlilies from 2019 and Odalisque 1999.The word "odalisque" is French in form and originates from the Turkish odalık, meaning "chambermaid", from oda, "chamber" or "room". It can also be transliterated odahlic, odalisk, and odaliq. Joan DelPlato has described the term's shift in meaning from Turkish to English and French:The English and French term odalisque (rarely odalique) derives from the Turkish 'oda', meaning "chamber"; thus an odalisque originally meant a chamber girl or attendant. In western usage, the term has come to refer specifically to the harem concubine. By the eighteenth century the term odalisque referred to the eroticized...
You can tell though I think that something dramatic had changed in my life.
Volley Ball and The Song of the Sirens.Two very different paintings created one year apart.But somehow similar in structure.You can tell though I think that something dramatic had changed in my life. I had a break down, a mental snap.Because I could visualise it in those first few weeks I thought I would paint what I felt was happening in my mind.Naturally I also did the sensible thing and consulted medical help. I was in therapy for two years after that event. It was very interesting to be able to paint such a unique event.It is one of the...
I was so pleased to learn that four of the Koalas in my painting are alive
My Koala and Bushfire painting is nearly finished.I was so pleased to learn that four of the Koalas in my painting are alive, having been rescued by @akaw_hospital in Adelaide.Sadly the other koala known as Lewis was euthanised when they was decided his burns were too serious and he was in too much pain. I have juxtaposed this new painting with two older works from 10 years ago of the central Australian desert.Voss’s Journey and Red Desert we’re both inspired by a novel by Patrick White “Voss”.The novel is about a Victorian explore who doesn’t accept help from the indigenous population...
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane.
Moving around an imaginary space where the walls are filled with my large paintings is a delight.I do believe there is a centrality of interaction between my paintings and my mind.They make into reality the patterns of my nervous system. I paint what I feel.And in doing so the viewer feels those same feelings in their nervous system.“Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the...
My Koalas and Bushfire painting isn’t finished but I found out more about one of the Koalas
My Koalas and Bushfire painting isn’t finished but I found out more about one of the Koalas in the painting today and wanted to share the news with you. Koalas In Care rescued her and her Joey. I hadn’t even realised that she had a Joey.Both have been added to the painting today.These are Adelaide Koalas and you can donate on the Koalas in Care website or @akaw_hospital on InstagramYou can see the YouTube video of these two at Save Paws. It’s so nice to find that I have at least 2 koalas in my painting who have survived. So...