BIODIVERSITY IN COLOUR
Science Week was celebrated at Manly’s North Head, “Sunday at the Sanctuary – a living lab” on Sunday, 22nd August.
Several artists were invited By Manly Environment Centre to contribute to this celebration of Biodiversity by creating visual images in a range of diverse media.
As a participating artist my response to the concept of biodiversity was to focus on the brilliant colours that surrounded me.
These brilliant colours from Nature’s bountiful palette represented a challenge for me.
Our Australian bush is so rich in subtle shades and tints that the eye is dazzled by the diversity of greens and the richness of browns and ochres.
Everywhere the complementary pairs of red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow were caught in the interplay of light and shadow.
Beyond my easel a brilliant blue sky contrasted with the vivid orange of a gravel parade ground.
I selected Cerulean Blue as my main primary colour and Cadmium Orange as the complementary secondary shade.
By mixing and tinting with a dash of black and a pinch of white my palette became a diverse blend of warm and cool, light and dark, rich and subtle.
From the brightness of fern to the silver green and pink foliage of new gum leaves colour danced across my eyes.
I felt very privileged to be sharing this celebration of biodiversity with fellow artists who each expressed a unique response to our site.
Our site symbolized for us the endless variety of Nature’s creative life force, her bountiful expressions through form, texture, colour and light.
As we artists’ worked our own creative magic I felt a surge of grateful wonder at the visual splendor of Nature’s canvas.
Virginia Jean Gow
August, 2010.
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BIODIVERSITY IN COLOUR
Science Week was celebrated at Manly’s North Head, “Sunday at the Sanctuary – a living lab” on Sunday, 22nd August.
Several artists were invited By Manly Environment Centre to contribute to this celebration of Biodiversity by creating visual images in a range of diverse media.
As a participating artist my response to the concept of biodiversity was to focus on the brilliant colours that surrounded me.
These brilliant colours from Nature’s bountiful palette represented a challenge for me.
Our Australian bush is so rich in subtle shades and tints that the eye is dazzled by the diversity of greens and the richness of browns and ochres.
Everywhere the complementary pairs of red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow were caught in the interplay of light and shadow.
Beyond my easel a brilliant blue sky contrasted with the vivid orange of a gravel parade ground.
I selected Cerulean Blue as my main primary colour and Cadmium Orange as the complementary secondary shade.
By mixing and tinting with a dash of black and a pinch of white my palette became a diverse blend of warm and cool, light and dark, rich and subtle.
From the brightness of fern to the silver green and pink foliage of new gum leaves colour danced across my eyes.
I felt very privileged to be sharing this celebration of biodiversity with fellow artists who each expressed a unique response to our site.
Our site symbolized for us the endless variety of Nature’s creative life force, her bountiful expressions through form, texture, colour and light.
As we artists’ worked our own creative magic I felt a surge of grateful wonder at the visual splendor of Nature’s canvas.
Virginia Jean Gow
August, 2010.
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