tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24776176516389518682024-03-07T23:39:55.116-08:00 Nerina LascellesNerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-14517466213738887072019-10-10T02:20:00.004-07:002019-10-10T02:20:54.195-07:00New<h3 style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #222222; font-family: "Alegreya Sans"; font-size: 1.2em; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
“To send light unto the darkness of men’s hearts. Such is the role of the artist” - Robert Schumann</h3>
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Art was once the handmaiden of religion, culture and philosophy. It offered the viewer an enlarged vision and spiritual stimulation. The role of art in almost every pre-industrial culture was to depict the sacred and was valued as a developing force within man. The function of art was to free the spirit of the beholder and to invigorate and enlarge his or her vision.</div>
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Ever since I was young, I’ve held an interest in the spiritual life of man - rather than the mundane world of things. As a child I would often contemplate the idea of existence, the source of all life and of imagined worlds beyond ours. I was fascinated with philosophy, wisdom and spiritual traditions across the globe and intrigued by the symbolism within the artwork that assisted in communicating these teachings. It was fascinating to observe how artistic imagery spread across the globe as it’s associated religion and philosophy was shared. I also loved to learn that in many cultural traditions, that the artist was considered a highly spiritual member of society and would often work closely with the priests, shamans, lamas or holy-men in order to visually translate spiritual concepts to the wider community.</div>
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As a 7 year old, I also dreamed of becoming an artist. In early primary school when asked to dress up as ‘what you would like to be when you grew up’, I found an art smock, beret and some brushes and a wooden palette that belonged to my dad’s dad who was indeed an artist.</div>
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It’s fascinating how ones dreams and values are so clear at such a young age. I’ve also always perceived my artistic expression as a means to uplift inspire the viewer. Over the decades I’ve been drawn to number of cultures who’s philosophies and art forms, can offer us, here in the West, wisdom of how we can perhaps relate to our planet and each other in a more balanced way.</div>
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Art Therapy</h3>
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Around 20 years ago I enrolled in my first ‘Art Therapy’ course with the dream to combine my two big callings, ‘art’ and ‘helping others’. </div>
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….. And now, having spent over 15 years of practicing as an Art Therapist, I have sat with many more than 20,000 (crazy when you add it up) individuals, encouraging them to make meaning of their life experience through the medium of visual art. As one could imagine, working with individuals in settings such as drug and alcohol detoxes, rehabs, homeless shelters and stress & depression clinics, the stories lived and the pain that has been suffered are ‘big’, to say the least. </div>
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To share sessions discussing the meaning of life, the blessings that suffering offers and gently reconnecting with inner wisdom, strength and courage is a great gift.</div>
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In the safety of a therapeutic setting, it has been an incredible honour to hold the hand of another individual and to encourage them to lean towards their suffering, rather than to move away from it. To turn to face the shadow, rather than to numb, run from or distract from the experience of pain and discomfort.</div>
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While my own solitary artistic practice has been a constant source of rejuvenation after holding the space for some of these cathartic experiences in others, I have consciously kept my art and art therapy quite separate. </div>
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Before now I’ve also held the position that I don’t want my paintings to be about me. No offense to others who find their artistic practice a great source of personal therapy, but I’ve felt it somewhat self-absorbed, and shallow to center an exhibition of work on egoic self concern. Don’t get me wrong, I use art therapy frequently as a means of processing my own experience and I have volumes of artwork that captures some of the ‘not so pretty’ expressions from those inner wounds that need balancing. To me though, these have always been personal. </div>
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It wasn’t until last year that the bridge between my art and art therapy practice became solidified.</div>
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Art and Art Therapy</h3>
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On a personal level, this had been perhaps the hardest year of my life. Just as two of my closest friends lost their battle with cancer, my intimate relationship also dissolved. Now I had to experience intense suffering. My whole world of ‘what I had come to know’ crumbled. Waves of tumult, grief, intense loss, fear and sadness left me open, raw and vulnerable. Now it was my turn. Just as I had encouraged others to ‘lean into’ their unpleasant feelings, I knew that I must now ‘practice what I preach’.</div>
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I decided to make it my spiritual practice to sit with all of the feelings that every part of me wanted to run from. From somewhere deep inside, I knew that this period of such enormous pain must be one of those ‘big life lessons’ that in time would possibly transform me and catapult me into a new experience. That same inner voice knew that this was a priceless opportunity and I made the commitment to make each decision and take each action from a place of honour. To consciously choose the ‘high road’.</div>
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New Work</h3>
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This new series of paintings reflects this new commitment to hold a space to process the emotional fallout from such a huge life experience. </div>
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As I am beginning to slowly unveil this new body of paintings to the world, I notice that viewers really appreciate my openness and vulnerability in exploring those ‘uncomfortable moments’ that we all experience. This body of work responds to the transformation that occurs when we are courageous enough to move toward and dive into the stormy seas, rather than our natural response, to move away from and to avoid, numb or escape.</div>
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There has been so much research conducted on emotional pain. Researcher Dr Joan Rosenberg (who has a fabulously inspiring Ted talk on this very topic!) has found that the unpleasant feeling that is experienced in the body as a result of an emotion only lasts between 60-90 seconds and that if we learned how to ‘ride this wave’ of the uncomfortable, the wave then recedes and the individual is left with a sense of more self worth, pride and strength. Sadly, suppressing these emotions brings the opposite. </div>
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“Consistently distracting or avoiding what is unpleasant and uncomfortable is, unfortunately, the start of the slow trek to increased anxiety, bodily pain, vulnerability and disempowerment’ - Dr Joan Rosenberg.</div>
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It’s my hope that individuals may embracing the opportunity to reflect on their own emotional world more deeply while contemplating the paintings in this new series. I’d love to invite the viewer on an imaginary journey to ride the waves and penetrate the layers of emotion and thought in their own inner world (allowing the harshness to soften, the clouds to dissipate and the drama to dissolve). Finally coming to rest in the space and silence, once again connected to the still background presence that never left. </div>
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History of Shanshiu / Sansuiga</h2>
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One such movement is Shanshui (China) or Sansuiga (Japan). The term Sansuiga applied to traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese painting which depict an idealised landscape primarily using the forms of mountains, rivers, clouds and mist. In Chinese, Shan means mountain and Shui means water. </div>
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Originating in China, Shanshui draws much of its influence from Buddhist art that traveled across Asia on the ancient Silk Road and began to develop in the 5th century.</div>
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In Japan, landscapes served first as settings in Buddhist paintings as influenced by the blue-and-green landscapes of the Tang dynasty. from the 14th century, primarily by Zen priests.</div>
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By the late 18th century, new influences from Western realism transformed much of Japanese landscape painting from a conceptual or idealised image of nature to naturalistic views of real locations.</div>
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Elements in Shanshui paintings</h2>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mountains have long been seen as sacred places in China and were viewed as the homes of the immortals and thus, close to the heavens. Mountains are the "heart" of a Chinese landscape painting. They are the centre point of a vast landscape, either rising upward toward the heavens or depicted as steep green monoliths covered with craggy rocks and ridges. These surreal landscapes are a product of the artist's imagination. Behind these scenes is a very deep, philosophical meaning. The landscape surrounding the mountain entices the viewer to partake in its beauty and contemplate the meaning of the mountain - or sometimes, the vast emptiness surrounding it. </span></div>
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In Confucianism philosophy, mountains are an image of calm stillness, while water represents movement and change, hence the complementary concepts of Being and Becoming. </div>
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The inclusion of fog surrounding the mountain is the "spiritual void" we must fill by contemplating the painting. The mist clouding the landscape also symbolises psychological uncertainty. As it obscures the view, it represents a lack of clarity, insight, or knowledge.</div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When Shanshui artists work on a painting, they do not try to present an image of what they have seen in nature, but what they have thought about nature. It is not important whether the painted colors and shapes look exactly like the real object; the intent is to capture, on paper, an awareness of inner reality and wholeness, as though the painting flows directly from the artist’s mind, through the brush, onto the paper. The skilled artists used their works to address and portray the transformations and subtleties of the universe. The conceptual landscapes of Shanshui were said to provide not only a mirror of the natural world but a means of expressing human thought and abstract or philosophical principles.
According to Chinese author, jurist and ambassador, Ch'eng Hsi:
“Shanshui painting is a kind of painting which goes against the common definition of what a painting is. Shanshui painting refutes color, light and shadow and personal brush work. Shanshui painting is not an open window for the viewer's eye, it is an object for the viewer's mind. Shanshui painting is more like a vehicle of philosophy.”</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Shanshui paintings involve a complicated and rigorous set of requirements for balance, composition, and form. Each painting contains three basic elements, “paths,” a “threshold,” and the “heart” or focal point. Paths—Pathways should never be straight. They should meander like a stream. This helps deepen the landscape by adding layers. The path can be the river, or a path along it, or the tracing of the sun through the sky over the shoulder of the mountain. The Threshold—The path should lead to a threshold. The threshold is there to embrace you and provide a special welcome. The threshold can be the mountain, or its shadow upon the grounds, or its cut into the sky. The Heart—The heart is the focal point of the painting and all elements should lead to it. The heart defines the meaning of the painting.
Shanshui paintings have no fixed perspective, as Western landscape paintings do.
The principles of Shanshui can be extended to gardening and landscape design. Shan represents “yang” or strong, tall, and vertical elements, while shui is “yin,” soft, horizontal, and lying on the earth. Vertical and horizontal elements must be maintained in balance. The application of Shanshui to gardening implies having a deep respect for natural forces, and allowing nature to shape the garden, rather than trying to dominate nature. </span><br />
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Blue and Green Paintings</h2>
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Another strong influence on my new body of paintings is the blue, green, aqua and gold palette from the Buddhist paintings from the Tang Dynasty (7th - 10th century China). </div>
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Qinglu Shanshui (China) and Seiryoku Sansui (Japan) literally translates as blue-and-green landscape. </div>
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These paintings were heavily coloured with mineral pigments, especially blue azurite and green malachite with use of gold highlights. During the Heian period in Japan, the colored Seiryoku Sansui formed the basis of what came to be called yamato-e</div>
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Shanshui Poetry</h2>
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Shanshui poetry or Shanshui shi refers to the movement in poetry, influenced by the shanshui (landscape) painting style, which became known as Shanshui poetry, or "Landscape poetry". Sometimes, the poems were designed to be viewed with a particular work of art, others were intended to be "textual art" that invoked an image inside a reader's mind. It is one of the more important Classical Chinese poetry genres. Developing in the third and fourth centuries in China, Shanshui poetry contributed to the process of forming a unique aesthetic outlook. </div>
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And finally, here is a collection of Shanshui poems by Wang Wei who lived in the Tang Dynasty, 8th century (701–761) and is sometimes referred to as the “Poet Buddha”.</div>
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<br />Deer Park<br />No one seen. In empty mountains,<br />hints of drifting voice, no more.<br />Entering these deep woods, late sun-<br />light ablaze on green moss, rising.<br /><br />Magnolia Park<br />Autumn mountains gathering last light,<br />one bird follows another in flight away.<br />Shifting kingfisher-greens flash radiant<br />scatters. Evening mists: nowhere they are.<br /><br />Vagary Lake<br />Flute-song carries beyond furthest shores.<br />In dusk light, I bid you a sage’s farewell.<br />Across this lake, in the turn of a head,<br />mountain greens furl into white clouds.</div>
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An artist’s studio is a sacred space that houses the sacred process of creation.</div>
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When I completed my artist’s residency at Dunmoochin the question I has asked </div>
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“Where am I going to created now?”</div>
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For over 20 years, since leaving art school, I found myself painting in all </div>
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healing centre and to when in desperate need, setting up an easel in </div>
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Roughly scrawled on a serviette, the initial concept which pictured three circles and was reworked into two. One larger circle was the proposed working and exhibiting space and the smaller was to accomodate a storage area with a sink for clean-up and a small room allocated for a composting toilet. The ‘smaller’ circle was indeed smaller in diameter but was designed to be ‘double-storey’ with half of the circle covered over with a mezzanine which was proposed to store paintings. These two circles were drawn to be connected by a ‘link’. That serviette which was crumpled and wine stained became the precious blueprint that birthed this unique art studio from a dream into reality.</div>
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As per the ferrocement building method, walls were to comprise of large cylinders of reinforcing steel which would be tied together and covered on each side by sheets of expanded stainless steel mesh. Once all of the windows and doors had been positioned within the two cylinders, the mesh walls would then be rendered, both inside and out with two coats of cement.</div>
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The Dunmoochin Foundation is located in 200 acres of protected bushland in Cottles Bridge, north-east of Melbourne. Within the bushland setting, the Foundation offers rented studios and residences for artists, writers and researchers. Established by the eminent Australian artist, Clifton Pugh AO, three times winner of the Archibald prize, the Dunmoochin Foundation is now managed by a voluntary Board of Directors.</div>
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Since its establishment in 1989, many Australian and overseas artists have had the opportunity to develop their artistic skills and experience a connection with nature. The Dunmoochin Foundation offers a place of retreat for successful applicants to experience six to twelve months in this natural setting. Over 29 years, the Dunmoochin Foundation has offered residencies to visual artists, musicians, composers, sculptors, poets, writers, dancers, puppeteers, craftspeople, video producers, film makers, researchers and environmentalists. <a href="http://www.dunmoochin.org/about-us/">(read more)</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Visitors to the exhibition (photo credit - Kristin Walker)</span></div>
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'Legacy', a group show featuring work from 11 artists who have spent time as artists-in-residence at Dunmoochin. Lyn Ashby, Mirranda Burton, Jole Di Florio, Heja Jung, Lisa Nolan, Simon Pierse, Sue Robertson, Jodi Stewart, Matt Stonehouse, Mark Wotherspoon and yours truly, Nerina Lascelles, showcase work on the rustic mudbrick walls of the Eltham Library Community Gallery until July 2nd, 2018.</div>
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Dunmoochin is an incredible place steeped in rich cultural history. It seems that every artist who has had the fortune to undertake a residency has been influenced by the beauty of the surrounding bushland. </div>
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I have three paintings on display in 'Legacy' and while I don't have any paintings that I created while actually in residence, as they've all sold :), I have had a delightful time in the studio revisiting the influences that inspired me so greatly </div>
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It was back in 2010 that I went to live as an artist in residence at Dunmoochin for around two years. It was during this chapter that the motif of the 'Redbox' leaf originated; and it continues to appear in my paintings. This iconic circular-shaped leaf reflects this area of dry bushland on the outskirts of Melbourne. </div>
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Below are some the process details and finals of the paintings showing ......</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Box Mist | 122cm x 122cm | 2018</span></div>
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The two other paintings in the exhibition - and their working details are pictured below.....</div>
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"I<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">n celebration of this beautiful full moon that continues to light up the cold, clear nights here in the bush, this painting is now completed and on display in “Legacy” - an exhibition featuring the work of 11 artists who have spent time in residency at Dunmoochin." May 31. 2018 - Instagram</span></div>
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Today, on this cold, wet and wintery Melbourne day I am also enjoying revisiting some of the paintings that I did created while at Dunmoochin. </div>
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This painting (below) features the 'Long Leafed Box', which is another indigenous eucalypt growing in the dry bush forest in Cottles Bridge. This painting was inspired by the beautiful Japanese folding screens (or byobu) that were used as room dividers and as a means of reflecting light into Japanese houses prior to the access to electricity in Japan.</div>
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Just as an aside, this painting won the 'People's Choice Award' at the Nillumbik Art Prize back in 2011 :)</div>
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Here's is another painting created at Dunmoochin that features the circular 'Red Box' leaves. I recall being always so fascinated with the wide variety of colours in the leaves. Mostly of course they're a lovely pale misty green but as they age, they turn pink and even a rusty-red colour. Some individual leaves contain all of the colours on the one leaf. </div>
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When it rains the shiny leaves reflect the grey skies above and the hue of the red box foliage seems to soften into an even paler green..... the raindrops becoming sparkling, silvery jewels.</div>
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To continue with a feature of some of the paintings that were created at Dunmoochin, another 'throwback' from my Dunmoochin residency that again features the Red Box leaves is this work. (below) The title of this painting is a Haiku poem written by the Japanese master, Seibi. </div>
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While revisiting the influences during my 'Dunmoochin' chapter, I found this photo of me at work in my studio. Clifton Pugh built this 'hanger-like' building when he began to create larger paintings.</div>
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While I utterly <i>cringe</i> to look at myself and my work from seeming <i>lifetimes</i> ago, this was such a magical and important chapter for me, both artistically and personally.</div>
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And to continue with a few more paintings from my two year Dunmoochin residency featuring Red Box gum leaves, the title of this work is a haiku poem by the Japanese master Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1827)</div>
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While still strolling down memory lane - reflecting on some of the work that I created at Dunmoochin during my residency, I also found this one. This is one of my largest paintings measuring 152cm x 152cm, painted in 2012.</div>
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As with my previous post, the title is a haiku poem from the Japanese master, Yosa Buson (1716 - 1784)</div>
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...And for the last post from the rainy day reverie, another painting featuring the Redbox created at Dunmoochin back in 2012. Living at Dunmoochin enables one to connect with the landscape in all seasons, in a weather conditions and all times of the day. Nights with a full moon shining down through the redbox forest were extra special. This painting was the hero image of a solo exhibition I had at Montsalvat titled, 'Seizui - Essence'.</div>
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The title for this painting is one of my very favourite Haiku poems by Matsuo Basho.</div>
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I really hope you've enjoyed browsing through this small collection of paintings from my 'Dunmoochin' chapter - just as much as I have in revisiting them. </div>
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'Legacy' an exhibition features work from such a talented bunch of fellow artists who have also experienced a deep connection with Dunmoochin.</div>
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flood, from gold mining to wheat harvesting, from the horse and buggy to the
motor car and from Shillinglaw Cottage to the Eltham Library, ‘Our Eltham’ is a
celebration of life in our Shire since the opening of the Eltham Cemetery more
than 150 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Depicting
scenes of life in and around Eltham, this collection offers us a deeper connection
to our area through a series of visual narratives of our past, our environment
and our community. Historic photographs ignite an impression of what our forefathers
may have witnessed during their lifetimes as pioneers before, us while indigenous
flowers and plants symbolically connect us to life and nature in our local area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The Eltham
Cemetery Trust commissioned this project as part of its ongoing vision to offer
our community a fresh and unique relationship to the Cemetery and confirms the
Cemetery Trust’s commitment to the continued support of local artists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were collaboratively created by artist Nerina Lascelles and ceramicist Linda
Detoma. The associated landscape was designed and constructed by Leigh Wykes
with ironwork by Neil Carter. All contributors to this installation are
residents of the Eltham area. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The official unveiling of the project commencing at Montsalvat. September 21, 2017</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">....a portal to another time and place, it reveals insights into human behaviour,
beliefs, dreams, habits and ideas. Art has been created by humans for
humans across hundreds and hundreds of years because it can inform us,
stimulate us, uplift us, inspire us and offer us an enriched view of life.
That is what we hope to achieve with this work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have lived Eltham and the surrounding area for nearly 50 years. What drew me to
this project is the wonderful opportunity to offer a fresh perspective of the
rich history and beautiful landscape right here on our doorstep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as with a time capsule Linda and I hope that we have brought the Eltham Cemetery Trust's vision to life and helped to make the story of historic Eltham, relevant to the
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Visitors to the cemetery reflecting on the collection of 31 panels at the opening.</div>
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Eltham cemetery is a time capsule as well. It was established in 1858. It
is fascinating to ponder on what life would have been like and how life in the
Nillumbik area has changed over more than 150 years. A reflection on
historic imagery and story enables us to understand what our fathers and their
fathers may have witnessed during their lifetimes. Historic imagery
also allows us to contemplate the myriad of colourful tales that
our dearly departed forefathers, now at rest within the Eltham
Cemetery, would have perhaps told. Historical imagery offers us today, a
connection with our past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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renowned throughout the Nillumbik Shire for his talent as a designer, builder
and stonemason, and who is here today, designed and constructed the 50 metre,
curved stone wall in the cemetery upon which this series of panels was then to
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Wykes visited my art studio some 18 months ago. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Leigh had also met with we'll know local ceramicist, Linda Detoma and suggested that Linda and I meet and discuss the idea of potentially working in collaboration on the project.</span><br />
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ancient artwork of the orient and the reverence that Japanese artists, poets
and monks displayed towards the natural world around them. Over recent years I have featured Australian
elements in my paintings, endeavouring to reflect a similar sensitivity towards
the natural world here in Nillumbik. </span></div>
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Native flora and foliage features in my work</div>
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it was the use of indigenous native flora and foliage within the layers in my
work that struck a chord of connection with Leigh, like the inclusion of the
typically Eltham round Red Box Gum leaves or the soft, misty green of the
silver wattle that grows on the banks of the Diamond Creek. Perhaps it
was the bright yellow pom poms of Golden Wattle that cheerfully heralds
the beginning of Spring at the end of a long Winter. Perhaps
what Leigh recognised in that moment was a celebration of the bush treasures
that surround us in Eltham; the beautiful native plants of varying shape,
texture and colour that remind us of our own sense of <i>home</i> and <i>place</i> in
this unique part of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Historic map of Eltham</div>
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process of creating this series of panels has been an unfolding journey, each panel has seemed to take on a life of
its own. Historic research, a series of interviews, sourcing local photos and
on-site photography took me out of the studio on what felt like a treasure
hunt. As each tale unfolded, I was able to sense a deeper and deeper personal
connection to life here in this Shire. A connection that I hope has been
relayed through this body of work, and a connection that I hope my 2.5 year old
son will also experience as he grows up in this area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The newly installed body of 31 panels at the Eltham Cemetery</div>
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series of 31 ceramic panels, each measuring 70cm x 60cm, which have been
installed into a rusted steel balustrade that runs above a 50 meter stone wall
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including local landmarks of significance and of
a collection of native plants that are indigenous to
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A selection of tiles fresh out of the kiln after their third firing</div>
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15 handcrafted ceramic tiles that piece together like the
pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, to picture the overall design. The panel
designs have been created digitally with some of
the designs containing more than 90 layers of imagery. The
digital designs are then transposed into a decal (or transfer image)
which is produced using glaze materials, that when fired, the
image adheres permanently to the tiles. Metallic or
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465 tiles in the project have been fired up to 5 times before being
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Eltham, Shillinglaw Cottage, 1963. Photographer J T Collins</div>
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may remind you of stories that your mothers, fathers, grandmothers
or grandfathers may have told, or possibly some of your own
memories and stories are ignited when you visually connect with a familiar
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and listening for their memories of the Red Rattler or the Eltham Barrel etc…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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species reconnect us to our area without any reference to a particular decade
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invention of electricity, the motor car and bitumen roads which have physically
changed the landscape of the area over recent centuries. A gum tree remains a
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The members of the Eltham Cemetery Trust and secretaries Rita and Julia for the wonderful opportunity to undertake this commission and for all of your support every step of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To Amanda Gibson for your wonderful talent with the design and layout towards the book<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-48549691079186094342017-01-23T20:24:00.003-08:002017-01-23T20:24:59.835-08:00Recent News<h1 class="h1" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: arial; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Local historic photographs for possible use within the panels. Images thanks to the Eltham Historical Society and the Eltham Library</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 34px;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">When I had my little one a year and a half ago, I somewhat naively imagined that I would be able to simply strap him to my front and keep on painting. This huge shift from how life was, to a completely new reality is of course nothing new for all mums out there, but no matter how many times I was told, I still thought, 'how hard can it be??' While I was able to take Miró to the studio and paint while he slept, I was only getting 20 minutes of painting done at a time. Not so handy when a huge '20 painting' exhibition is looming on the calendar! Thankfully my beautiful mum and dad were able to help and as my studio is on the same land as their home, I was able to then get two hour painting sessions completed between feeds. For this I will be ever grateful. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">While Miró is my most precious of creation to date, painting to me is like food for the soul and a necessary life activity for survival. The blessing of a small person finely tunes the awareness of the important balance between creativity and other daily activities. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Now that Miró is walking and beginning to explore he loves to join me in the studio to create his own artwork or explore the surrounding bush land. I'm glad that this little one is being exposed to the necessary element of creativity in all of our lives.</span></div>
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"Join us at the Eltham Library Community Gallery as the Nillumbik Artists Open Studios Artists exhibit a taster collection of artworks. Exhibition runs from Thursday October 27th to Monday 21st November. Check library website for opening hours <a href="http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/locations/ELTHAM/" target="_blank">here</a>… "<br />
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"One of the beauties of this collective program is the diversity of practices and personalities that are all tied together by a common thread, the love of the landscape. Painters, illustrators, ceramicists and print-makers alike culminate to make a rich tapestry of multi-disciplinary artworks that can be discovered at your own pace, studio by studio."</div>
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This brand new year of Open Studio's introduces nine new artists to the program as well as the launch of a new <a href="http://artistsopenstudios.com.au/" target="_blank">website</a> for Nillumbik Artists Open Studios that encourages visitors to explore and map their very own artistic trail. "We are taking you on a journey to pockets of the beautiful Nillumbik Shire that have yet been traversed by this program such as Plenty and Nutfield, so pick up a coffee and engage in an adventure!"<br />
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This season, my studio is listed as <a href="http://artistsopenstudios.com.au/artist/nerina-lascelles/" target="_blank">Studio Number 10</a>.<br />
220 Long Gully Road (cnr Bakehouse Road, Panton Hill. Love to see you there!!!</div>
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"ARTIST Nerina Lascelles doesn't have to look far from her purpose built mud brick studio for inspiration.</div>
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For the past 10 years Lascelles has been influenced by the sacred arts of a number of Asian countries. She has labelled her Japanese inspired work Japonism - "the influence of the arts of Japan on artists in the west"." ....... <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/east-meets-west-for-panton-hill-artist-nerina-lascelles-who-is-taking-part-in-nillumbik-artists-open-studios-program/story-fnglenug-1226771125956" target="_blank">(read more)</a></div>
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-71319100896717952972016-08-27T04:27:00.003-07:002016-09-21T00:09:23.372-07:00Art Demonstration<br />
I recently had the delightful experience of hosting a demonstration evening at a local 'Arts Society'.<br />
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Painting in one's own studio is generally a solitary experience and it sees that over many years artist's tend to develop their preferred mode of expression. For me, the combination of collage, printing, painting and application of 'encaustic wax' has now become a part of my 'art-making regime' so to speak. <br />
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I was introduced to encaustic wax over 25 years ago at art school. During the same period I was also using all sorts of different collage mediums to incorporate into my paintings. I recall screwing up paper tightly then applying paint to the creased paper.... and finally ironing each sheet. This gave me some interesting textures. Back in the art school days I completed a post graduate thesis on the 'Spiritual in Art' with a particular focus on 'Synesthesia'. (the overlapping of the senses)<br />
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In this body of work I endeavored paint music from different tribes and cultures of the globe. Interestingly, with these early works I combined paper collage, paint, drawing and encaustic wax in a similar way that I do today. Not only was I using paper collage, but I made papier mache frames for each painting as another representation of our link to the natural world and the planet.<br />
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During the presentation I initially explained about my influences and inspiration though the decades that I've been making art. Since completing University, my work has been inspired by native cultures of the earth that may be able to offer us in the West a glimpse of how to live with more 'connection' to each other and the planet. Early influences took me to parts of Africa, South America and Asia. I was also researching the art and culture of The Native American Indians, Australian Aboriginals, Tibetan monks and other Shamanic cultures across the globe. As the years passed, my focus began to hone in on Asia and more recently the ancient arts, culture and philosophy of Japan.</div>
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More recently again, and my paintings appear to combine both the Japanese influence as well as including subject from the natural world more locally to where I live.</div>
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I showed the audience an array of materials that I would typically use within a painting - from gold and silver leaf to metallic foils and wallpapers and from Japanese Kimono and Obi to Washi Paper.</div>
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A more recently acquired technique is that of applying screen prints to my work. During the demonstration I printed a number of areas of a canvas I was working on to show the viewers this mode of getting an almost instant application of pattern and motif. </div>
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"It was a successful and entertaining evening at the DVAS Rooms.<br />
About 25 people watched Nerina with a bubbly personality demonstrate her artistic skills.<br />
Nerina who uses encaustic wax and gold leafing in her work certainly has some very good<br />
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This really was a fabulous experience to share my work - thank you all at DVAS for the invitation :)Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-38092397376565644762016-05-07T20:11:00.001-07:002016-08-14T15:04:44.753-07:00Open Studios<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I'm participating in another 'Artist's Open Studios' event in my local area. My studio in Panton Hill is one of 26 open throughout the Nillumbik Shire. As is written in the booklet that accompanies the program, 'Nillumbik invites you to discover over 30 artists in their studios, providing an intimate and privileged insight into their arts practice. Explore the inspirationalBackdrop of some of Victoria's most beautiful bushland and interesting architecture, constructed from mudbrick, stone and recycled materials'.<br />
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Please come along for a little 'sneak peek' inside my studio this weekend too :) <br />
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While I have paintings adorning the round walls (a bit like a gallery) visitors can also see the array of materials I utIlise to create these works. On these shelves (pictured below) there are many fabrics that I have collected from travels across Asia. There are also a range of greeting cards. My publication, Seizui, is available too.Up in the loft one can also glimpse clothing racks of Japanese Obi and Kimono and boxes full of material off-cuts. <br />
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On the shelves below this painting (pictured below) there are boxes of the papers that I use within the collage element of each painting. Amoung these are beautiful Japanese Washi papers, Chinese Joss, Indonesian foils, vintage wallpapers and vintage asian newspapers. <br />
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Below is a photo of a shelving unit full of paints, tapes, pencils, leaf, waxes and on the top shelf, a collection of vintage wooden stamps from. India, Nepal and Indonesia. These have been used to print patterns onto fabric in different parts of Asia. Gosh - the stories these stamps could tell!<br />
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Because of the collage and screen printing processes within my paintings, I'll spend a deal of time with each canvas lying flat on a trestle table. Here is a little display of the process of screen printing an area of 'kikko hanabashi' (the traditional Japanese tortoise shell pattern) onto an area of gold leaf. Sheets of acitate act as a mask during the printing process. The paintings will later be transferred to a vertical easel for additional painting.<br />
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Below is a snapshot from a table of reading material, articles and catalogues from past exhibitions. There are four publications from recent shows.<br />
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A lot of visitors to my studio are also fascinated by the studio itself. This 'ferro cement' studio was built on my family property. My father, Wayne Lascelles, designed a stunning home some years before my studio was built. Below are a few of the magazines that this home has been featured in. <br />
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While my parents were building, I used their carport (a circular Mudbrick building to house 4+ cars) as my studio. It was then that I fell in love with the circular space to create within. One night out at dinner Dad and I drew on serviettes the basic design for a this studio ..... And with the help of local ferro cement expert, Mark Phillips, the rest is history :) <br />
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And finally, for today's little 'virtual' studio tour, another photo inside the studio space. This is the view through the tunnel from the smaller, two story 'storage' space into the larger area that I actually paint in. The stone for these steps actually came out of the excavated site beneath the studio.<br />
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-90180135370339940212016-02-10T03:04:00.001-08:002016-09-21T02:55:20.547-07:00 'Step by Step' <br />
On open days almost every visitor to my studio asks what my process of painting is. While the 'step by step' of each painting varies, I suppose, just like other artists, I've developed my own technical process over the years...... which I'm more than happy to share :)<br />
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This is the process in painting a commissioned work for a couple with a beautiful 'Lemon Scented Gum' in their yard. After visiting their home to view their colour scheme and furniture, chatting about what they would like, I arrived at a design of a horizontal painting with a silver metallic boarder and featuring leaved and the colouring of the beautiful tree from their garden. <br />
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The first layer on this painting was to paste down several sheets of tissue paper. This is a way of covering over the textured weave in the canvas, but also, the wrinkles in the tissue assist to create an aged and vintage surface to begin painting on.<br />
Layers of acrylic paint have then been applied, between which I have painted a number of coats of 'Crackle Medium'. This also assists in portraying an aged affect and I am able to get a really loose dribble and crackled under-layer. Most of this texture will be lost as I continue, although sections of each layer will be visible in the final product. The first layers on this work were darker and have gradually become lighter as I proceed. This too gives the viewer a sense that time has passed and that possibly layers of dust have softened the once bright and highly contrasting colours beneath. <br />
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Masking tape has allowed me to paste down silver foil to create a boarder on both the top and the bottom of the painting. I have cut a circle into the foil before pasting it to the canvas to create a silver moon.<br />
The beautiful Lemon Scented Gum has so many beautiful warm and dusty colours in its bark. From mushroom to dusty pink and mauve and a beautiful almost powdery off-white on some parts of its trunk. The blossom and gum-nuts of this tree are so beautiful. Strips of Japanese paper featuring the hexagonal 'Kikko Hanabashi' pattern echoes the experience of looking into the open end of gum-nuts and the application of the 'Asanoha' via a gold silk screen pattern mimics the delicate 'star-like' flowers when the gum is in bloom.<br />
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Now its time to apply more silver leaf and foil. The little squares of silver leaf in the background give the sense of a Japanese folding screen or sliding shrine door that would have been traditionally decorated with images from the natural world. I have made another screen featuring the same 'Kikko Hanabashi' pattern that featured on the paper used earlier. The layering of silkscreen pattern allows one to see the layers beneath as well as adding a new dimension to the foreground.<br />
My application of the silver leaf and pattern in a diagonal arrangement also stems from traditional Japanese influences.... as does the area of 'mist' which appear to move across and into the composition above the moon.<br />
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Waves of mist are also represented through the use of some vintage Chinese wallpaper I found some years ago. The trees and landscape scenes on this wallpaper offer us a sense that we're in nature.... and when the gum leaves are applied in the next step - that place in nature has become more specifically, Australia.<br />
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What I always find incredibly magical is that while my body, mind and spirit are so immersed in the colour and imagery of the painting I am working on, nature or life seems to also give me 'hints' of what colour to apply next or how to achieve a desired affect. Sometimes I'll find the answer to a problem I have had in the studio that night in my dreams. Sometimes in the middle of a yoga practise or sometimes while walking. In this case, I was on a bushwalk when from high up above the canopy of shorter trees a cockatoo broke off a sprig of Lemon Scented Gum leaves and blossom. They landed right at my very feet! <br />
After scanning these leaves, I have printed them in pigmented inks on archival paper and arranged them onto the painting.<br />
This process often reminds me of the art of 'Ikebana' the Japanese art of flower arranging.<br />
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And finally, the details and a fine spray of paint are applied to the canvas, followed by a combination of encaustic wax and damar varnish as a means of protecting the layers within the painting and also creating a uniform surface over the entire work.<br />
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Here’s hoping you're managing to keep warm on these wintery, wet days here in ole Melbourne town. <br />As mentioned in my last post, ‘Karisome – Transience’ is running at <a href="http://www.yering.com/">Yering Station</a> until May 17th so there's still heaps of time to pop out for a look,and possibly a taste of the beautiful wine on offer, if you're in the vicinity. I have just finished a short video interview about the background to the exhibition title and paintings so you can get a sense of what is on show. (click on the video below to view)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />May I extend an enormous thank you to everyone who made out to <a href="http://www.yering.com/">Yering Station</a> for the exhibition opening and a huge thank you also to both Jeanette Davison and Ewan Jarvis for their heartfelt, eloquent and insightful speeches.<br />Here is an excerpt from Ewan Jarvis's wonderful speech...... with some images of paintings in the show nestled between his words. An enormous thank you again Ewan xxxx<div>
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"Good evening and welcome to the Yering Station Gallery. My name is Ewen Jarvis. I run the cellar door here at Yering Station and will be standing in for our curator Savaad Felich while he is on leave. So on his behalf and on behalf of the Yering Station Gallery, I’m delighted to be welcoming you to the opening of Nerina Lascelles’ exhibition ‘Karisome’ or ‘Transience’: a collection of works that take as their subject the transient nature of all things and the beauty inherent in transience itself.<br />
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The Japanese word Karisome denotes the inevitable dissolution of all form through the passage of time. Karisome can be translated into English as transient or temporary. Translation is however something of a haphazard affair, and these English words don’t quite convey the nuanced meaning of the Japanese word.<br />
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Nerina has observed on one of her blogs that an awareness of karisome involves joy, an intense appreciation of things, and also a gentle sadness at their passing.<br />
Now yesterday, with all of this in mind, I decided to ask a few Japanese visitors to the gallery for their personal definition of Karisome. My favourite response was from a lady called Michiko from Kobe, who was on holiday with her mother and grandmother. Michiko said that Karisome is ‘like a love affair that is all the more moving and beautiful for being short’.<br />
The chrysanthemum flowers, cherry blossoms, honey bees and migrating cranes of this exhibition ask us to reflect on love affairs that are all the more beautiful for being short, and in doing so they induce a Zen-like calm.<br />
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Nerina’s works, I think you will agree, have an immediately calming effect. They encourage tranquillity and induce in us a sensitivity to the subtle movements of human life and the workings of nature: and experience that deepens with patient observation. Giving these works our attention involves becoming lost in their many layers of texture, colour and symbol.<br />
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In Nerina’s works the layering of Japanese Kimono embroidery, Chinese silk, Washi paper, Joss and encaustic wax invites the viewer to step through the textured surface into imagined worlds, while the disparate vintages of the carefully chosen material invite us to become lost in the passing of time. Viewing these works, we are often jointly aware of the eternal and the transient. For example, in Japanese mythology the crane lives for 1,000 years, but for a human observer the spectacle of its migration is all the more beautiful for being fleeting.<br />
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Another element of Nerina’s exhibition that endears me to her work are the titles taken from the Japanese poetry. I always enjoy an exhibition a little more if the titles of the works are working as hard as the works themselves. Nerina certainly doesn’t disappoint. Take for instance the title of the following piece:<br />
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For me, haiku like this has the effect of someone walking into a room and playing a few exquisite notes on a flute and then leaving.<br />
These words, written in seventeenth century feudal Japan by Matsuo Basho (and for those of you unfamiliar with Matsuo Basho, he is the Japanese equivalent of Shakespeare) these words introduce us to a work in which migrating-silk-kimono cranes are seen traversing an airy skyscape of precipitous paper mountains, gold gilt clouds, crooked trees clinging to crevasses, while delicately penned Japanese words fall like rain into low valleys.<br />
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"Karisome - Transience" Runs April 2 - 17 May 2015</h2>
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The title of my next exhibition is ‘Karisome’ (Ka-ri-so-me) which is Japanese for ‘Transience’. It embodies the ancient Zen Buddhist concept that all form – be that material, thought or emotion - will inevitably dissolve through the passage of time. The contemplation of the transient nature of all things is nothing new, philosophers have ruminated with this concept since the dawn of time. The ancient Japanese monks, seers, artists and poets not only acknowledged and embraced this idea but also perceived the transient and ever-changing element of life to hold incredible beauty. A beauty which does not last and cannot be grasped, bought or owned.<br />
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The words of this beautiful Basho poem eloquently capture the wisdom and grace of being aware of and applying the concept of transience. Western culture appears to identify so heavily with the permanence of material form, thought and emotion, and could perhaps live in a more balanced way through acceptance of the popular Buddhist concept that “This too shall pass.” Rather than becoming lost in the world of things, emotions and events we should flow with grace and trust life and its experiences.<br />
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Mono No Aware (pronounced - “moh-noh noh ah-wah-ray”) is a Japanese term which arose from the Buddhist culture of the Heian Period (794-1185). This term describes the awareness of the transience of things, and both a joy and intense appreciation as well as a gentle sadness at their passing. Poet and artist Motoori Norinaga (1730 -1801), describes the term as “sensitive, exquisite feelings experienced when encountering the subtle workings of human life or the changing seasons.” In Norinaga’s interpretation, the phrase speaks of a refined sensitivity toward the sorrowful and transient nature of beauty. According to mono no aware, a falling or wilting autumn flower is more beautiful than one in full bloom; a fading sound more beautiful than one clearly heard. The Sakura or cherry blossom tree is the epitome of this conception of beauty. They explode in beauty after winter’s doldrums, trumpeting life for only a few days before they die. </div>
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Beauty is a subjective rather than objective experience, a state of being ultimately internal rather than external. Based largely upon classical Greek ideals, beauty in the West is sought in the ultimate perfection of an external object: a sublime painting, perfect sculpture or intricate musical composition; a beauty that could be said to be only skin deep. The Japanese ideal sees beauty instead as an experience of the heart and soul, a feeling for and appreciation of objects or artwork—most commonly nature or the depiction of—in a pristine, untouched state.</div>
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The paintings in this exhibition combine the influences of the ancient artwork from Japan, an understanding of Zen Buddhist philosophy and a contemplation of the transient nature of life. <br />
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This body of work contains floral imagery such as the cherry blossom as well as bees and birds which again symbolise the transient life of the natural world. Materials used in these paintings incorporate a collection of vintage Japanese fabrics, wallpapers and metallic leaf and foil; combined onto the canvas with screen printed patterns, paint and encaustic wax. As when Japanese golden screens first appeared in the fourteenth century they functioned as a background on which to paste painted fans or square poem cards. Similarly, these paintings are a combination of both paper and material collage and painted areas. <br />
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Segments of the paintings appear as though they have aged over time. Tarnish, wear and decay also represent the transient nature of passing time. Areas of space represent that which has passed before or that which is yet to come into form. They suggest a magical, ‘alive’ dimension of true beauty beyond the 3D form that we, as humans so heavily identify with.<br />
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-40985167184411499852014-08-01T03:53:00.002-07:002016-09-21T03:01:31.799-07:00A 'Pastiche' of Materials Pastiche (noun) - An artistic work consisting of a medley of pieces taken from various sources<br />
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Many visitors to my studio inquire about the vast array of materials used in my paintings. As mentioned briefly in my last post, materials used in my paintings incorporate a collection of vintage Japanese fabrics, wallpapers and metallic leaf and foil; combined onto the canvas with screen printed patterns, paint and encaustic wax.<br />
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Precious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash)">obi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono">kimono</a> fragments included in these works have been hand selected from travels to Asian markets and antique bazaars. There is nothing quite like rummaging through a box of second hand material at a Japanese Shrine Sale. It is not uncommon for me to return to Australia with 'excess baggage'.... nothing to do with personal objects or souvenirs, instead, bags of materials that I simply couldn't leave behind!<br />
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What was considered absolute 'trash' to the previous owner evokes excitement and inspiration within me as I imagine this precious off-cut incorporated into a new painting. The definition of '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi">Wabi-Sabi</a>' definitely applies to this aspect of my art making. Wabi-Sabi is a Japanese aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent and incomplete". Fragments of what was once a complete piece of fabric capture snippets of the world of their former glory. Another Japanese concept "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsukuroi">Kintsukuroi</a>" hold a similar value. Kintsukuroi is the art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. It is understood that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. The beautiful and rare treasures that I collect on my travels ignite a fascination of a time when life was perhaps more simple than in this modern day. These fabrics in themselves spark a sense of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugen#Y.C5.ABgen">Yūgen</a>. (a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe)<br />
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On a more personal note, vintage wallpapers and other elements are also included to represent the influence of my dear grandmother. Even into her 100th year, grandmother saw beauty and the positive in absolutely everyone and everything she experienced. Her abundant garden appeared to respond as she would peer into the face of her beloved flowers and remark on their beauty.<br />
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As a child I would be swept away with the beauty of both Grandmother’s garden, and also her presence. I often wondered why grandmother didn’t appear to be overwhelmed by the stresses and struggles of this modern day. Perhaps it was because she did indeed come from a much simpler time (even before electricity) or maybe as the years passed she recognised the futility of being drawn into the anxiety and fear that is perpetuated through the minds of others. Instead Grandmother exhibited patience and grace. She appeared to hold a silent wisdom of what was important and what would bring balance and harmony. While being of this world, she preferred to sit and observe small plants grow and the seasons pass.<br />
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The wisdom I have gleaned from both my observation of my grandmother and a study of the ancient arts of Japan, is a reminder to hold a perception of the 'bigger picture' with me always. For me this is a meditation in opening and expanding my perception of life as a whole; to sense separate individuals as a 'one', and to know of the vibrational connection running through the entire universe.<br />
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Yugen (幽玄): (Japanese noun) - an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious to be described. Yūgen is said to mean “a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…”<br />
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Yūgen is at the core of the appreciation of beauty and art in Japan and is an important concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics.<br />
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It values the power to evoke, rather than the ability to state directly. Yūgen is a Japanese word that has no English counterpart. It has been described as “strictly speaking an untranslatable word’. Further to this, it is essentially an indescribable word, at least in the context of other words. Yūgen suggests the beyond thatwhich can be said but is not an allusion to another world. It is about this world, this experience. It describes the profound grace and subtlety inherent in all things. These ideals, and others, underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful. Thus, while seen as a philosophy in Western societies, the concept of aesthetics in Japan is seen as an integral part of daily life.<br />
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In Japanese waka poetry, the word Yūgen was used to describe the subtle profundity of things that are only vaguely suggested by the poems, and was also the name of a style of poetry. Japanese Haiku poetry also contains a strong element of Yūgen. The haiku offers a direct intuitive penetration into nature, and life, which offers insight, joy and truth to readers. A simple verse captures a multi-sensory experience of the profound beauty of life.<br />
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Over the past decade, my work has been inspired by the sacred arts of a number of Asian countries and particularly the arts of Japan. Be it a scroll painting, a monk’s calligraphy koan or a beautifully woven kimono, these ancient objects capture the essence of timeless simplicity and beauty inherent in all things. Such a concept offers a welcomed reprieve from the stress, noise and hustle-bustle of this modern day.<br />
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The paintings in this exhibition combine the influences of: The ancient artwork from Japan, an understanding of Yūgen, the contemplation of traditional Japanese Haiku and a contemplation of the natural beauty of the natural environment. With a poetic reverence, monks and artists of ancient Japan painted beautiful depictions of their natural world, the seasons, flora and fauna.<br />
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It is with the same sensitivity and with the influence of the Japanese aesthetic that I have chosen to depict the Yūgen in the flight of a bird, flowering blossom or the perfection of pattern of the honeycomb in a bee hive.</div>
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Areas of empty space rest beside the magnification of leaves and flowers, allowing the viewer to experience both a focus the shapes and also the space to contemplate the details of these forms. The voids of space within these works suggest a magical, ‘alive’ dimension beyond the material. ‘Form’ and the ‘formless’combine to create a sense of harmonious balance.<br />
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Precious Obi and kimono fragments included in these works have been hand selected from travels to Japan and antique bazaars. These beautiful and rare treasures ignite a fascination of a time when life was perhaps more simple than in this modern day. These fabrics in themselves spark a sense of Yūgen. The haiku poems chosen also evoke a quiet contemplation of the simplicity yet incredible beauty of life on earth. <br />
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The paintings are material objects that depict an image which arose from the essence and which, at their highest function, will offer the viewer a window to their own invisible essence of Yūgen within.<br />
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-24388053990834447252013-11-27T20:19:00.000-08:002016-09-21T03:15:14.277-07:00From the Studio<br />
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Over recent months, my paintings have been inspired by the humble honey bee :) The importance of the bee has featured highly in the media of recent. As Einstein said, "If the Bee Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth, Man Would Only Have Four Years Left To Live".<br />
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In addition to this, my beautiful brother James, who has been living and keeping bees in the UK, has recently returned home to Australia. He is quite the bee expert and is kindly teaching me beekeeping as we tend to the new hive in Panton Hill.<br />
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While the bush honey this region is quite delicious, I'm much more excited about the bee's wax! A melted concoction of bee's wax and damar varnish makes Encaustic Wax which is a surface that I have applied to almost every work I've painted over the last 15 years. :)<br />
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In celebration of the first wax extracted from the hive, I have used it on the paintings below.<br />
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These collages contain photographs of some local Bee's collecting nectar from flowering plum blossom.<br />
They're printed with Pigmented Ink on Archival Paper and are combined with other collage materials including washi paper, gold leaf, foil, acrylic and silk screen on canvas.<br />
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Screen printing is a relatively new addition in my work. Each of these Bee Collages also contain areas of silk screened pattern. The hexagonal lattice pattern called 'Kikko' was used with great frequency after the beginning of the Heian Period in Japan. While the original design replicated the pattern of a tortise shell, I have used it here to mimic the hexagonal pattern of honeycomb.<br />
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Silk-screened Bees have also been printed onto the paintings.<br />
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A big thank you to Kerry Cross also, for his assistance in editing a short YouTube video about 'JAPONISM'. If you haven't been in to see the exhibition as yet, here's an interview in my art studio interspersed with images of the paintings on display at Montsalvat.<br />
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My the year has certainly flown! It's really hard to believe that Spring is just around the corner.... and also that 'JAPONISM' is exhibiting at Montsalvat for just another week or so!<br />
If you haven't been down as yet, here's a little reminder that the last opportunity will be Sunday 24th August. The gallery is open daily from 9am until 5pm.</div>
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I'd dearly love to thank all of you for your wonderful response, support, and feed back regarding 'JAPONISM' which has been showing since June 19.<br />
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The opening evening was simply delightful and despite the chill of a mid winter night, so many made it to the opening to help celebrate this new body of paintings. A heartfelt thank you to Jeannette Davison, the Arts Manager at Montsalvat, and Amanda Gibson, Manager of the 'Tree Project' for your incredible opening speeches.<br />
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I'll be down at Montsalvat on Saturday 24th August between 1-3pm for the final session in the 'Meet the Artist' series accompanying JAPONISM. Love to see you there!</div>
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"The paintings are material objects that depict an image which arose from the essence and which, at their highest function, will offer the viewer a window to their own invisible essence within."<br />
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‘Japonism’ is the term used to describe the influence of the Arts of Japan on artists of the West. Ever since the very first contact in the sixteenth century, Japan has always possessed an irresistable fascination for the Western culture. The allure was only increased when Japanese ports reopened to trade with the West in 1853 and a tidal wave of foreign imports flooded European shores.<br />
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Japanese woodcut prints by masters of the ukiyo-e school which transformed Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art by demonstrating that simple, transitory, everyday subjects could be presented in appealingly decorative ways.<br />
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Over the past decade, I have been inspired by the sacred arts of a number of Asian countries, in particular, the arts of Japan. Be it a scroll painting, a monk’s calligraphy koan or a beautifully woven kimono, these ancient objects capture an essence of timeless simplicity and beauty that is inherent in all things. Such a concept offers a welcome reprieve from the stress, noise and hustle/bustle of this modern day.<br />
The paintings in this exhibition combine the influences of the ancient artwork from Japan, an understanding of Zen Buddhist philosophy and a contemplation of the natural beauty of the Australian bush. <br />
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The monks and artists of ancient Japan painted beautiful, reverential depictions of their natural world: the seasons, the flora and the fauna. <br />
Japanese art consisted of off-centred arrangements with no perspective, light with no shadows, and vibrant colours with both plain and patterned surfaces. Other Japanese design elements included elongated pictorial formats, aerial perspective, spaces emptied of form, and a focus on singularly decorative motifs.</div>
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It is with the same sensitivity and with the influence of the Japanese aesthetic that I have chosen to depict a series of more local natural objects including branches of gum leaves, a flowering blossom or a flowing stream.<br />
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In this body of work my intention is to offer a fresh insight on everyday elements by taking them out of a familiar setting and placing them into a new environment. Having lived in this indigenous landscape of Nillumbik for most of my life, it is easy to overlook the subtlety and fragility of delicate blooms which are surrounded by hardy bush. Within these canvasses, Australian flora has been offered a sense of space which it may not have had in its natural environment. Areas of empty space rest beside the magnification of leaves and flowers, allowing the viewer to experience both a focus on the shapes and also the space to contemplate the details of these forms. <br />
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"The paintings are material objects that depict an image which arose from the essence and which, at their highest function, will offer the viewer a window to their own invisible essence within." <br />
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From 2010 – 2012, Nerina lived and worked as an artist in residence at ‘<a href="http://www.dunmoochin.org/">Dunmoochin</a>’, an artist’s community located in bushland surrounding Melbourne.<br />
Her major show in 2011 was ‘Seizui’ at <a href="http://www.montsalvat.com.au/">Montsalvat</a> in Eltham. Each of the 14 works in this exhibition were been inspired after the reading and contemplation of a series of Haiku poems by the Japanese masters. For each poem chosen, the intention was to extract the ‘essence’ and bring the inherent imagery to life through a visual interpretation.<span style="font-family: inherit;">
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Japanese masters such as Basho, Issa, Shikki and Buson, with poems dating back to the 10th century, have written countless haiku poems portraying their experience of nature and life in Japan. And similarly, monks and artists of ancient Japan painted with a poetic reverence beautiful depictions of their natural world; the seasons, flora and fauna.<span style="font-family: inherit;">
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“After having been living at Dunmoochin for over a year now, one simply cannot help being influenced by the beauty and magic of the Australian bush which encouraged my to translate some of these Japanese haiku using imagery which is more local to this region; including red box and long leaf box eucalyptus.”<br />
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In 2010 Nerina had three major solo exhibitions, "Sonzai - Existence", "Shinzui - Essence" and "MIST" in Singapore.<br />
Sonzai - Existence was a solo exhibition at <a href="http://www.eastwestart.com.au/">East and West Art Gallery</a>, explored Eastern Philosophy where 'impermenance' describes existence, a vast space or stillness from which all forms arise and in time dissolve.<br />
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Shinzui - Essence was an exhibition comprising of over 35 paintings and prints at <a href="http://www.yering.com/">Yering Station</a>. 'Shinzui' (Japanese for ‘Essence’) speaks of a space or stillness which existed before or beyond the realm of matter. It contains an understanding of Zen Buddhism and suggests a magical, ‘alive’ dimension beyond the 3D form that we, as humans so heavily identify with. The word ‘Essence’ has been used to describe the aspect of ourselves which is connected to all life or our true nature.<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">
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"Over the past decade, my work has been inspired by the sacred arts of a number of Asian cultures. Be it a painting on a shrine wall, a monk’s calligraphy koan or a beautifully woven kimono, these ancient objects of beauty seem to ‘point to’ the essence of all life. Over time, dust, dirt and decay appear to conceal the treasure beneath - but the essence that inspired the creation originally can never be marred or destroyed with time.<br />
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Similarly, the understanding of our true essence and connection to ‘the whole’ is sensed deep within ourselves - beneath the layers of mind, emotions and form. This essence is also a beautiful treasure which is always present, just beneath the surface. The paintings are material objects that depict an image which arose from the essence and which, at their highest function, will offer the viewer a window to their own invisible essence within."<br />
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"MIST", a solo exhibition in the <a href="http://www.australia.org.sg/">Australian High Commission</a> in Singapore in 2010 was been inspired by a fifteen year study of Asian cultures which may offer both Eastern and Western Cultures a glimpse of a different and perhaps more balanced way of being. Singapore has been viewed as a meeting place and a 'melting pot' between East and West and for this reason the art works reflect the positive and unifying aspects of our world cultures.<br />
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Works of this period depicted a variety of landscapes in which the elements of both ‘form or matter’ and ‘space, void, or stillness’ coexist. The landscapes in this exhibition are not completely identified with physical form, but not entirely of spirit either. They represent a middle ground between form and the formless.<br />
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Nerina combines a blend of Buddhist images and traditional Japanese painting techniques with her own unique style - with the intention of imparting a sense of the ‘sacred’ to her audience. The occasional inclusion of a Buddha or Boddhisatva represents aspects of our true nature who’s presence may act as a trigger or ‘signpost’ into a deeper place of stillness.<br />
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During this period, Nerina has been influenced particularly by early Japanese art and Shinto and Buddhist teachings in Japan. Paintings during this time depicted revered creatures such as the crane, the koi and the peacock, plants such as the Cherry blossom as well as a number of Shinto deities.<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">
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Nerina's primary exhibition of 2006, the Nature of Things was influenced by the art and Zen poetry of Japan. Each of the 14 works was initiated from the reading and contemplation of a Haiku – an evocative Japanese verse which embodies a direct intuitive penetration into nature and life, which offers insight, joy and truth to readers. A simple verse encapsulates a multi-sensory experience of one’s environment. Haiku poetry uses language to allude to experience. In the case of Zen Haiku, language becomes a painting, a drawing, a story, a song. <br />
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For each poem chosen, Nerina has endeavoured to extract the essence and bring the inherent imagery to life through a visual interpretation. Through the combination of both Haiku and painting, traditionally termed ‘Haiga’ the aim is to invite the viewer to perhaps experience a similar ‘timeless moment’ or to experience a ‘deeper presence of life’</div>
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The title of Nerina's major exhibition of 2007 was, KENSHO, & literally translates as 'Seeing the Nature.' In the Zen perspective, the Kensho experience is a moment of complete emptiness, simplicity & formlessness during which one sees one’s ‘true nature’ or ‘Buddha nature’. Put in another way, one knows with one’s whole being, that one was not, is not, and will not ever be separate from the whole of the Universe. It is a recognition of the conscious eternal presence beyond the dimension of form and mind which is our true identity. Kensho is not a permanent state of enlightenment but rather a clear glimpse of the true nature of creation.<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">
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After travelling through Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Tibet, Nerina’s work was greatly inspired by the art and culture of Buddhism and Hinduism. A series of exhibitions contained paintings of mandalas and meditative “thangkas”. Paintings from this period perhaps contained images of sacred deities and written Sanskrit or Tibetan mantras.<br />
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Since 2002, Nerina has travelled to Bali 3 or 4 times each year and has as a result established a deep connection with the Balinese culture, mythology and people. In 2003 Nerina invited a Balinese artist, I Gusti Mirdiana, to Australia with the intention of each exhibiting 10 paintings of a traditional Balinese myth. The 20 finished works, 10 interpretations from Bali and 10 from the WestNerina Lascelles formed another exhibition of great cultural interest to the Melbourne community. Anthropologist and author Dr. Michele Stephen translated the stories through writing but also held a series of public lectures where the myths and artistic interpretations of both artists were explained.</div>
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Much of the inspiration for her previous works has derived from world-wide travel and an interest in the spirituality and wisdom of a number of indigenous cultures. Influence for early exhibitions include studies of the art and myth of the Australian Aborigines, African and South American cultures and other peoples who are in close connection with the earth.<br />
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Nerina feels that such cultures were able to access certain understandings and wisdom, which our society today could also benefit from. Paintings from this period contained symbolism, sacred geometry and the palette of colour from such cultures; with the objective of imparting a sense of the harmony, balance and co-operation that runs through everything.</div>
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It's that time of year again where over 35 artist's from the local area open their doors to extend a warm invitation to visit their studios. This season I held my Open Studio viewing at a new location in Panton Hill - on the rural outskirts of Melbourne.<br />
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In June of 2012, I completed my two year artist's residency at <a href="http://www.dunmoochin.org/">Dunmoochin</a>. While I am still closely connected to Dunmoochin and its community, I am so grateful to be currently painting in '<a href="http://www.frankwerther.com/">Frank Werther's'</a> studio.... while I'm in the process of building a new studio.<br />
Frank Werther was a prolific artist who was one of the first artists who built and settled at Dunmoochin alongside Clifton Pugh. According to his <a href="http://www.frankwerther.com/">website</a> "He was an extraordinary man, creative, inspiring and individual in an unapologetic but humble way". <br />
I never did have the pleasure of meeting Frank before he passed away in 2010, but from all accounts though, he was such a beautiful man. This incredible space hadn't been touched since the day he went into a nursing home a few year ago. Like moving into the work spaces of Clifton Pugh and other Dunmoochin artist's - one can hear the stories & feel the inspiration and creation that went before.<br />
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November's Open Studio program was quite special. Until the completion of my new studio, my lovely parents kindly offered that I exhibit my work in their beautiful home in Panton Hill. On display was my most recent paintings, prints, cards and books, but this beautiful home is a work of art in itself. The house has been featured in the 'Owner Builder' and 'Renew' magazines, been screened on 'Better Homes and Gardens' and won a Sustainability Award for its green design. (Incredible work dad!)<br />
Jeannette Davison has also featured the house on her blog <a href="http://www.isiiad.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:classy-mudbrick&catid=9:houses&Itemid=15">ISIIAD</a>, so if you're interested in seeing more, please visit the article <a href="http://www.isiiad.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:classy-mudbrick&catid=9:houses&Itemid=15">"Lascelles"</a> in ISIIAD.<br />
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Both of the weekends were incredibly busy with up to 100 people visiting daily. In fact, tallying up all around... this was the most successful Open Studio to date! :)<br />
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Goodness, it's really hard to believe that it's the second half of 2012 already ...so I thought it high time that I connected to share the updates on all things 'Art' in my little world!<br /><br />Firstly, I've recently hung a new body of 11 paintings in an exhibition at "<a href="http://brownkortes.com.au/">BrownKorte's</a>" in Kangaroo Ground.<br />The whole BrownKorte's experience really compliments the Oriental theme in my paintings. With spectacular views and an award winning menu, which is also infused with an Asian flavour, it's a great pleasure to hang my work in this beautiful building.<br />My personal favourite on their current <a href="http://brownkortes.com.au/our-services/restaurant/">Winter Menu</a> is: "Hiramasa yellowfin kingfish sushimi, soy, mirin and sesame dressing, bonito flake popcorn" To die for!!!<br /><br />The exhibition is now showing and will be on display throughout the next month so please feel more than free to visit for a coffee, glass or wine or beautiful meal off the BrownKorte's menu.<br />The paintings are also available for purchase ... and well who knows..... one might just make for a perfect father's day gift! : )</div>
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It is with a degree of sadness that I farewell the most incredible chapter of both living and painting art <a href="http://www.dunmoochin.org/">Dunmoochin</a> over the last two years. The <a href="http://www.dunmoochin.org/residencies/residency-info/">Artist’s Residency Program</a> which was set up in the 1990’s offers an incredible opportunity for local, Australian and International artists to experience living in close proximity with other artists and the beauty of the Australian bush.<br /><br />I would seem that each and every artist who spends time at Dunmoochin is reluctant to leave (myself included!!) but it’s fabulous to know that other artists will come to be inspired, stimulated and supported in the future. I am so gratetul for all of the connections that I’ve made during my time at Dunmoochin. A heartfelt thank you to each and every one I have had the fortune to meet.<br /><br />At this point I’d also like to thank all of you who came to visit during the <a href="http://artistsopenstudios.com.au/">Artist’s Open Studios</a> in May. It’s always such a pleasure to invite you into my studio… and this time in particular – being my final open day at Dunmoochin.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />
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<br /><br />At the finalisation of my residency, I have had the absolute honour of being invited to become a member of the Dunmoochin Foundation. I’m so grateful that I may be able to offer future artists an ounce of the support and opportunity that I have had during my residency. An honour indeed. :)<div>
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Moving house and studio can be quite an upheaval, so I chose to take myself away on a refreshing holiday once the last box was packed. A trip to Europe through the galleries, theaters, culture and countryside of England, Portugal, Spain and France has reinspired and reignited all creativity.</div>
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<br /><br />Upon returning to Melbourne, I have moved into ‘<a href="http://www.frankwerther.com/">Frank Werther’s</a>’ studio which is also located in the bush at Dunmoochin. Frank was an extremely well respected man and an incredibly proific artist. It’s a great pleasure to have the opportunity to paint up a storm in the very studio where so much creativity has poured forth in the past!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />2012, the year of the Dragon, commenced after much relaxation and rejuvenation over the Summer period. I found the holiday season to be the perfect opportunity to slip away into the studio to create a new body of paintings. There’s such a relaxed air across the land at this time of year… which has enabled me to really enjoy the beauty, silence and depth of the creative process.The culmination - an exhibition of paintings at <a href="http://www.manyunggallery.com.au/gallery/Nerina-Lascelles">Manyung Gallery in Mt Eliza</a> during the month of Februrary. The theme of the Manyung exhibition this year contains an Asian influence.<br /><br />“Nerina Lascelles produces images of sublime beauty and delicacy. With strong oriental influences, her canvases are imbued with the serenity of eastern philosophy.” - Manyung Gallery<br /><br /><br /> Although this body of work continues an influence from Japanese art and zen poetry, the paintings in this exhibition have also been inspired by the beauty, magic and wisdom that my darling 100 year old grandmother Amy has imparted over the years. These paintings also act as a celebration of our deep connection.<div>
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-34203474983896420752012-01-02T20:10:00.000-08:002016-08-14T14:59:50.512-07:00Seizui - The OpeningI'd dearly love to thank all of you for your wonderful response, support, and feed back regarding 'Seizui' - the exhibition in the Long Gallery at <a href="http://www.montsalvat.com.au/">Montsalvat</a> which ran through the month of August.<br /><br />The opening evening was over and beyond my expectation with around one hundred in attendance. A warm and heartfelt thank you to Rob Hauser, the CEO at Montsalvat and Shane Pugh from the Dunmoochin Foundation for your warm opening words.<div>
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<br /><br />Here is an excerpt from Shane Pugh's speech, <br /><br />.... "Good art to me is a medium that gives me room to bring my imagination, memories and fantasy's too. Nerina's artworks are very evocative. I am inspired by these delightful artworks.<br /> The Haiku poetry / of few words, expressing so much for the imagination of the reader to play with. Nerina's artwork is a reflection of her passion and skill in creating Haiku in a visual medium, for you to bring your imagination to.<br /> Nerina is asking you to feel your response to her imagery; she has created beautiful images stories, full of symbolism colour and texture.<br /> Nerina's skill with metallic's and mediums give enhancement depth and perspective to her visual stories.<br /> Nerina's work is delightful and inspirational. Nerina's personality and approach to her art is absolutely genuine. Her work comes through her passion, imagination and quest of life.<br /> I find her work very accessible, I enjoy where the images take me, the poetry adds another dimension to my visual journey.As a director of, and on behalf of the Dunmoochin Foundation, where Nerina is currently an artist in residence, I commend her dedication to her arts practice, her participation and co-ordination of the Open Studio's program and her community arts participation. It is artists like nerina that fulfil the Foundation's purpose as evidenced in her artwork"<br /><br />Shane Pugh <br /><br /><br /><br /> And thank you yet again to the lovely Jeanette Davison has also written up a lovely blog article in <a href="http://www.isiiad.com.au/">ISIIAD</a> regarding the exhibition. In her post titled, <a href="http://www.isiiad.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=235:nerina&catid=17:nillumbik&Itemid=40">'The Essence of Nerina'</a> she spent several hours interviewing me with regards to the exhibition and my creative process in the studio.The following is a small excerpt from her blog. (text and photography by Jeanette Davison)<br /><br /><br />Click on the image to read more..<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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Nerina Lascelleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01303757166193390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477617651638951868.post-22871605998857892592012-01-01T22:18:00.000-08:002016-08-15T18:41:11.126-07:00'Seizui - Essence' - Montsalvat<div style="text-align: center;">
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In September 2011 I was simply delighted to have had the opportunity to exhibit a completely new exhibition of paintings at Montsalvat.<br />
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The title of this exhibition ‘Seizui’ (Japanese for ‘Essence’)<br />
Each of the 14 works in this exhibition have been inspired after the reading and contemplation of a series of Haiku poems by the Japanese masters. For each poem chosen, I have endeavoured to extract the ‘essence’ and bring the inherent imagery to life through a visual interpretation.<br />
The haiku is an evocative Japanese verse, which embodies a direct intuitive penetration into nature, and life, which offers insight, joy and truth to readers. A simple verse encapsulates a multi-sensory experience of one’s environment.<br />
In the case of Zen Haiku, language becomes a painting, a drawing, a story, a song. Form and formless melt together, so that the poem is experienced, the reader may enter a timeless moment- a space of stillness or meditation. When contemplating the haiku, a deeper presence of life and nature maybe felt beneath the human mental and physical constructs of form.</div>
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Through the combination of both Haiku and painting, traditionally termed ‘Haiga’ the aim is to invite the viewer to perhaps experience a similar ‘timeless moment’ or to experience a ‘deeper presence of life’<br />
Japanese masters such as Basho, Issa, Shikki and Buson, have written countless haiku poems portraying their experience of nature and life in Japan. And similarly, monks and artists of ancient Japan painted with a poetic reverence beautiful depictions of their natural world; the seasons, flora and fauna.<br />
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After having been living at Dunmoochin for over a year now, one simply cannot help being influenced by the beauty and magic of the Australian bush which encouraged my to translate some of these Japanese haiku using imagery which is more local to this region; including red box and long leaf box eucalypts.<br />
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