Conversations with the Sun

We all have a relationship with the sun….the depth and breadth of the relationship is dependent on our choice and commitment.
Between 2011 and 2016 I somehow found myself compelled and committed to some sort of contract with nature that unfolded in a way that governed my life for an intense 4 year period.
My days were bookended with sunrise and sunset…..& not a simple acknowledgement but a 5 hour ritual that developed and revealed itself as I evolved and dropped into it.
One of the many gifts that came from this time was an understanding of 3 of the languages of the sun.

The mandalas in this exhibition are direct interpretations of 2 of the suns languages: pictures and memory.
The 4 radiating ‘Suns’ in this exhibition are representations of the powerhouse that the sun is.

The primary materials in this exhibition are palm inflorescence I collected in and around Byron.

Title: exhibition in situ
Date: 2018

Title: exhibition in situ
Date: 2018

Title: Eternal Sunshine
Date: 2018
Material: Cocos inflorescence and jute
Size: approx. 1.65m diameter 20mm thickness

Title: detail of Eternal Sunshine
Date: 2018
Material: Cocos and jute

Title: exhibition in situ
Date: 2018

Title: First Sun
Date: 2018
Material: Bangalow inflorescence and jute
Size: 600mm x 1.1m

Title: In the Beginning
Date: 2018
Material: Palm inflorescence
Size: 1m diameter 15mm thickness

Title: exhibition in situ
Date: 2018

Title: exhibition in situ
Date: 2018

Title: Sacred Spiral
Date: 2018
Material: Bangalow Inflorescence
Size: 900mm diameter 15mm thickness