Lorna has a full day in the Studio

Yes, that's right a full day in the studio. 

After preparing the space ready to work over the last couple of days I was ready to commence work on this new series based on the experience of being in residence at Broken Hill and beyond. 

I had decided to commence with the River Road works of Kinchega National Park but after pulling out all the sketches (that I thought were hideous), I realised that they all have an essence of the place and time that just can't be duplicated by photography - even though having the photograph helps - being there and making the marks of that moment of time justify the experience to me now. Your eye remembers the shapes and mood with a different sort of accuracy.

After working on seven works on paper based on the sketches from the landscapes of Mundi Mundi, Kinchega and White Cliffs as well as three small canvases, the day was nearly over.

Beginnings are funny places to be. I too am landscape inspired like Sue and the Line of Lode has fascinated me from the beginning and is a totally different series of work. The history is significant and definitely needs more research and time for it to distill into a shape of its own. 

That's enough now from one of the 'older ones'!