Bright Spaces

I always feel blessed when I see a kookaburra sitting proudly amidst the branches or on a powerline. They give such a regal feeling as they survey their world with a sense of calm presence.

Yesterday I watched a kookaburra sitting silently across the river on a tree branch. It watched me as I watched it then turned away, I smiled at the acknowledgement and then was distracted for an instant and it was gone. That sense of life and presence, of being seen by this beautiful bush bird felt like a gift and I smiled to myself as I continued my walk.
This layered mixed media piece on a round canvas is finished with a coating of resin with subtle glitter and gold flecks.

Each layer builds the sense of energy and presence of this magnificent Australian bird. A small blessing for that special corner of your home to invite that sense of presence and light into your home.

The day glimmers
As blue light dances
Laughter erupts in celebration
amidst the still bright spaces

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Cheryle Bannon – Melbourne Artist – I love to paint calm happy art as imagined impressionistic nature stories that bring a feeling of calm happy spaces for the heart and home. Art is meaning making as a path to understanding our world and finding our way back to harmony and balance.
Available for PAINTINGS, COMMISSIONS, PRINTS of selected artworks and whimsical mixed media sculptures.
I am a mixed media painter and sculptor and have always been involved in the creative arts. I taught art in secondary schools for 30 years alongside regular group shows. I have been a fulltime artist since 2018, exhibiting in both group and solo shows.
I have artworks in private collections both nationally and internationally. I have been an artist in residence working with disengaged youth and in a primary school cluster project.

My intuitive art process is inspired by the random beauty of nature, animal wisdom and birds as a guided process that is a way of making meaning in a world out of balance. I explore colour and light through natural images that inspire emotional connection to our stories through the natural world. Colourful mixed media images begin with symbols and words that build the feeling and energy of the evolving art story. Art as visual stories evoke a sense of peace and balance connecting us to our world. I view art as a meditative process that is mindful and healing. I paint in a variety of sizes using layers of colour, texture and form, using a variety of media such as acrylic paint or watercolour. Art is built through the layers, with a variety of mark-making, collage, inks, pastels, crayons, and resin. The layers create a depth that invites us into the story imagery that comes alive within the art. We enter these visual stories as a participant connecting to the energy and feeling of the piece.
My art is a way to pause and explore the layers of colour, emotion and story that are an, honouring of the Earth and her wisdom. through exploring the depth of our personal and global connected storied worlds. Art is an exploration of inner landscapes and outer worlds as a way to connect to those breathing spaces that remind us of balance and flow.
Every beautiful moment brings inspiration and opens us to connections to our own calm happy heart stories.

www.cherylebannon.com