Melisandre & Her Black Honey Bee

I have exciting news people! I've been busting to tell you!! One of my favourite places in Stirling, The Locavore, has kindly offered me a exhibition :) I am VERY excited. This will be my first true show of my work in a more formal setting (I don't really count my place of work and the beautiful trees of the Hills Secret Garden really because they were less formal and the focus wasn't really on me anyway). I will be hanging some of my most recent pieces, as well as a few archives and some new nude studies that will be nestled in the alcoves of this beautiful Hills restaurant. I think this is a big step forward for me and although I am scared silly of what people might say about my work I think it's really important for me to finally get myself out there.  

Anyway.....after a suggestion from my lovely Lucas to research the origins of the name Melisandre (the name of one of my latest fire twins), I came across some interesting stuff. Melisandre originates from the Greek 'Melisa' meaning Honey Bee and the name Melisandre represents strength and a strong connection with animals. I found this interesting as I have painted my twins surrounded by licking flames, a place where to me not many animals would survive.

 But I got a sudden inkling to paint/draw blackened bee's surrounding and swarming the main ladies 'shadow' (smaller girl in background)...I imagine them nestled in her hair, buzzing around her and disappearing into the flames. I don't know what this is meant to mean yet (if anything by the way) but I am now excited...Can't wait to get down the studio and hash it out now that her initial layering is done.

I have definitely been getting in to a little bit of a bee/bug/butterfly/general insect obsession recently. I've been sketching away and drawing tiny little insect studies all over the place. In fact I'm tossing up whether to call my solo show in September at the Locavore 'Lepidoptera' ~ which is the word for 'collection or order of various butterflies and moths'. I've made a mock flyer...what do you think?

xo. E 

My mock up flyer.....what do you think?

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xo. E

Gold leaf & Muses.

I am excited to announce my participation in an exciting new venture by my lovely and talented friend Anya Anastasia ...

The event is called The Hills Secret Garden and it will be one of the first places  where I will have properly hung my work in an exhibition style setting....so it's all very exciting! More details surely to come soon, but for now- like the page on FB! Click here for the link to the event.

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I will also be having my work hung at the Organic Market and Cafe again during February, so if you are a Adelaide dweller be sure to pop in for a delicious coffee and a sneaky perve on my girls.

These past months I have really just been gathering collections, thoughts, materials, splodging paint on wood...getting up to some inquisitive mischief.

My gorgeous friend Thalea has been my muse for a while...with her dark hair, big eyes and heavy brows she is like a modern walking klimt painting (and Mr. Klimt himself was (again) a heavy inspiration for this piece).

So needless to say it was only a matter of time before I got my hands on some charcoal and scribbled her beautiful face on some wood panels. Here are some progress pictures, hopefully more to come as I will be painting like a crazy lady for the next two months!! 

She is also available now as prints, tshirts, ipod and laptop skins and all manner of other goodies on my society6 page......

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xo.E