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Covid Colour Challenge. sureness, brightness and depth.

Natalie O'Connor May 19, 2020

It feels like the world has suddenly paused and started to notice things that are small. So small that our eyes do not see them… but we are aware and have a sense that they are there.

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In experimental art, colour, contemporary art, paint, red, beauty of colour Tags colour, watercolor, research, red research, covid, colourchallenge, phd
 

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View fullsize Just added a little bit of warmth with Cadmium free red.
So nice to see the play of Alizarin Crimson and its unusual staining alongside the softness and subtlety of this warm red.
#studio #red #redness #warmred #coolred #redresearch #somethingsneverg
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View fullsize I’ve been travelling to Mungo for ten years now and I’ve lost count of the trips out here.
This is a forever place to me.
I’m reminded of so much about how we live our lives when I’m here because you can’t help to consid
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View fullsize Celebrating international women’s day in the best possible way… in my studio. 
Recognising that I am living my choices.
I’m hoping that every woman can choose to lift other women and make this world a rainbow for all.

#choosinglif
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View fullsize I’m currently making some timelapse videos to assist art educators when teaching colour hopefully for the 2025 @vadea_nsw conference called ALCHEMY.
I thought I’d share the beginnings as you might find it as fascinating as I do. 
This ser
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The Redness That Lies Beneath My Feet.
Acrylic and Charcoal (from site with permission) on stretched cotton duck canvas. 
A3 size.
Scroll to see diary sketches that informed this work.
I’ve been working on each layer ever so slo
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View fullsize I’ve been asked so many times to do a workshop on colour that I’ve started to consider how I would do this differently… and to be honest after so many years of seeing programs that are so dreadfully dry and confusing I really wonde

I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Elders, past, present, and future and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations Peoples in Australia, on the places where I live, work and research. I recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land, which continue to be important to the Aboriginal people living today. I give my profound thanks to the Elders of the Three Traditional Tribal Groups (3TTG), the communities of Mungo and the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area.