In Memory of an Old Friend

I added this sketch of our African Violets in memory of a very old friend, Iris, who sadly passed away recently. Her favourite colour was mauve/violet. We met when she, S, J and I were living in the same dorms at university. We went our separate ways after graduating – different countries, different cities, connected only by a yearly Xmas letter over 50 plus years. We had a happy reunion with Iris and S in 2019. 

The older sketches at left of the page-spread are of vegetables (silverbeet and parsley) and left over morning tea which I came home with after attending a talk for Casey U3A's Garden Club group.

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour,#Stillman&Birn Zeta Sketchbook, 7.5”x 7.5”. #Caseyu3a

Autumn Views

Autumn views from our kitchen window. Finished this main one recently (I couldn't stop adding dots and dashes). 

These other two were done almost exactly a year ago! The older ones were done with gay abandon and compromised eyesight after my first cataract operation last year. I think I like the old ones better! I couldn't see properly at the time and didn't care about the final product which resulted in freer more expressive drawings!

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour, #MoleskineWatercolourAlbum, 5x8”.

Community Capsule Exhibition

Here's a couple of photos from the launch night of the recent exhibition Community Capsule in Fed Square, Melbourne where 9 pages from my Covid Journal (now in the State Library) were displayed. The 2 photographers featured with me in the panel discussion were Julie Ewing and Bri Hammond. 

Our projects were Melbourne Stories Told From the Heart. Here's the official flyer.

To read about Julie and Bri's Covid Projects:

Julie Ewing: 

https://museumsvictoria.com.au/one-year-on/across-the-fence/

Bri Hammond:

https://www.brihammond.com/isolation-portraits

and mine (just showing my favourite pages from the 80 page sketch journal):

https://www.klhnewman.com/covid-journal/