Doyle Avalyn
Australia
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Do you visualize your work before its creation ? Since I have a very strong connection with nature, I immerse myself in the sounds and presence of wilderness: rivers, trees, mountains, and most recently lakes, and usually in places where I sense Aboriginal people have been. These are sometimes sacred sites but not always, even shell middens and campsites attract me. I merge into a meditation and may suddenly be aware of a colour which seems to call me. I had a period of painting the landscape in pinks and oranges and only because I was led to do so by the land. I put my thinking aside and allow the spirit within and without me to guide the creation before me.
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How do you feel when people look at your work ? I feel excited to have an opportunity to share the experience that led me to express my work. I have been fortunate to live in some wonderful places which have exceptional vitality and I believe people re-connecting with the beauty of the earth is mutually very beneficial. Also, when I talk about my travels around the world and research into other cultures, I often see a light of enthusiasm and sense inspiration in the eyes of the person I am talking to. This is a perfect meeting of mind, heart and soul and essentially my dharma.
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After the fire
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Oyster beds, Wallaga lake East
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Black wattle trees
Brush, charcoal, watercolor, red earth pigment, acrylic | 57 x 77 cm | 2008 Estuarine silt, pastel, water-marked, pastel, graphite and collages | 56 x 76 cm | 2012
Grid, printed + ink, watercolor, pastel | 82 x 76 cm | 2009