Noela's Introduction

Hi there,
I feel like a bit of an 'old timer' as I have participated in all ALAWs, but I must admit I still have 2 alphabets to put together.
I am a mixed media artist, living in beautiful Maleny, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland, Australia, and I am honoured to have Fiona as a good friend.

My work is often influenced by the concept of 'wabi sabi' - the Zen Buddhist philosophy of finding beauty in things simple, weathered, incomplete. I am using 'rust' paint and a white 'lime wash' paint at the moment, and enjoying the serendipitous results - not a good benchmark for calligraphy, but it's a fun challenge finding a 'happy medium'.
I paint, sew, make jewellery, artists' books, dye stuff, design, exhibit, teach, travel, have coffee with friends and generally have a pretty good life. I'm looking forward to making some more good blogger friends this year.
My bog site is wabisabiart.blogspot.com.