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Monday, 16 February 2009

clearing claustrophobia



yesterday it was all crowding in on me...and while standing up on our hill breathing in the cold smoke from distant fires & gazing at the dry paddocks round about i felt it was suddenly time to cut and run for a bit.

there's nothing like driving at speed to the coast with the roof open to clear persistent headfog. sadly i forgot [or was that fogrot?] to take a camera so all i have to share is this midnight watercolour [assisted by a splash or two of Bombay Sapphire]

the view from the  Bluff overlooking Encounter Bay was magic...the sealine all misty, waves deep blue, big surf crashing in on Petrel's Cove and giant granite boulders laced with lichens all around. 

Hans Heysen did a rather better job of it...but at least my cobwebs are sorted...for the moment.
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13 comments:

  1. Patricia16 February 2009 at 16:35

    Good to be creative in times of distress!

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  2. Chrissie16 February 2009 at 18:30

    That's beautiful, but please tell me you drank the gin and didn't use it to paint with ...?

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  3. india flint16 February 2009 at 21:19

    calm thyself me dear...i find gin a tad dessicating on paintbrushes and besides the cobalt blue would upset the lovely balanced flavours in the Sapphire!

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  4. twisted sister17 February 2009 at 06:03

    Did you pick up Brad Pitt on the way by any chance?

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  5. india flint17 February 2009 at 07:41

    no my Twisted Sister, I did not... he's far too young and green.

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  6. twisted sister17 February 2009 at 08:52

    as long as you didn't drive over the edge
    that's alright with me Ref: Thelma and Louise...
    no, he doesn't do it for me either

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  7. india flint17 February 2009 at 09:41

    thanks for refreshing my memory on that one...age hath clearly wearied and the years condemned ...and i had forgotten....

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  8. twisted sister17 February 2009 at 10:32

    Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
    Her infinite variety;

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  9. india flint17 February 2009 at 23:40

    blessed be the Sister of Twists...

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  10. Gwen Buchanan18 February 2009 at 01:26

    I keep writing a comment and erasing it.. none seem right.. but I understand this...

    your painting is so expressive of the whole thing... internally and externally... it is beautiful... take care...

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  11. Camellia18 February 2009 at 01:51

    I have been checking in on you, but I had been gone so long and the magnitude of what's going on there made any comment seem coy and pointless. I am breathing easier with your wild ride to the sea and your lovely painting.

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  12. india flint18 February 2009 at 10:54

    thanks Gwen...good to have a kindred spirit on the other side of the Big Puddles
    and Camellia, it's good to hear from you again, too...

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  13. t20 February 2009 at 16:46

    your trip to the beach sounds wonderful, and your little painting is delightful.

    I went to the beach again on Saturday, and to the city on Wednesday. Becomming a bit of a gadabout. Clear air, clear mind.

    I visited some of your links a few weeks ago, and I really love Colin Mccahons colours and tones. It was a real adventure looking at all thost different styles and works. And reading so I went to the Gasgoine show last Wednesday, and two hours just went. What a wonderful women she was.

    xt

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