Precious Reminders Painting

Framed in Tasmanian Oak Association is a powerful thing. It's incredible how a sight, a smell, a feeling, even an emotion, can transport you back to a time long ago. Flowers in particular hold so many memories, so many emotional connections. They are produced from the land, where we grow up, holiday, settle down. They are seasonal, filling the air with their perfume year after year, along with our calendar of birthdays, Christmases, school vacations. They are beautiful, being given to celebrate, to console, to win-over, and to congratulate. We attach to them meanings - strength, purity, courage, love... but to me, the flowers and foliage from my land and the memories I have of them mean more than any symbol they have been assigned. Gumnuts for me will always hold memories of my childhood, nestled in my father's arms in the dim light of the lounge-room, my sister and I bathed and in our pyjamas ready for bed, while my mother read to us the adventures of Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie - the little gum nut babies and their Australian Animal friends. I remember the excitement of adventures in our local park, finding a branch of gum nuts and running to show mum. I remember the earthy smell of the gum trees as we ran barefoot beneath their branches... and years later, as my dad and I ran past during our afternoon running training for the high school cross country. Following me up north to the place I have now settled down, the earthy smell on my morning runs causes me to look up, and I am transported back... read the full statement at www.elizabethkate.art/originals

Painting:Acrylic on Linen

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20.8 W x 24.4 H x 2.3 D in

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