Land Continuum 1 by Ruth le Cheminant
Personal Religion by Ruth le Cheminant
West Macdonald 2 by Ruth le Cheminant
Love to paint, gardening (sounds boring but we have a large garden and organising it from scratch and a good physical workout), looking after the chooks (hens if not Australian), socialising with friends, checking out exhibitions - can be a huge inspiration, helping out/volunteering at Link-Up (NSW), bushcare, bush walks, travelling...
Music
Paint to a variety Nick Cave, Travelling Wilburys, Martine Locke, Sinead O'Connor, Kasey Chambers,Annie Lennox, The Waifs,Patti SmithMacy GrayEric Clapton and JJ Cale,Ben Lee, The White Stripes, Pink are some
Movies
Should see more! As It Is in Heaven" - wonderful.
Television
Kath and Kim, My Name is Earl, Insiders (to keep abreast of the political world in Oz), All Saints, Dr Who, Australian Story, Enough Rope, City Homicide, Thank God You're Here,The Chasers War on Everything, Insight.
Books
The Secret River by Kate Grenville, Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita, Peter Carey books, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Swallow the Air by June Winch, Sue Woolfe Leaning Towards Infinity, The KNown World by Edward P. Jones and Donna Tartt books
Heroes
The people who quietly and effectively make a positive improvement for individuals living in our world. I'm impressed with those who demonstrate respect to others and try to do the same.
Hi there
I live in the beautiful Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia.
Love to paint in my home studio near the bush overlooking the Grose Valley. It's magic and a great inspiration.
I studied art at the National Art School in Sydney and later completed post graduate studies at the University of New South Wales. Painting and creating has always been the constant in my life.
I usually work with polymer paints on canvas sometimes adding mediums to the paints for different effects. Love playing with oil stick on canvas which is great fun as well as collage/mixed media work.
Some of the work that I create is quite large in size and some small. In the larger work I love the idea of the viewer being able to 'walk into' them. I always hope the viewer enjoys the energy and colour and how the eye can be taken on a jouney within the painting. When I paint I always consider that the process of painting is a conversation with the canvas and the evolving work being produced. The delight is if on seeing the painting the viewer establishes their own visual conversation with the painting, through this the viewer continues the magic of a continuum of communication with the work started during the painting process.
Highlights for me to date have been two solo exhibitions at Orange Regional Gallery; selected for the group exhibition 'Land out of Time' at Penrith Regional Gallery which then travelled to other regional galleries in Australia; solo exhibitions 'Burnt and Beyond' at Hunter Street Gallery, Parramatte, 'A Sense of Self, A Sense of Place' Sydney Town Art Gallery and 'Taking the Long Way' at Gallery HM Alexandria.
Hi Ruthy, I have enjoyed visiting your page in 2007 - thanks for the friendship and may it continue. I hope this new year brings you every happiness you could ever wish for. Love, Peace & Music. fiona
How are you Ruth? long time ,no hear! Hope the chooks are ok. Have been to Rome for a week----talk about artistic sensory overload,wow! It is a fantastic city,if ever your in europe,DO VISIT it---tthen fly on from Ciampiano airport to Bristol via easy jet.land and will pick you up,for a few trips around my par of world--free put up service guaranteed! LUV N xxxx
"The infinite sinuousness, nuance, and complexity of music enable it to speak in a thousand different accents to a thousand different listeners, and to say with non-commital and moving intimacy what no language would acknowledge or express and what no situations in life could completely exhuaust or make possible" (Irwin Edman) love f
Hi there am fidgety so am going around saying hi! YES autumn is in full swing so the colours of the leaves are spectacular & the sun on sea this time of year is so DIFFERENT. mind you dont like the rain drizzle & cold now--yeuk,IF I was a bird Id up and migrate to your part of the world---if hadthe money would book 1st class plane ticket and plonk in your or Fionas garden for the duration of english winter---mind you ,our summer was a short fizzle in june and very wet the rest!!! cant win in this god forsaken country!!!
Ruth, It's a great honor to add you and likewise. Haven't been to Blue Mt. to perform as yet. I hope to do so, in the near future. Have a great weekend. Stay connected.
Thanks Ruth,thats a great real story,had message from Fiona when woke up.Shes working on ANOTHER album now!! Phew,where does she get it all from---a POWER GREATER THAN US methinks! Lovely to know it was your painting that evolved Portrait of a LANDSCAPE!!!! Keep painting/keep showing her---you guys make a great team!! Nicky
Hi Ruth ,thanks for passing by my site & giving me that info on our mutual friend Fiona Joy! I will use th at info on the fan base Imworking on building on!!! A website for FANS,& Im NOT ALLOWED TO ASK her friends to join or contact me about it! BUT if folk ASK ME----well it would be RUDE to say"NO" wouldnt it!!????? Ahem (I hope shes toooo busy to notice this!! else Im introuble!!!!! I keep getting into trouble with Australian ladies!! dont know why! INOCENT is my middle name!!! By the way we call hens chooks where I live i westcountry ENGAND,UK---the "Muvver land!" QUEEN LIZ n all! eh up---that puts me in bovver with the repubs:---DUCK----for cover!!! I love your work too, painting & music are my passions too,alas I am an ameteur tho!!!have sold a few along the way, but would never get rich!!!! the talent in AUS: can I emigrate??? Keep in contact, zippy
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