this is one of the "birdy" screen prints i did in second year.
this is one of my favourite pictures of my grandmother - the first bird (on the left).how third bird was born
the name third bird came about when i had the opportunity (thanks to being a poor uni student) to live under the same roof as my grandmother and mother - three generations of female artists. my grandmother, who was in her 90's, was very inspiring and spent most of each day painting very traditional bird paintings.
i went through a massive birdy phase in my second year of uni and birds and bird cages was all i wanted to print in my screen print class.
it was when my mother turned around one day and had sketched this amazing picture of a currawong that we made this cute little connection between the three of us and our art. so by being the third generation chic...i became the third bird!
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What a lovely connection.
ReplyDeleteI know this might seem an odd thing to say but did you ever look at this pic and think the bag on the left hand side looks like it has a cats tale coming out of it? Most probably not...after a closer look I realise it looks to be a hokey stick : )
Welcome to blog land and all the best for your honours year. I look forward to checking in.
hi there..
ReplyDeleteyou're right - it does look like a cats tail! funny you noticed that. the hockey stick is one of things i really love about this photo - the fact that they are all dressed up and carrying their sporty gear.