...over to South Africa this morning

a warm
thank you 

to Robyn Gordon,

 South African based,
a lively and 

passionate artist

working on carved 

wooden totems 

and panels.

Experiment by Robyn Gordon

This morning I received a note to say  Seed pod inspiration story was posted. Robyn had made contact re using images with various other artists working with this source of inspiration. So I am delighted to find my clan... or more precisely... to be included with this fine company in a wonderful Post. Thank you Robyn...there's so much to explore at this post and something fresh to bring to the Homage to the seed blog!

Wild dagga, Leonotis leonorus

Art Propelled is exciting to explore for many reasons - seeing what Robyn is working on is always a treat, but there are posts on books she loves, interiors, places she visits like this image above taken at the Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu. Her features of artists are broad-reaching and excellent and I find her African sensibility draws her to post things that have a particularly of the earth feel to them... ancient, dimensional, rich, but also various and unexpected at times.

Here's something from Dec 4 2008...

Swans nest maze, 40 m dimeter earthwork. Read more here.

I'll finish with the last image on her seed pod story... from the Omo tribe, body paint and decorations. Photo by Hans Silvester.

something you just have to do

Ngurrara: The Great Sandy Desert  Canvas 10 metres x 8 metres

 

Found at artpropelled.blogspot.com. Read more on this art work here.

George Peterson at circlefactory.com

Robyn at Art Propelled has quite a following and tonight I discovered a series of works and posts I was interested to learn more about. Wise words from Robyn via Maslow here. Work by robyn Gordon below.

NZ vintage domestic architecture - wood & corregated iron

food + interiors + things i like

photos above: all by Marcus Nilsson at www.judithmillerinc.com

photos below: all by Christine Ruddolph at Judith Miller

Lost Found Art via Art Propelled

Robyn Gordon's wonderful blog Art Propelled is full of treasures. Tonight I happened to visit again and find these collections with a great story - Dec 2nd 09 - about how an interesting business started up for Mark Indursky of Lost Found Art .

Also loved the friday Nov 27 post on Sarah Mitchell - 'tied up with string' featuring this wonderful image below:

from flickr -  little paperbird: sarah mitchell - concertina books

To see Robyn's intriguing and detailed artwork in wood go to flickr.

Posted on Nov 19 was the introduction of a newly published book titled HOT AFRO by Craig Fraser which features the interiors of Neville Trickett some of you may have seen at the excellent saint verde blog. Below the image is from Gerhard Swart and Anthony Harris.

Thanks to Robyn for the inspiration and excellent journey into Africa without leaving home.....actually, I would be wrong in suggesting all that she posts on hails from the African continent - however - there is a distinct flavour and sensibility in what she brings to us that I sense is very much an African one!