an artist’s journey - Sharon Roberts
This blog was started in 2013 and my last entry was 2021. The archive remains as many of the entries are about the making of artworks and their stories.
My current writing, Matter in the Making, can be found on Substack,where you can subscribe to have it delivered directly to your email inbox.
Sketching at Little Blue Lake,
South Australia
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Sorting artwork and files recently I came across this image of a watercolour I painted in a watercolour sketchbook in 2012.
During a visit to a friend for a sketching outing we put the jug on for a...
Friday, 15 January 2021
An artwork created in contemplation of seeds, outer coatings, dormancy and rest.
Poem and assemblage - Sharon Roberts
string, words on torn paper, seeds, soil, collected tumbled stones
Glass seed -...
Saturday, 24 October 2020
Artworks on paper are now available for purchase through my website (here) and I’ve been matting them up so they are ready for sending to their new homes.
The paintings have been mounted with archival...
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Completed during covid lockdown, this painting had an unfamiliar process in some ways.
Gradually I applied and then worked together disparate and random layers of colour and marks, discovering in the...
“He takes my Rags” - the making
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Mixed media – rags (discarded, washed, torn and purchased from a social enterprise); thread (partially used, discarded and purchased from an op-shop); buttons (gifted from a friend’s old tin of...