I am an Artist: And I Declare World Peace

Recently I was selected to exhibit in the 2011 Bondi Sculpture by the Sea. The sculpture I proposed to install is called 11:11 and will be dedicated to World Peace through the ‘I Declare World Peace’ art project of attorney Lawrence Gelber: http://ideclareworldpeace.com

After installing this work at Bondi in late October this year, I hope to install similar works all around the Australian coastline ~ Then the coastlines of the world.

These works will be the culmination of my evolving creative concepts and work in many different art media: Drawing and Painting: Photography and Mixed Media.

The aim is to uplift the viewer through the energy transmitted by the 11:11 symbol, as well as the visual imagery embedded into the work (Shell energy) ~ And to bring a healing energy to the surrounding environment.

The media will comprise of various scrap and precious metal filings, including gold and silver, crystals and gem stones ~ All bonded in resin on transparent Perspex: With areas of transparency that will enable the beauty of the sky and ocean to become one with the work.

Ally * Alison Lee Cousland

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The making of the Video: Dragonfly Dreaming

Dragonfly Dreaming

The Secret World of the Golden Dragonfly: In all its beauty and terror: Lies hidden midst the indigenous grasses that surround the Roseville Lake in Sydney, Australia.

Captured from dawn to dusk: These images of the Golden Dragonfly portray the exquisite beauty of the ‘Light Bearer’ ~ And I feel honored to have been her witness and story-teller.

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The Secret World of the Golden Dragonfly

The calendar: 'The Secret World of the Golden Dragonfly' was produced after photographing one particular species of dragonfly, over a 3 month period at the Roseville Lake, Sydney, Australia.

Everytime I photographed the Dragonflies ~ I was transported into their world of Magic and Beauty.

The World of the Golden Dragonfly: In all its beauty and terror ~ Lies hidden midst the indigenous grasses that surround the Roseville Lake in Sydney, Australia.

Captured at dawn: These images portray the exquisite beauty of the ‘Light Bearer’ ~ And I feel honored to be her witness and story-teller.

January: Lake of the Golden Dragonfly
February: Wending through Wild Grasses
March: Shamanic Convergence
April: Light Bearer ~Gazing into your Soul
May: Ice and Crystal Wings
June: Prayer for the Water
July: Lifting to the Sun
August: Hanging on ~ Reflections of Red
September: Gossamer Rainbows
October: Veils over the Land of Dragonfly
November: Life and Death
December: The Touch of Abundance

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Stills of Donkey Orchid Conversations

My silk paintings of many diverse Australian native plants, aimed to capture their healing energy so that the vibration of the plant can be visually transmitted and absorbed by the viewer.

Donkey Orchids are usually yellow in colour: But in these paintings have taken on a new life in blues and violets ~ The colour of communication and wisdom. Intrigued by their unusual shapes, I interpreted their ‘tails’ as tendrils: Symbolising our search for new ways to communicate with all beings ~ Petals as wings opening to wisdom ~ And a center from which the light can shine.

As a balancing visual flower essence, these blue/violet Donkey Orchids can help you become more sensitive to the Crown energy field, opening you to the Wisdom of Self ~ And being true to your own Light you will be able to connect with all Life.

Silk paintings that the images for 'Donkey Orchid Conversations' were produced from.

Donkey Orchids No.1 by Alison Lee Cousland

Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

Donkey Orchids No 2 by Alison Lee Cousland

Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

And stills that were used in 'Donkey Orchid Conversations'

From Donkey Orchids No.1 by Alison Lee Cousland

From Donkey Orchids No 2 by Alison Lee Cousland

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Donkey Orchid Conversations

Donkey Orchid Conversations

This short video is based upon two of my original silk paintings of the Donkey Orchids, an indigenous flower of Australia.

Donkey Orchids are usually yellow in colour: But in these paintings have taken on a new life in blues and violets which are associated with the crown and throat centers. And for me the Donkey Orchids with their tendril like 'tails' represented reaching out to connect will all Life ~ While asking to be guided by a higher wisdom. In making this short video I just allowed these words to be suggested by the images.

Donkey Orchids ~ Australian Wildflowers
Violets and Purples ~ Crown our Fields
Touch Wisdom of Self ~ Sealing the Knot
Reflect your Center ~ Let your Light Shine
To Thy Self be True ~ And Connect with ALL
As it is Above ~ Let it be Below ~ Let go * Let God
We are all ONE ~ Unity bringing Peace

Donkey Orchids No.1 by Alison Lee Cousland

Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

Donkey Orchids No 2 by Alison Lee Cousland

Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

I used to prefer bright clear colour rather than muted or darker tones ~ But as an artist, I've come to LOVE and work with all colour now. When working with the stems and 'tails' of the Donkey Orchids in these paintings I used olive greens and deep red purples together ~ Colours that usually would be very difficult to blend without ending up with 'muddy browns'

Miraculously hints of pale green remained underneath the red purples and I've always considered just these small sections of these paintings to be the best painting on silk that I did.

As a balancing visual flower essence, these blue/violet Donkey Orchids can help you become more sensitive to the Crown energy field, opening you to the Wisdom of Self ~ And being true to your own Light you will be able to connect with all Life.

As it is Above  *  Let it be Below
 Let go   *   Let God
We are all One

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Welcoming 2011 ~ Dragonfly Magic

Silver Winged Dragonfly on the Roseville Lake

Celebrating the dawning of 2011 ~ With her light and love.

At the beginning of a 'New Year' I love to reflect upon all it has taken for me to arrive here/now ~ And to be open to seeing where my life’s patterns have been leading me.

I have always loved being in areas that people generally tend to feel are 'Special Places' ~ Be they designated as ‘Sacred’ or just beautiful land/ocean/city-scapes ~ And as much as possible, I love to see and connect to all the life forms within those environments ~ Trees, grasses, flowers, rocks, animals, birds, insects (Taking care around spiders, snakes, and sting rays of course.)

I’ve never actually journeyed to any of  our planet's renowned ‘Sacred Sites’ ~ Although my entire being still yearns to stand barefoot on the earth, in the ‘Valley of the Winds’ in the middle of Kata Tjuta (Previously known as The Olgas) in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park of the Northern Territory of Australia.

And I’d LOVE to see and experience the indigenous rock art caves in the Kimberley, top end of Australia (That very few people know exist.) As I'd also love to stand barefoot in the middle of the Lake Mungo Desert Sand Dunes and Lunettes.

But for now I LOVE walking barefoot over the Roseville Golf Course nearly every morning at dawn ~ To capture images of the lake, wild grasses, wild ducks and dragonflies: A new community of Silver Winged Dragonflies was birthed on the Lake ~ Just in time to celebrate the dawning of 2011 ~ With their light and love.

For me now ~ And it’s not just something that I’m only beginning to feel as we enter 2011 ~ ALL places on our ‘Sacred Planet’ are unique, special and sacred ~ And our value of Place becomes even more alive within us ~ When we activate our Inner Sacredness.

And as we all activate our unique Inner Sacred Space we will come to know the sense of Universal Place ~ United ~ In ONEness.

Happy NEW Year
Ally * Alison Lee Cousland

Images at Fine Art America

A small selection of my photographic images are now at Fine Art America in the following Galleries:

Florals under Water
Creatures of Flight
Wonders of Nature
Roseville Bushland

Cards and/or prints of any of these images can be purchased at FAA. Click on any of the images as they slide through, to be taken to the page for that image.

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