Your Creative Muse: Serti Silk Painting: Sand Morning Glory

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Serti Silk Painting: Sand Morning Glory

Morning Glory No.1 by Alison Lee Cousland

Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

Morning Glory No.2 by Alison Lee Cousland
Hand Painted on Silk 150 x 110 mms

Forty-five million years ago Australasia separated from Antarctica and South America, with Australia drifting to a more temperate zone.

Australian plants then evolved in isolation in this warmer drier climate, ultimately leading to the development of many rare and unique species. Today along with Brazil, Australia is regarded as possessing the highest number of flowering plants in the world.

As well as playing a vital role in the binding of the sand dunes, the Sand Morning Glory provides an ideal habitat for small birds, lizards and many other creatures. Trails of the plant can be seen in some of the harsh semi-arid inland areas as well as scrambling over our coastal sand dunes. I first sighted it on the expansive coastal sand dunes of Nambucca Heads, North Eastern NSW.

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

As a balancing flower essence, just being in the vicinity of Sand Morning Glory helps release self imposed limitations and restrictions.

So by looking at these two images now I hope you may allow all the OLD limiting aspects of your being to silently melt away and then breathe in the sense of NEW freedom this gives to explore previously unknown aspects of your being.