@ Lady Bay, SA
The ceramic platter and bowls were made by Mark Pearse. I have set up a small display of his paintings and pottery.
Our wood heater is earning its keep on these cold mornings….and providing a destination for any wood carving which – in my estimation – fails the Test.
Sam and I have been out on the Cricket Pitch Paddock, planting trees.
About 30 planted and mulched – 470 to go.
No need to water them: the rain squalls keep sweeping through….
Here is a small selection from the Full Moon Landscape series painted by Mark Pearse.
I cannot recall any other Australian painter who has so deliberately explored the effect of Full Moon light on landscape – and on the observer.
Mark Pearse (1941 – 2019).
Potter, Wood and Clay Sculptor, Painter, Musician, Teacher, Man of Letters.
Seeker.
Loyal friend and mentor.
Forever chopping wood and carting water.
In my view, one of the finest Australian landscape painters of his generation.
….in search of a purpose.
….Some work of noble note, may yet be done….
Fashioned from an old post: certainly a eucalypt, possibly Pink Gum. A tough wood to carve, but worth the effort: it takes a lovely, soft burnish.
Sam and I went beachcombing after the recent storms, and came across many small treasures….
