It is an honour for GumLeafGreen to be collaborating with Forage, through its offshoot GumLeafGreen Retreat, to offer a virtual internship aimed at helping people build the crucial non-technical skills and confidence they need to:
Great to collaborate on a piece about How to write a smashing board paper with Kerryn Newton of Directors Australia.
GumLeafGreen sees creativity and innovative thinking as survival skills. It is a privilege to support emerging artists, whose works capture, inspire and provoke new perspectives and emotions.
Juvenile kookaburra was created using oil paint on canvas by Gold Coast based artist Jodie Wells. www.jodiewells.com
Laughter is a powerful resilience tool and antidote to stress, pain and conflict.
It’s also a precursor to all learning – if we can laugh at ourselves, we can grow.
Friends was created using acrylic and oil paint on canvas by South Australian artist Graham Shaw. Mobile – 0418 873 049
In native South American culture, condors are believed to help us to transform that which no longer serves us into energy that helps us soar above, into greater heights of awareness.
In Australia, eucalyptus trees remind us to let go of what no longer serves us. They shed limbs to survive droughts and thrive. They inspire the work we do at GumLeafGreen.
Tree of Life was created using acrylic and oil paint on canvas by St Kilda based artist Nikita Browne. Nikita creates her art by using the elements of nature – rain, sun and wind – and dance to allow a vision to appear on a canvas. She enhances the vision using only sticks, rather than conventional artists’ tools. Mobile – 0429 344 754
“The day you were rescued,
A life, of small steps of trust, warmth, and love.
A story then unveiled, of hope and light.
Roxy then became a strong protector, love, and my guide in life.
In memory Roxy Browne.”
Lysterfield Trees was created using acrylic on canvas by Mornington Peninsula based artist Mirabela Varga. www.mirabelagallery.com Mobile – 0416 144 645
“Painting inspired by a moment in time where deep reflection and stillness was necessary to build strong foundations. The trees being a symbol of strength and flexibility. The lake being a symbol of emotion and the transience of time.”
Neverending River was created using acrylic and oil paint on canvas by St Kilda based artist Nikita Browne. Nikita creates her art by using the elements of nature – rain, sun and wind – and dance to allow a vision to appear on a canvas. She enhances the vision using only sticks, rather than conventional artists’ tools. Mobile – 0429 344 754
Dreamtime
I remember so,
A river that curls, cascades and nestles in the Valley, Willow trees swing, fireflies, vivid blue skies, scents of summer, river rocks so smooth, water to wash over you, as you told stories from the clouds above.
This is the Promised Land.
Nikita’s painting and poem were inspired by childhood memories of Bellingen in New South Wales.
Elwood was created for GumLeafGreen by artist Michael Dean Edwards of Healesville (Victoria, Australia). Michael created it on canvas using oil paint. Mobile – 0413 014 285
How a tree feels was created for GumLeafGreen by artist Michael Dean Edwards of Healesville (Victoria, Australia). Michael created it on canvas using oil paint. Mobile – 0413 014 285
‘Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.’
Ryunosuke Satoro, Japanese novelist