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Sharon Field

A moment suspended,
encapsulating the beauty and stillness of nature, and sometimes of a world in balance.

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My work is botanically inspired, with a focus on the impacts of climate change. I live in a rural area in Australia.
See my IG - @3000daysandcounting
Today marks my halfway point for The Scrolls and m Today marks my halfway point for The Scrolls and my protest against what is happening to our environment, and to you and to me, because of climate change. 1500 days ago the UN said we had to keep average global temperatures below 1.5 degrees C (or 2.7 F) by 2030. Well, l think you know what is happening on that front as well as l do. Still, l continue. This work now tells so many stories of the plants, animals, insects, reptiles and people l have met on this journey. Five Scrolls are complete - each with its own theme, and Scroll 6 is on the way. Today ... 1500 drawings ... 1500 days. Only another 1500 days until we reach 2030. I wonder what our world will have to say to us then?
Curled lace from the forest’s weathered soul (1) Curled lace from the forest’s weathered soul (1) Watercolour, graphite and gouache Few people appreciate that plants have a purpose and lives beyond their use by people.  Lichen is necessary for trees, which are the lungs of the planet.  To have lichen in your garden is a real privilege – it is a sign of clean air! This little lichen had found a home on a metal garden table, beneath a fruit tree.
"Crumbling ghosts of seasons past" (1) Graphite a "Crumbling ghosts of seasons past" (1) Graphite and gouache #botanicalillustrations #optoutdoors #australianwomenartists #blackandwhiteart #eucalyptusleaves #drawingstudy #botanicalartist #leafart #plantdrawing
I love seeing wildflowers along roadsides.  Do you I love seeing wildflowers along roadsides.  Do you? It is drawing close to the end of summer here, and along the roadsides, there are the remnants of wildflowers like this Golden Everlasting Daisy (Xerochrysum viscosum), an Australian native and one of my favourites.  It is an opportunist plant in disturbed areas, like roadsides.  The shiny yellow bracts are stiff and papery, and the flower heads provide food for native butterflies and larvae. This is drawing number 715 on the scroll, with 2285 days (and drawings) to go until 2030.  I think the wildfires, flooding and winds we have seen in Australia this season demonstrate the effects of the increasing temperatures.  Our planet is responding. Don't forget, we can also do things to support our natural environment.
Here are some fungi images drawn from a couple of Here are some fungi images drawn from a couple of my exhibitions.   For me, there is something really engaging about fungi, particularly when they start to age and dry out a little.  They have so much character, and their friting bodies are all we humans see of the vast universe in which they live and interact beneath the surface of the soil. They are clever in the ways they have established relationships with trees and other plants, passing nutrients and information through their subterranean networks. Each of these works is in watercolour, graphite and gouache.
I have been working on other aspects of my art of I have been working on other aspects of my art of late, so here are a few little numbers on black from the recent past that I really like.  I hope you will too!  Each of these works has a story for me - I wonder what they invoke for you! All the works are in graphite with watercolour on white watercolour paper, which has had the background painted in with black gauche.  A slow process!
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