It might be frustrating for some to be locked down in Africa, but Hazel Soan is finding it liberating.
Hazel is, as you probably know, a very energetic person and has amassed a vast library of photo images over the years, never knowing exactly when - or even if - she might draw on these to create a work.
Indeed, each year she organises a busy writing schedule with a number of teaching engagements - both in the UK and in destinations some of us can only dream of.
However, as we all now know, 2020 is different!
The obligation to remain in one place has afforded her the chance to do what she loves most: painting. wildlife in watercolour.
How does a small sheet of painted paper hint at freedom, untainted natural order and even the utter awesomeness of the lifeforms evolved upon our spinning haven, balanced precariously in its journey through space and time?
Painting, like all the arts, has a powerful role to play, and I find watercolour such a fluid messenger, and so perfect for conveying the ‘innocence' of the unmanmade world - not easy, precarious in itself, but also thrilling and life enhancing…that feeling when you let the brush go, the sense of freedom is immense!
So here’s to freedom within lockdown, the freedom painting can bestow!
And if you fancy a virtual safari adventure please visit The Wildlife Collection (link in bio) to see some of my African watercolours currently showing at M1 Fine Art."
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Some of you will have photos, or have books with pictures of wildlife. This is the time to practice and make something of your own.
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