By KATH GANNAWAY
WALK UP the joyously colourful steps of the Warburton Waterwheel, and you are immersed in a magical part of the world that a Warburton artist has created.
The Yarra Valley is a rich exhibition space of Sioux’s involvement in community mosaic projects, and it goes way beyond the valley.
Go a little further, into the Waterwheel Gallery at the top of the steps, and you find another magical expression of her magical world.
Sioux has returned to brush and paint with The Moon, The Owl and The Rose, an exhibition of paintings, prints and cards that come from the heart, and illuminate the heart.
“I started with painting and illustrating a long time ago and did quite a few exhibitions in Melbourne before coming to Warburton,” she explained, adding that the meantime has been spent working as a ‘tradie’ on building her Warburton home, and on community projects.
The inspiration, she says, comes from within.
“It’s me going inward in my magical journeys, and from a healing process.
“I find quite a meditative, inward process with my paintings that comes from me and from my heart.
For the first time with her work, she has shared her inspiration in words with poems that enhance the visual expression.
The Moon, The Owl and The Rose is on show at the Waterwheel Gallery until 29 June.
