When life is crazy staying still can be amazing

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Load your brush
Make your mark
Enjoy your colours
Remain fearless

— Ruth le Cheminant

Musings

When life is crazy staying still can be amazing

October 6, 2020

If you put it out there, sometimes…..

August 7, 2020

There I was so smug to think it was finished

July 24, 2020

Is calling my current exhibition Covid19 OK?

July 18, 2020

I call it ‘going down the rabbit hole’

July 9, 2020

All I wanted was to tidy a few things up

July 2, 2020

I can’t sit next to her.

June 21, 2020

Sometimes an opportunity comes up

May 24, 2020

On Instagram

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I got up a bit late today. It is a sort of slow pa

I got up a bit late today. It is a sort of slow paced day. I would even say a slack day but I did open my emails and delightfully found I am a finalist in this year’s @blacktownarts prize with the painting Covid19 Series - A Study in Contemplation shown. I’m delighted. @theartvault a nice tie in with the coming #exhibition Little Big Works. The exhibition prize winners will be announced on Saturday 28 November #ruthlecheminant #bluemountansartist #contemporaryartist #abstractart #blacktowncityartprize #acrylicpainting #painting #art #ruthloadedbrush #ruthbluemts #covid_19 #contemplation #studioview #studio more at theloadedbrush.com.au

I received an email recently that said ‘Congratu

I received an email recently that said ‘Congratulations! You have been selected to attend the Nepean Redevelopment’s creative arts workshop on Friday 16 October.’ I had responded to a call out and was selected. Those in the workshop were given the task to create artwork for Nepean Hospital’s new 14 storey tower. It was facilitated by @nicolelaw.au. 👍👌. We created printed work that we then put into an A1 size #collage. These will be framed and then hung in the #tower . It was a great experience. Thank you @nepeanredevelopment for the opportunity. Hope you like my contribution. #collage #artworkshop #printmaking #penrithregionalgallery #ruthlecheminant #bluemountainsartist #contemporaryartist #intocolour #ruthbluemts #ruthloadedbrush #art #framedart #framed #worksonpaper you can see more at www.theloadedbrush.com.au

Last weekend was the @basbluemountains Blackheath

Last weekend was the @basbluemountains Blackheath Art Prize I entered the painting Covid19 Series Painting #3 The Path Ahead. And it sold. This is a painting that was the intuitive response to both the art - the painting ‘fell’ onto the canvas - and to Covid19, in that I took the time during lockdown to reframe my thinking on my own way forward, a concept many of us are having to deal with hence the title. I didn’t have the opportunity to thank the person who purchased it and I wanted to find a way. I hope I achieve this through the mechanism of Instagram. To you the painting’s purchaser, if you stumble on my feed, thank you. The painting sang for me painting it. The music was on and the paint flowed. I hope it continues to sing for you. Ruth

#bluemountainsartist #artist #ruthlecheminant #blackheathartsociety #blackheath #painting #exhibition #contemporaryartist #abstractartist #covid_19 #ruthbluemts #ruthloadedbrush more at theloadedbrush.com.au

I had the opportunity to work with Sharon of @pepp

I had the opportunity to work with Sharon of @peppertree.events on a #hensparty #art #event @fairmontresortleura yesterday. It was a small gathering appropriate for our #covid_19 situation. And I was delighted with the great work these ‘hen’s attendees’ achieved. Congratulations to all! #ruthlecheminant #bluemountainsartist #ruthloadedbrush #ruthbluemts #artevent #peppertreeevents #funafternoon #art #painting #banksiapaintings #bluemountains #bluemountainsaustralia

On the evening of 20 September someone changed New

On the evening of 20 September someone changed New York City’s C train 50th street subway station into ‘Ruth Street’ to honour the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg #ruthbaderginsburg #trailblazer #genderequality #law #ruthlecheminant #ruthloadedbrush #ruthbluemts

And this just happened. #evening #sunlight on the

And this just happened. #evening #sunlight on the trees against the grey backdrop of the #clouds. The #rainbow faded and then became stronger with an echo of a second rainbow above. #magical #lovingit happening in #wentworthfalls #bluemountainsaustralia #bluemountains #artinspiration #lightandshade #tones #ruthlecheminant #ruthbluemts #ruthloadedbrush

Into #pink at the moment and delighted in this dis

Into #pink at the moment and delighted in this display on my #walk #ruthlecheminant #ruthbluemts #ruthloadedbrush #wentworthfalls #bluemountainsaustralia #spring #artinspiration #blossoms #pinkblossoms #nature #frontgarden

Another in the Covid19 Painting series in situ #in

Another in the Covid19 Painting series in situ #inthestudio Love my messy #paintingwall When I started using the wall I had back and shoulder problems. I had to strengthen my back muscles @torquepilatesstudio and learn to lift heavy canvases properly be able to use #thewall without injury. This is the review position, with the #paintings still on the wall there is always the chance the painting process could 🤔 be continued- or not. To let you know this is another painting for the #exhibition @theartvault in #november all being well. From the #bluemountains to #mildura 💕 #ruthlecheminant #ruthloadedbrush #ruthbluemts

Glimpses of Utopia by Jess Scully I was curious so

Glimpses of Utopia by Jess Scully
I was curious so I purchased a copy of Glimpses of Utopia. Given the rather perilous state the world is in - politically, environmentally and culturally - I wondered if there could be a path to ‘Utopia’. This book gives insight into what is possible. And best is it’s not a heavy tome to read. Easy reading. Though as I read it there are ideas/information I want to check out later and I realise the endnotes will give me direction for further readings. I never would have thought I’d look forward to such a geeky delight. 😳 who would have thought! This is definitely a book politicians should read.

I was fortunate. Jess signed my copy. It was fun - as the images attest. Thanks Jess #glimpsesofutopia #booksigning #optimism #fairandsustainable #future #climatechange #society #whatwecando #technology #imagination #ruthlecheminant #reading #books

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