At the beginning of May, Alan and I were fortunate to purchase 43 hectares of dairy grazing land. There are flat paddocks, steep hills down to a river, some QEII Trust, forest in pines and native trees, quite a few farm buildings but no house. Alan’s out there every day farming, and I pop out sort of in passing.
The reality is I work full-time, go to the gym three days a week, and do my art. By the time I’ve done all that, I really don’t have time to farm as well. But for all that, I love seeing the land and knowing we are its caretakers.
This weekend I decided to make some really small pieces of art as part of a ‘sharing some love & light’ project on BlueSky. I was working really small, 10.5cm square and 10x14cm with watercolour, pencil and NeoColor II crayons. What I realised is the land is very much inspiring what I do even though I’m not there very often.
Cath Sheard Art 
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