by Cathy Jack Coupland | May 7, 2021 | Creativity, Design, Inspiration
This design had been in the back of my mind for a long time. Inspired by the colours and textures of our beautiful Australian flowering gums and those cheeky, raucous, magnificently coloured Lorikeets – it seemed as though this work came together of its own...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 9, 2021 | Design, Inspiration
All my design work begins with a line. It’s how I build, construct and create my designs. But there’s one area of line I usually ignore – for no good reason. We all know the power and potential in a simple line – expressing emotion and mood,...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 12, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration
That question ‘what is art?’ has been vexing people for centuries, many of whom don’t even produce art – and I’ve tried to listen patiently and politely to people’s opinions. Not anymore. There’s a point when, as an artist, I...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 5, 2021 | Creativity, Design, Inspiration
Ok, stitching out a large design is no picnic – but I’m perverse and love every moment of it. Sometimes problem-solving is extremely therapeutic and gratifying. You have a problem, fix it right – next? That’s my attitude. But working on such...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 26, 2021 | Creativity, Design, Inspiration
So how did I transfer this larger-than-life, fairly intricate design? By tracing every line, mark, dot and pattern on my drawing. I went over the drawing before tracing to make sure all the lines made sense and were complete – in other words, that they’re...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 18, 2021 | Creativity, Design, Inspiration
You know all those age-old axioms about absorbing experiences and embracing ‘just doing,’ well, that’s what this is really about. It sounds so simple, but sometimes just doing, just starting can also equate to just producing. It’s a story of...
