Onna-Musha Collage Series #2 Abstract A new realm of possibilities

A new realm of possibilities opens to us

kozu paper and collagraph on paper

"Some paintings just hold a space—and this one does it in the best way

The initial exhibition of the ‘Schoolgirl series’ opened at the Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne in May 1953 and an excerpt from a Shaw Neilson poem “Schoolgirls Hastening” was printed in the catalogue including the couplet: Schoolgirls hastening through the light / Touch the unknowable divine

but growing up is optional"

Onna-Musha Collage Series #2 Abstract A new realm of possibilities33 x 33 cm Analog collage, framed in raw oak, behind glass. Onna Musha were members of the bushi (warrior) class in pre modern Japan. Many fought in battle alongside Samurai men. Their existence was unique as women were constrained to a rigid social caste in feudal Japan. This series is a continuation of my love of the skilled martial arts as well as honouring the empowerment of women. These works represent the Onna Musha in all of us.