Ankida

Queensland, Australia

643 x 312
Painting on silk, assemblage;
silk Habotai, card, textured wood panel,
mosquito netting, woven metal fragment,
acrylic paints, fiber-reactive dyes

This piece illustrates a poem:

mountains of green
mountains of blue arise:
gratitude wells up
and fills my eyes.

It’s dedicated to my friends at Ankida, a rainforest retreat in the Gold Coast hinterland where I took sanctuary while trying to adjust to life in Queensland.  Their kindness and generosity were limitless.

©miriam louisa simons