Keeping Busy, Living Life, and Staying Pain Free(ish)
The essence is all in the ‘ish’, right? But grant me this: at least I did use the words ‘pain-free’. And the words ‘busy’ and ‘living’. You [...]
November 9th, 2024
2:45 pm
March 14th, 2023
8:29 pm
Here and There, art exhibition at Queenscliff Gallery
Here and There exhibition: paintings, drawings and etchings of Venice by me at Queenscliff Gallery. It's thrilling to be writing this post. To my friends and followers further afield than Melbourne, I will have a virtual tour of the exhibition published on the Queenscliff Gallery (QG) website where you can view the works forming the exhibition and some of my other available artworks. Here and There is a culmination of my recent trip to Venice... to date!
April 24th, 2022
1:38 pm
Report from ISO
Well, hello, COVID. After all the care, caution and staying in, Omicron finally caught us from no idea where. After all the fear of catching this virus, considering my Inflammasome gene and my chronic health issue, I'm happy to report that I breezed through it! I was abundant with the usual energy that comes to me when social obligation falls away. In addition, the pain levels fell away as they have done with previous colds – can the brain not manage two signals or is a virus some distraction? I went with it. I got stuck into my studio!
October 9th, 2021
12:43 pm
Portraying Pain’s Invisible Characteristics
I thought you might like to see some of the artwork I’ve created over the past two years. It’s been slow but I’m really happy with this [...]
July 19th, 2020
12:41 pm
Catharsis With Frida Continues
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has one of the best gallery gift shops. I saw this fantastic jigsaw puzzle of Friday Kahlo in [...]
December 28th, 2015
11:47 am
I made a gallery
True! Theo and I made a huge life move as many of you have read. Our transition began over a year ago when we escaped to Tasmania [...]
May 8th, 2015
12:05 pm
Appearances can be Deceiving
Frida, ...a woman who used fashion to channel her physical difficulties into a courageous statement of identity, strength and beauty. Exhibition by ISHIUCHI MIYAKO
February 27th, 2015
7:00 am
Intermission, my solo exhibition in Hobart
It’s my PN anniversary, eight years (if I don’t subtract the 4.5 years it took me to find out it was in fact PN)! Obviously time brings on reflection which in turn [...]
October 15th, 2014
11:05 am
Semi Finalist for the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2014
Very chuffed to be selected as a semi finalist regardless of the outcome. The portrait was flown up to Sydney for a second round of judging. She didn't make the final cut of 30 finalists but I feel so content that Ms Soula is going to great lengths to create awareness for invisible pain.
August 9th, 2014
8:46 am
Cathartic collage, my self portraits
Collage has been a little more therapeutic for me than my usual art forms. I think it must have been finding a technique that I could manage and one that didn't add to the fatigue and pain. Cutting small pieces of paper and glueing, drawing, attaching was just so light and easy. The painting of small pieces of paper and the careful ripping and tearing was like rocking. So gentle, so calming and at the same time feeling like I was handling my pain, expressing it and getting it out of my body and onto the art piece.