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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
I'm delighted to be an artist-in-residence for the next four weeks at Bundanon Trust. There are a number of other visual artists, writers and musicians also staying at Bundanon as current artists-in-residence. We're dispersed between the six neighbouring studios and apartments, so it's a friendly creative community and we each have our own creative space to work in.
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
Arthur and Yvonne Boyd's gift of the Bundanon properties and
collections has given Australia a unique cultural and environmental asset. The
gift was borne out of Arthur Boyd's often stated belief that 'you can't own a
landscape' and the deeply felt wish that others might also draw inspiration
from Bundanon. Gifted to the Australian people in 1993 by Arthur and Yvonne
Boyd the Bundanon property is located on 1,100 hectares of pristine bush land
overlooking the Shoalhaven River, near Nowra in New South Wales, two and a half
hours south of Sydney. In addition to
caring for a collection of more than 4,000 artworks and objects the Trust
supports the development of arts practice across all disciplines through its
artist-in-residence program.
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
Bundanon means many things to many people - and to many animals, including a nature reserve - Bundanon is home to a colony of wombats. Towards the end of my second afternoon, I was thrilled to encounter a wombat munching on the grass outside my studio door.
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
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| Kath Fries, Bundanon studio diary, 2012, photograph |
But then when I looked closer, I saw that there was not just one wombat but two - she was carrying a shy little baby in her pouch!
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