Ali George Artist

Look familiar? This is the 30cm x 30cm (12 inch x 12 inch) piece I made in 2022 for the Resene Paint Challenge at Quilt Symposium  2022 in Wellington. Now it is on its way to Albuquerque NM to join all the other donations pieces for SAQA's annual benefit auction . It's been a few years since I've donated, so I'm really looking forward to seeing all the artworks available for purchase later this year. It is such a wonderful way to raise funds and acquire a small piece of art at the same time. 

I find the process that resolves itself as a textile work challenging. In the beginning I am clueless. This is as much a strength as a source of mild anxiety. I have learnt persistence and turning up are as important as creative thinking.  I'm mindful  my first response is not going to be the best so I'm starting with a mind-dump. My focus is the Neville Bonner Pedestrian bridge connecting Queens Wharf to South Bank. Thoughts are scratched deep into journal pages. I'll find more connections over coming months. Right now I'm challenged and torn. What started as perfunctory research about Meanjin's (Brisbane's) newest bridge has developed into a sense of disappointment and WTFWTWPT (WTF-were-the-white-people-thinking)? I'm unpacking those thoughts in my journal - the architects and their inspiration, the consortium , what the bridge connects, where it leads, Yuggera and Turrbul people's connections to this part of the river, Mr Neville Bonner's  own ...