Unfamiliar grounds new zealand The necklace arms are purple

The necklace arms are purple agate

and the thrill of artistic risk

An abstract impression of some succulents in my garden

a wonder of nature that I love to capture with my pencils

Layers of foliage open to reveal flowering trees

Unfamiliar grounds new zealand The necklace arms are purpleUnfamiliar grounds by Marijke Lambregtse is a mixed media painting inspired by her living for months on end in different places around the world which has brought about feelings of permanently being foreign and liking it, being a stranger and loving it. There is an unshakable sense of foreignness, of being out of place, as if she is moving through spaces that were never built with her in mind. A rootlessness. This feeling of displacement stretches