julie
Dawson

I seek to let the subtle energies of the land tell their own story.

ABOUT JULIE:

I’m a former wildlife conservationist who, after eight years of working in anti-poaching and human-wildlife conflict resolution in Kenya, reached a state of total burnout. My return home has coincided with a return to self and the slow, ongoing dissolution of the colonial structures my worldview is founded upon. After several years of therapeutic creative expression, I am now emerging as a writer, artist, photographer and potter.

My return to creative practice began with photographing and writing with, rather than about, the natural world. I then began to make ink and paint from the plants and landscapes I was being drawn to photograph and write with. Ink and pigment making has become central to the way in which I re-story relationship with myself, the earth and Country. When I make marks with these alive substances, I seek to get out of the way and let the subtle energies of the land tell their own story.

Born and raised near Warragul on Gunai/Kurnai Country, I now live and create in Warburton on Wurrundjeri land.

Medium: ink & watercolour, writer, poet, potter, photographer
Tags: handmade natural inks & watercolours, writer, potter, photographer.