THE exhibition in the gallery at Mary Lindsay Homestead during September includes Sue Mobilia of Jindalee’s handcrafted coiled textile baskets alongside her textile paintings.
A Two Rocks Yanchep Culture and Arts Network (TRYCAN) member for about three years Mobilia said she went to art school in the 60s and studied interior design.
She and her family moved to Dongara for about 20 years where she took up quilting.
Now she uses material from her quilting days and other items such as shredded silk sarees in her paintings.
Mobilia said exploring various artistic avenues had always been one of her passions.
“From sculpture and pottery to printing and quilting, I’ve tried just about everything,’’ she said.
“But nothing has truly captivated me like the act of tearing small pieces of fabric and assembling them into pictures that seem to belong somewhere.
“Sometimes I find my materials at op shops and thrift stores, other times it’s high-end fabrics and samples from my interior design days and sometimes it’s treasures I’ve collected on my travels around the world.
“Each piece evokes memories as I sift through them, searching for the perfect colour and texture to bring my vision to life.’’
A nature lover she often finds herself admiring a view whether it’s giant tumbling clouds filling the whole sky or tiny insects marching up a twig.
“As I was gathering these exhibition pieces together I noticed I had a theme going on,’’ she said.
“Each piece seemed to reflect my memories of nature, a lot of trees, some water, dusty gravel tracks, long weedy grasses bending in the breeze and often a glimpse of some little creature almost hidden from view.
“Picnics by a waterfall was a regular holiday activity with my family.
“The adults drinking tea from a pot or a cool beer while the kids searched for tadpoles in the still pools of water.
“I’m still searching for those little snippets of nature as I create my work.’’
She hopes visitors to the gallery enjoy her work as much as she loves creating it.
