Bill Nicholson creative work: March 2014

Monday, 3 March 2014

Cliff face

Cliff face, 2014, 150 x 100cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

sold

Wind and water
microbe and worm
seed and shoot
branch and root
bird and bug
the step of climbers

All these shape,
all soften,
wear and erode,
like memory

Beach play

Beach play, 2014, 30 x 40cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$1000

Can't keep a sand castle for ever

But those long beach days...

Landing craft

Landing craft, 2014, 45 x 100cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$1800

In the washing of tides
in the tiny tumbling of sand
and the slo-mo jostling of trees

In the crumbling of rivets
and concrete's ribs

In the moon
and in the sun

Again and again

Relic

Relic, 2014, 51 x 41cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$1200

The sandy path leads
those in the know
down the steep cliff
between block houses
to the secret beach
and its rusty relic

Sunday, 2 March 2014

In the dunes

In the dunes, 2014, 30 x 40cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

Sold

The embrace of time
the softening
settling
calm

Body of land

Body of land, 2014, 41 x 91cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

sold

a crossing
a transition
between states

between feelings
between before and after

between not knowing and knowing

Body surfing

Body surfing, 2014, 100 x 150cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$3000

Water cold
toes numb
fingers tingling
inside hot

Salty eyes
runny nose
breathing deep
coughing brine

Flying

Coastline

Coastline, 2014, 61 x 76cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$1800

Beyond the breakers
above the sand

Resting
reclining
hips and arms
cheeks in hands

Waiting
(eons)
to speak
to smile
and to laugh

Behind the dunes

Behind the dunes, 2014, 61 x 76cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$2000

After the big climb
up the cliff,
now the fun,
the ease of the run,
the slide down the soft,
still cool sand of the dune
to the keep

Gaining the headland

Gaining the headland, 2014, 41 x 91cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

sold

The sea, alive, hungry,
nibbles at the shore,
at the body of land
that bears the steel hull

of the old landing craft

A still moat above,

a breeze ruffled surface,

a bridge across,

to the sand castle

First light warms the cliff,

the keep's ramparts,

slips through the arrow slit

and over the hills beyond

A boy with an idea,

his courageous dog,

ready to head inland

Over the lone pine

Over the lone pine, 2014, 100 x 150cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$3000

The new day
sun warms
breeze lifts
breakers cheer below

The forest ambles down
to beach, glade, cliff's edge
growing up, through and over
last tracings of past hostility

The boy charges the heights
energy bursting
leaping lightly
over the top

Bright idea

Bright idea, 2014, 100 x 150cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$3000

Solo d-day
for the bare-foot boy.

Cold steel chilly, then
wet clammy sand
squeezes between toes.

Run, slide and flatten
against the wall of the crater,
safe.

Muster the courage
for the heroic rush.
The grenade,
light into the dark.

Approaching the calm shore

Approaching the calm shore, 2014, 45 x 100cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

$1800

Waves gently run onto the sand
salt and murmur on the breeze

The craft carries the boy
towards the shore,
that boundary,
that line that runs
between the states of matter

Air
water
and earth

Approaching the shore

Approaching the shore, 2014, 41 x 51cm, oil on linen,
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park

Sold

The thrum thrum of the engine
the thump thump of the blunt bow in the swell

The warmth of the first rays on their backs
and the salty scent of the sea in their nostrils

The boy and his dog strain forward
to the nearing sand
and the soft green hills beyond