MELINDA RODNIGHT

DONINA ASERA

What are you absolutely loving at the moment?

Although life in lockdown is weighing heavily in so many ways, I am loving life slowing down and being able to interact with great intention with the things that bring me joy - art making, reading, being in nature, growing a garden.

What makes you laugh the most?

Little kids and dogs - they know how to live life with abandon and joy - seriously good time funny!!

**'A Moment of Stillness,' 33 x 33 cm, Work on canvas, framed in oak, $500 AVAILABLE**

I am loving life slowing down and being able to interact with great intention with the things that bring me joy - art making, reading, being in nature, growing a garden.

Who is your favourite living artist?

Ben Quilty, not just for his powerful and evocative work but because he is an artist with incredible social and political conscience and humility, who is motivated to speak out on behalf of people who are significantly marginalised and ill-treated in this world.

What is your favourite thing about being an artist?

Art making is so much about exploring and getting to the essence of who you are. It’s an incredible position to be in each day. Everything I do in the day feeds my art making in one way or another, consciously and unconsciously.

Art making is so much about exploring and getting to the essence of who you are. It’s an incredible position to be in each day.

**'Forty Two Days, Thirteen Nights Series', 30 x 38 cm, Mixed media on paper, float framed in Vic Ash, $490 each AVAILABLE**

Everything I do in the day feeds my art making in one way or another, consciously and unconsciously.

**'Just Here,' 33 x 33 cm, Work on canvas, framed in oak, $500 AVAILABLE**

My favourite living artist? Ben Quilty, not just for his powerful and evocative work but because he is an artist with incredible social and political conscience and humility,