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Echos of Laughter

Starts: Friday, 22 November 2024
Ends: Sunday, 01 December 2024
An exhibition of cloudscapes by Julia Norton and a fundraiser for Giant Steps School. In her latest series Echos of Laughter, Julia explores the complex emotional landscape of mothering her children into adulthood, particularly her significantly autistic son. The passing of clouds serves as a powerful metaphor for this transition from dependence to independence. The clouds represent the uncertainty and unpredictability of this transition; they shift and change reflecting feelings of joy, nostalgia, fear, and hope that accompany this letting go. Each cloud captures a moment of introspection, a memory suspended in the air, illustrating the duality of beauty and pain as children grow. This depicts the skyscape as not a 'place' but a landscape of the soul. The result pulls the viewer in to reflect on their own experiences of love, separation, and the ever-changing seasons of life. Half of the proceeds of this exhibition will go to support Giant Steps School where Julia’s son, now almost 18, flourishes with individualised attention. When Julia is not painting, or advocating for, or looking after Jack and her two vivacious daughters, she fund-raises for Giant Steps.
Add to Calendar 2024-11-22 12:00 am 2024-12-01 12:00 am Echos of Laughter An exhibition of cloudscapes by Julia Norton and a fundraiser for Giant Steps School. In her latest series Echos of Laughter, Julia explores the complex emotional landscape of mothering her children into adulthood, particularly her significantly autistic son. The passing of clouds serves as a powerful metaphor for this transition from dependence to independence. The clouds represent the uncertainty and unpredictability of this transition; they shift and change reflecting feelings of joy, nostalgia, fear, and hope that accompany this letting go. Each cloud captures a moment of introspection, a memory suspended in the air, illustrating the duality of beauty and pain as children grow. This depicts the skyscape as not a 'place' but a landscape of the soul. The result pulls the viewer in to reflect on their own experiences of love, separation, and the ever-changing seasons of life. Half of the proceeds of this exhibition will go to support Giant Steps School where Julia’s son, now almost 18, flourishes with individualised attention. When Julia is not painting, or advocating for, or looking after Jack and her two vivacious daughters, she fund-raises for Giant Steps. 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood , NSW , 2067 , Australia
409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood , NSW , 2067 , Australia
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