Unfamiliar grounds new zealand The marble lion is one

The marble lion is one of two standing as sentries to the entrance of the Chinese Museum

which create a gentle but powerful contrast to the dark details

Framed in a white timber floating frame ready for hanging

An abstract impression of some succulents in my garden

Unfamiliar grounds new zealand The marble lion is oneUnfamiliar grounds by Marijke Lambregtse is a mixed media painting inspired by her living for months on end in different places around the world which has brought about feelings of permanently being foreign and liking it, being a stranger and loving it. There is an unshakable sense of foreignness, of being out of place, as if she is moving through spaces that were never built with her in mind. A rootlessness. This feeling of displacement stretches