emu, parrot and peacock feathers, silk thread, cottonbasket, woven, indigenous, lisa waup, peacock, emu, feather, handcraft

It is known that we choose our family before we are born, for me I get a great deal of comfort knowing this, for me it is very true. I was adopted at birth, I have always known this. My mum is my best friend, she is my confidant in times of sadness and pain. She is my guiding light in times when I have lost my way. I share everything with her as she does me. She is my hero, especially now that I have my own children, seeing the sacrifices she has made along the way and is still sacrificing so much for our wellbeing. I celebrate her daily for all she does, we celebrate together the wonderful things that we achieve on a daily basis no matter how small they appear to be. She is always there for me – how privileged I am to have her in my life. I met my birth mother once I had children of my own, I understood what a sacrifice it must have been to give me up. The first words that I muttered out of my mouth when I met her was, “I am so proud of you, and thank you”. She was quite baffled by this and then I explained. Through your unconditional sacrifice I have been given a wonderful life, the doors have been opened to me in so many ways. I have been loved unconditionally and have had the devotion of my mum and dad behind me all the way – how blessed I have been. The dual figures that I have weaved signify my mothers, my mum is holding a babe in arms a gift from the universe. My birthmother is present within this figure, her face is at the back of my mums head. She wasn’t physically there during my many years without her, yet spiritually she never left. This figure is a homage to my mothers, a recognition of respect and admiration, to hold them in great esteem, adulation and worship. Lisa Waup, 2016emu feathers, parrot feathers, ostrich feathers, tapa cloth, fibre, crow’s feet, parrot feet, parrot wings, possum fur, seeds, raffia, woodmother and child, sculpure, weaving, lisa waup, torres strait islander, gunditjmara, indigenous, handcraft, chosen before birth, adoption, emu, feather, possum, mother, child

oil on canvassunset, river, tree, landscape, konrad a. müller-kurzwelly, european, autumn, leaves, rocks, painting, billilla, weatherly, violet weatherly

oil on canvas laid on boardking arthur, lord tennyson, poetry, idylls of the king, boat, water, death, c.d. richardson, c. douglas richardson, charles douglas richardson, painting

oil on boardrehearsal, singing, margaret baskerville, portrait, figure, music, piano

oil on canvaslady of the lilies, portrait, flowers, margaret baskerville, paintng, lilies, figure

oil on canvasend of summer, landscape, trees, horses, charles douglas richardson, painting, cloud, farm, summer, grass

marblesculpture, figure, cross, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, marble, penitent, sorrow

Inspired by the opening lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1820 poem of the same title, The Cloud has grace of line that epitomises the model of classically informed beauty. Richardson’s figure successfully follows the serpentine line of Art Nouveau sculpture while also echoing the influence of British New Sculpture with its focused attention to bodily detail and surface articulation. A bronze version of The Cloud was cast in 1987 and can be seen in the formal garden between the Brighton Town Hall and the Brighton Library.Art Nouveauplaster patinated with paint and ground coppersculpture, female figure, charles douglas richardson, the cloud, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, percy bysshe shelley, poem, art nouveau, new sculpture, flowers

oil on canvascharles douglas richardson, figure, female, pathway of ignorance, path, veil, australian sybmbolism

watercolourfarm, horses, landscape, rainbow, cheltenham, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, cloud, rural

watercolourlandscape, diamond creek, stringybark, trees, charles douglas richardson, bush, victoria, cd richardson, c. douglas richadrson, watercolour

watercolourlandscape, werribee, gorge, trees, charles douglas richardson, watercolour, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, rocks, mountains

watercolourlandscape, storm, trees, cows, mordialloc, charles douglas richardson, c douglas richardson, cd richardson, paddock, horse

watercolourlandscape, river, charles douglas richardson, tree, c douglas richardson, cd richardson, mountain, birds, lerderderg

Symbolismoil on canvasfigures, baby, charles douglas richardson, painting, star, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, australian symbolism, symbolism

oil on canvaslandscape, lodden, river, laanecoorie, charles douglas richardson, trees, victoria, boat, cd richardson, c douglas richardson

watercolourlandscape, thames, river, cookham, england, charles douglas richardson, c douglas richardson, vegetation, trees, cd richardson

watercolourlandscape, england, wodeley court, shropshire, charles douglas richardson, building, house, chimney, pond

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, farm, farmhouse, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, cloud

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, moorabbin, road, charles douglas richardson, horse, cart, tree, farm

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, sunset, hill, cottage, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, farm, fence, cloud

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, oakleigh, cows, gum trees, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, grazing, farm, fence

watercolourlandscape, trees, hampstead heath, london, united kingdom, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, watercolour, bush

watercolourlandscape, beach, brighton, coast, water, boat, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, bayside, mountain, bay

watercolourlandscape, mount evelyn, tree, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, saplings

oil on canvasstill life, flowers, roses, violin, charles douglas richardson, painting, cd richardson, c. douglas richardson

watercolourlandscape, farmhouse, watercolour, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, sky, trees, vegetation

plasterlady of the lilies, bust, sculpture, flowers, margaret baskerville, lilies, plaster, portrait

pastelbeach, coast, bathing box, margaret baskerville, bayside, port phillip bay, jetty, ship, bush