Lathalia Song is a Georges river and Sydney/Wollongong basin artist on Dharawahl and Eora country. Highly Commended at the Friends annual exhibit 2024 and Winner of the Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Macarthur Award 2024.
A series of ink-paintings that circulate their poems. Poetry prints and ink-sketched fables. Patterns from natures speech, along with research about WHY, instructions for not knowing, moves into something legible. Creating a language of healing connection through text and mark making on calico. These become representational ink designs, swirl with text, then abstracted by screen printing experiments. The mountains holding Katoomba, Sydney Harbour bays, the Royal and Dharawhal National Parks beach and rivermouth bushlands. Georges river tributary tracks and the Wollongong beaches.
Her poetry and prose, screenprinted designs and watercolours are published in various journals, art shows and awards.
Previous career highlights as a graphic designer were as editor/designer and journalist for Megawonderzone tweens magazine (Australia’s Wonderland). As junior designer with Keith Morris, Australia’s premier calligraphic logo designer. As a student at Julian Ashton art school. Continuing to thoroughly enjoy teaching at Heffalump Art School (fifteen years strong) as founder and lead teacher of a team of six talented artists. Working at flywaterleaflight following a golden thread.
Learning to be a good community ally through mental health advocacy work with One Door and Sydney Southwest PHN.
Lathalia Song is a creative name meaning ‘courage and hope song’. Always grateful to the creator for every everything.
An original series of ink-paintings and prints that circulate their poems. Patterns from natures speech, her instructions for not knowing, moves into something legible. Creating a language of healing connection through text and mark making on calico.
The poem art prints ‘flywaterleaflight’ explore origin stories and myths, how identity can be embraced. The healing that comes from deeply reflecting on where we are from. It is response to Genesis One and world religions.
The fable art prints are inspired by my childhood books and imaginations. They integrate grief and beauty like the river, such a pull to see only grief, see only water. Yet it is possible it is to be stricken and whole at the same time.
flywaterleaflight supports these charities with 50% of your purchase price for the small prints and 10% for large prints and original works:
Blue Knot Foundation
https://blueknot.org.au,
and Just Reinvest
https://www.justreinvest.org.au
Lathalia Song is currently teaching at Heffalump Art School creating at flywaterleaflight & a sub-editor for Authora Australis https://www.authora.net shares the joy of creativity at heffalumpdezign.com.au find her recent works Instagram: lathaliahopesong
Original ink-paintings and prints PLUS Poetry postcards and fable postcards were designed as gifts, part of your purchase goes to Blue Knot Foundation or Just Reinvest. The cards can be in a box set of six or individually.
Commissions and large prints can be ordered, printed on calico. Email lathaliasong@gmail.com
