Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
56 x 50 cm
Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
56 x 50 cm
Shona Nunan
2019
pastel on paper
30 X 42cm
Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
45 x 64cm
Shona Nunan
2019
pastel on paper
132 x 178 cm
I have been working on a series based on the stories in our area of Mary Magdalene. Near to where we live is a beautiful rocky escarpment clothed by an ancient sacred forest that is said to have harboured Mary Magdalen in the last 30 – 40 years of her life. The stories go, that Mary Magdalene, along with the two Saints Mary Salome and Mary of Clopas, arrived miraculously on the shore in the south of France after being set adrift by boat from Alexandria in Egypt.
Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
45 x 64 cm
The stories from the south of France say that the biblical Mary Magdalene,
along with the two Saints Mary Salome and Mary of Clopas,
arrived miraculously on the shore in the south of France
after being set adrift by boat from Alexandria in Egypt.
Shona Nunan
2017
pastel on paper drawing
65 x 50 cm
Shona Nunan
2016
Bardiglio marble
86 x 55 x 15 cm
Hand carved at Montsalvat during the Montsalvat Art residency, Australia
Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
64 x 45 cm
Shona Nunan
2018
pastel on paper
57 x 77 cm
We live in an area in Provence that is incredibly beautiful and abundant and with water ways and sources and mountains shielding lush valleys with microclimates that protect ancient trees and make perfect farming conditions. Early humans have always lived here, evidence of their remains are in the many caves overlooking the valleys and rivers where they were always able to easily forage. The Rocher de Roquebruneis an imposing range of burnt siena rock overlooking the Argens river and is filled with the legends of ancient humans. I have created this drawing with the stele figure lying in the rocks to honour the ancient lives of humans entwined in memory with earth.
Nous vivons dans une région de Provence incroyablement belle et abondante, avec des voies et des sources d’eau et des montagnes qui protègent des vallées luxuriantes avec des microclimats qui protègent les arbres anciens et créent des conditions parfaites pour l’agriculture. Les premiers hommes ont toujours vécu ici, des preuves de leurs restes se trouvent dans les nombreuses grottes surplombant les vallées et les rivières où ils ont toujours pu facilement se nourrir. Le Rocher de Roquebrune est une imposante chaîne de roches siennoises brûlées qui surplombe la rivière Argens et qui est remplie de légendes sur les anciens humains. J’ai créé ce dessin avec la figure de la stèle couchée dans les rochers pour honorer les anciennes vies des humains liées par la mémoire à la terre.
Shona Nunan
2014
marble
65 x 33 x 10 cm
not available
Silence comes from my Ancestor series. Influenced by Cycladic and Neolithic art, this sculpture is a homage to the eternal essence within ourselves.