In Ways Through, I explore the threshold spaces that quietly shape our lives- laneways and tree-lined roads, weathered paths through bush or city. These passages, often overlooked, hold memories of those who move through them. They are witnesses to change, both personal and ecological.
My linocuts map these spaces in intricate detail, treating each mark as a form of care. Whether drawn from an overshadowed urban laneway, or a rural track softened by wind and time, each image is part record, part response. The process itself- slow, deliberate carving- is meditative, mirroring the gradual regeneration I often witness in nature and in people.
Having worked in disaster recovery, I see art as an act of reassembly and restoration. These images acknowledge loss while also pointing to quiet forms of repair. The pathways depicted here are not just physical, they’re emotional cartographies, tracing displacement, rebuilding, belonging.
By focusing on what’s often unseen or under-appreciated, I invite viewers to consider how we move through the world, and what it means to truly notice the spaces that hold us.
Image 1: ‘Bridge at Ellerslie’, Amanda Western, linocut
Image 2: ‘Moment’, Amanda Western, linocut
Image 3: ‘Reflection’, Amanda Western, linocut
Image 4: ‘The old homestead’, Amanda Western, linocut
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