Inspire 52 - Week 30. Battle For The Winds

You may remember in week 27 I prepared 20 butterflies for The Portaland Blue Butterfly Project which is part of Battle for The Winds and The Cultural Olympiad. I really should have made 27 as I like playing with numbers in that way ... anyway ... Week 30 is actually 27 in as much as it has the 27th July in it and that means the launch of the Butterfly Project ... watch them fly out of the page!

So I was invited to be part of the perfomance for Battle for the Winds Part 2. Duldum's Lair which involved over 3000 butterflies in the end would you believe!

"Portland's High Angle Battery becomes the setting for an evocative performance created by Portland Islanders working with Lorna Rees, Activate Performing Arts. Dancers will perform within the battery itself to a soundtrack created using the voices of local people.

This historic and derelict landmark will also form the backdrop to an installation of 2692 blue butterflies - the rare Cretaceous Silver Studded Blue which is unique to Portland - each butterfly represents a young person who lives on the island. Visit the site and hear tales from islanders, explore the atmospheric 'ghost tunnels', encounter the dancers and try and discover just where Doldrum lurks..."

From Battle for The Winds Website
http://battleforthewinds.com/the-battle/friday/


THE BUTTERFLY ILLUSTRATIONS

Here are the illustrations created during the event.

The first one was during the dress rehearsal where I had more time to start to get a feel of the landscape. As the performances began I had to re-set the butterflies that flew out from my sketch book and create a new piece. The flow was very beautiful to work on in fact, as it was very fluid and changed with the flow of new audiences coming to watch for each performance.

I was inspired by not only the butterflies that came and fluttered around me, but also the silence in which they fluttered carried by the warm summer breeze.

Towards the end, the performances got closer together and this has reflected in the landscapes of the images - I like very much that at the beginning there is lots of ink on the page and then towards the end, one butterlfy fluttering off into the sky - This whole sequence in itself represents the feeling of development of the performance art with a beautiful end to a beautiful day.

These are the sequence of illustrations below - Click on the images to enlarge

 

Portland Blue Butterfly

Fly oh fly through the winds of the blue seas,

Across waters emerging waves sprinkling sweet life

To the door of the earth connecting with winged keys,

As the mists flutter softly into the sky.

Hazel Evans July 2012

 

PURCHASE A BUTTERFLY ILLUSTRATION

If you would like to have a one off souvenir of the Portland Blue Butterfly Project and of the Cultural Olympiad 2012, I have decided to sell all the art works and donate 20% to the Butterfly Conservation Charity - http://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/

Exclusive Offer:

Original Hazel Evans ink on watercolour paper.

Signed and numerically ordered.

The Portland Blue Butterlfy Poem hand inked on the reverse of each illustration.

There are only 7 originals to document this event and no prints will be made.

 

Special unframed prices:

Dress Rehearsal  - £75 - SOLD

Performance 1    - £55 - SOLD

Performance 2    - £55

Performance 3    - £55

Performance 4    - £55

Performance 5    - £55

The End              - £35

Please email info@hazelevans.co.uk to reserve and pay for your picture, or any other enquiries.

For more information on my work please visit www.hazelevans.co.uk

And before I go ... here's just a lttle montage I put together ...