Larapinta Creative Camps

Name: Larapinta Creative Camps
Address: 22 Chewings Street, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, AU
Telephone: 0889532933
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Larapinta Creative Camps Camping tours for artists, art students, photographers, and writers in Central Australia.
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22/12/2023

The beautiful@grey green leaves of this eucalypt give so much! Making presents.

18/12/2023

Today I met Jen Wallace who purchased the batik work I did to support the YES vote, pre referendum.
It now hangs in her office at , here in Mparntwe.
Such an honour!

22/11/2023

That same place near Ross River the next week with Swedish TV celebrities Carina Bergfeldt and Farah Abadi plus their excellent STV crew, to film us introducing them to the delights of bush camping in Central Australia. Including sleeping under the stars in a swag! To be aired on STV next June/July

22/11/2023

Drawings from a few great days working en plein air near Ross River Resort, back in early September, alongside

Simon McCall and Blackly all who had been on Creative Camps with us over the years and came back in 2023 , because they just couldn’t go without their desert fix! It was lovely!

10/10/2023

Charlie and I strongly feel that voting YES to the Voice is the first step in creating a unified future for Australia. Division is not the product of this referendum. It is endemic and has existed for far too long.
If you are uncertain about how to vote we ask you to please think further and to listen.
We live here in Alice Springs/ Mparntwe, we hear loud and clear that Jacinta Price does not represent the Aboriginal people of this country.
Do not be fooled by her!
We ask you to please think again and vote YES for unity and racial equality.

20/08/2023

Captivated, confounded and creatively engaged in the Painted Desert with my friend Sue Wood . I met Sue through our Creative Camps… she came with us nine times, so we had shared many adventures over the years. This one was just for us!

02/08/2023

Taking the opportunity to do some advocacy for the Voice to Parliament via our local Advocate Art Award here in Mparntwe, Alice Springs. Prizes went to other worthy work but I feel pleased to have found my own voice through the medium of wax Batik using rust and tannin as the dye.
YES for the Voice

30/07/2023

Morning light, Moon light: finishing off work in my studio today….

25/06/2023

Last weekend at Birthday Waterhole, a favourite place deep in the ranges. An algae bloom on the edge of the waterhole. Identified by an algae specialist as Botryococcus, from a sample we bought home. It was such a vivid orange it looked ‘unatural’ in the landscape, like something a careless camper might have released. Is good to know we can love it! Unlike all the toilet paper scattered around and ugly stone fire rings people leave behind. Out here you don’t need a ring of stones, (do you ever?) you just dig a shallow hole for your fire and then fill it in when you leave so all the ash and charcoal doesn’t blow around, turning the pristine sand grey and dirty. Leave only footprints or in the case for this remote location, tyre tracks….. unfortunately.

14/04/2023

Exploring the delicious ‘otherness’ of a very different wilderness. Camped at the confluence of Imlay Creek and Wallagerah River, in the Sth East Forest, west of Mallacoota. Yuin Country, a long way from Mbantua.

14/04/2023

Camped at the confluence of Imlay Ck and the Wallagerah Rv, west of Mallacoota. Exploring the ‘otherness’ of the south east forest.

02/03/2023

Late afternoon before it rained, a quick en plein air session at Croc Rock using gouache and art graph across 4 x A4 pages. Finally happy with this one!
Farewell Guerilla Bay!

02/03/2023

Good bye beautiful Guerilla Bay! Finally I did a quick en plein air I actually liked! Gouache and art graph over 4 x A4 pages at Croc Rock before it rained, late arfternoon.

27/02/2023

Playing on the deck at Guerilla Bay. Gouache for gods sake, I just about never use it….

24/12/2022

To the precious old friends and wonderful new ones that shared the awe of this landscape with us on our September Camp: May 2023 be also full of wonder and creativity and a tomorrow be a special day in whatever way you choose to celebrate. You are part of my Creative Family thank you!

23/12/2022

For the wildly creative folk who made our August Camp so memorable we wish you a wonderful Christmas and another year of adventure in 2023! Thank you for your inspirational company.

22/12/2022

Wishing all who came with us on our July Creative Camp a very Happy Christmas and a Creative 2023. Your inspiring company made it very special! Here are some highlights.

10/10/2022

Sleeping in a swag is the most inspiring thing. To lay down on the earth at the end of the day and surrender to the night, wake to see the stars, is profoundly transformative. Our recent trip to the edge of the Simpson Desert with two creative friends from Sweden gave us all this and more.

25/09/2022

Immersed in the process: in the outdoor studio and in the wild on our Sept Creative Camp .
What fun we had!

19/09/2022

Artists at work near @ Ross River Resort at the amazing rock wall known as the sphinx. I wish I knew it’s Arrernte name? Late afternoon light is always spellbinding. On our most recent Creative Camp we were blessed with a huge stormy sky behind the rock formation.

30/08/2022

Larapinta Creative Camps would like to congratulate Anna Dakin on being awarded the NT’s Top Tour Guide for 2022. Anna worked with us for 2 seasons when she was fresh from the UK. She was the Assistant on our supported camps for artists in remote Central Australia. Charlie with a PhD in Biology taught her much about the plants, animals and ecology I taught her how to cater for the needs of creative folk in the wild. Everyone loved Anna’s friendly, generous manner and her passion for Central Australia, including us! She has had many more great work experiences and walked kilometres on the Larapinta Trail since those early days with us.
Well done Anna!

23/08/2022

I rarely post photos of myself but here I am, Deb Clarke, owner/operator of Larapinta Creative Camps. I ran my first Camp 20 years ago. On our most recent Camp based at Ross River Resort we had on board some very accomplished artists. As they did not require my mentoring I had the chance to do some work myself. So here I am, comfortable in a beautiful little overhang in N’darla Gorge, like a rock wallaby. I wished my efforts to express this beautiful feeling of being part of the place worked better, but it’s the activity, the making, that is the magic of being in a place more than the end result.

19/08/2022

At beautiful Standley Chasm today in great company. Debbie MacKinnon, Mike Staniford and Kerrie MacInnon. An extra day of working in the landscape after a wonderful week at Ross River Resort. What a privilege!

Address

22 Chewings Street
Alice Springs, NT
0870

Telephone

0889532933

Website

http://larapintacreativecamps.com.au/

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It’s on again!!!! OPEN STUDIO this Saturday, 24th September. Visit my Studio as part of the Desert Festival Artisan Trail Please Register on the Desert Festival Website as spaces are limited. This video scans my studio as set up for last year’s Event. This year will be DIFFERENT! Artworks for sale, bargain prices! Fun & games!