{"id":3712,"date":"2016-02-19T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T02:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2016-02-19T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T02:10:48","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-81-women-of-substance-beci-culley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3712","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat [Blog Interview #81] &#8211; Women of Substance &#8211; Beci Culley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3712\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-3.jpg\" alt=\"Beci 3\" width=\"681\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-3.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-3-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/>&#8216;Celebrating 30 Years in 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a> launches the exhibition year with three talented and dynamic women of substance. They bring together different styles in what will be a collaborative and dynamic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/BeciCulley2016.html\">exhibition<\/a>.&#8217; Margaret Campbell-Ryder, Director<\/h2>\n<h2>As an emerging artist, we at ArtChat wanted to know&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<h3>Who are you and what inspires you?<\/h3>\n<p>I think my heart missed a beat when Sam asked me to respond to the question \u201cWho am I? And what inspires me.\u201d There are so many questions that I get asked every day but when asked something like this in particularly, it takes a little time to reflect and respond with a clear answer&#8230;So I hope this sums me up to a tea!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-1.jpg\" alt=\"Beci 1\" width=\"739\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-1.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-1-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Initially I thought I could start off with the first thing that comes to mind which interestingly enough is my job title. But a few moments later I think to myself that I should really be listing something more substantial and deeper than just a title which could include my personality&#8230;And by now I am realising I am already spreading my thoughts across the page like a \u201cdear diary \u201d entry but I haven\u2019t yet answered the question. (I hope I haven\u2019t lost you here!)<\/p>\n<p>I am someone that is always in search of the cause and effect process. I am intrigued by all things and it is in all things that intrigue me to create. Being a dreamer I can only imagine that my first experiences in life were ones of being an inquisitive soul. I find myself in a state of dreaming constantly and there is never a subject that is always the same but different things trigger my mind to wander. I think this is what drives me to be always asking questions, always trying to work my way through limitations and develop in new and different areas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-2.jpg\" alt=\"Beci 2\" width=\"611\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-2.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-2-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To describe my deepest layer, I would say that I am always searching to connect. Connection is vital for me to be in an area of creating and I thirst for it constantly. There are many areas that tie me into this where a person, a song, colour or even nature unites me with an emotion and I find it to be the ground from where inspiration is unlocked. In this process I free my mind of the conventional and set the stage to catch concepts for my works in hope to convert the connections into a tangible experience. The practise reminds me of a quote from <a href=\"http:\/\/melville.org\/\">Hermin Melville<\/a> that explains it so elegantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herman Melville<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-4.jpg\" alt=\"Beci 4\" width=\"449\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-4.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Beci-4-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Women of Substance\u00a0featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/BeciCulley2016.html\">Beci Culley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/SuzyGalloway2016.html\">Suzy Galloway<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DanielleMcManus2016.html\">Danielle McManus <\/a>continues at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/Contact.php\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>, 61 Musgrave\u00a0Road, Red Hill\u00a0until Sunday\u00a06 March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3712\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share&#8216;Celebrating 30 Years in 2016, Red Hill Gallery launches the exhibition year with three talented and dynamic women of substance. 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