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A Penny for your Thoughts

Today I’m visiting outstanding artist Penny Maddison in her rammed earth studio high in the Darling Range, east of Perth, Western Australia.

I love that feeling you get as you climb into the Perth hills, leaving the restless city far below to its own devices, where red traffic lights and busy people give way to tree lined lanes with nice houses, many draped with foliage and partly camouflaged from any casual passers-by. The local residents go about their lives

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