Brushstrokes 2

By Wendy Beach

A modern Australian Drama set in Perth, Western Australia. Catch up with 'Green-eyes' and 'Snowscene', along with their indigenous, noongar, art teacher (from the first Brushstrokes, which was shortlisted in the 2014, William Todhunter literary award). In part 2 Skye ('Snow-scene') discovers she is pregnant. She isn't quite sure who the father is. Not that it matters, she isn't planning on keeping the baby. She searches for a way to get a late term termination over east. Meanwhile, her current boyfriend, indigenous Koori, Dylan (Green-eyes), is searching for something else, and her ex, Josh, is only seeking the next wave to catch as he flees possible parenthood.

I hope you enjoy this newest installment of the Brushstrokes drama. There are many more long stories to come, based on the original characters from the art class in Brushstrokes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wendy Beach
• Release date: Nov 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370903467

Wendy Beach

Wendy Beach lives in Perth, Western Australia. She studied writing at Edith Cowan Uni and continues her Post Grad Studies at Curtin University. Her poetry has been published in the Westerly, Creatrix, Uneven Floor, and also various Anthologies. Her works have won and placed in the Talus Prize (2014, 2015, 2016) and she was shortlisted in the William Todhunter Literary Award. She has also co-authored the published children's book, 'The Belmonsters' (2016). In her spare time, Wendy works in both education and freelances as a marketing content writer. For fun, she goes camping, attends literary and art functions, and tends her organic vegetable patch. She also enjoys painting impressionist landscapes and attending poetry events.2022:Co-organiser The 1st Annual Poets Picnic (2022), Kaarta Koomba (King’s Park)Co-editor of Fifty Words for Sand – A History of Live Poetry in Western Australia 1829-2021 by Mar BucknellOrganiser of Poetry on the 998 Circle Route Poetry Workshop2021:- In addition to Barnes and Noble, my written work is now available through Apple and Scribd.- Currently working on another novel2020:- Guest Poet, Woman Scream, International Women's Day Event (PPC - Perth) [Stars, See YouTuesday]- Two Sacs, published in Creatrix 3 Anthology- Sunflowers is commended in the Maureen Freer (FAWQ) Literary Competition 2020, and subsequently was published in SCOPE Magazine and on the FAWQ Website.2019:- A Gutted Fish, published in the Ros Spencer Poetry Anthology.- The Belmonsters story book, co-authored/illustrated, won the National Local Government Awards for Arts and Animates.2018:- A short poem exhibited in Skyline's visual poetry presentation (Coral Carter) on the big screen in Perth City.- Feature Poet, A Woman Scream, International Women's Day event.2017:- Sea Widow's Sonnet published in the Creatrix Anthology 2 (paperback)- How to be a poet (poem) published in Creatrix #38 I.M. of Caroline Sambridge.- Three untitled ekphrastic poems published in the Creative Connections Anthology 2017 (paperback)- Two poems, Pedestal and The Peacock, published in Creatrix #37- Designed the poster for WAPI's Poetry on a Plate event- Women of disharmony (poem) published online at The Uneven Floor- Featured poet at the Perth Poetry Club- Featured poet at the Vic Park Arts Centre, Sonnet no Soup event- Organised funding and assisted with WAPI's Vic Park Slam (funding, poster design, photography and blogging)- Organised the Poets in Harmony event, Harmony Day with WAPI and the City of Belmont (photography, blogging, stall running)2016:- Sonnet For A Native Girl, 1974, published in the WA Shakespeare Club Anthology as part of the Shakespeare 400 global event.- Sea Widow's Sonnet published in the Creatrix Poetry & Haiku Journal #35- Sea Widow's Sonnet displayed as a poster in building 5 at Edith Cowan University and reproduced in the Writing section of the Graduate Show catalogue.- The Adventures of the Belmonsters, a Community Children's Book (Co-operative authorship) focusing on Belmont History and Monsters published in November (Softcover)- Became the Submissions Manager for the Creatrix Poetry & Haiku Journal (2016 ongoing), Committee Member for WA Poets Inc. (Sept 2016 to September 2018).- Sea Widow's Sonnet Highly Commended (second place) in the Talus Literary Prize in October- Lessons in Enjambment published The Westerly Literary Magazine (online New Creative Edition)- The Witch Who Ate Autumn, novel completed (in editing process)- Pelican Smile has been picked up by Barnes and Noble online in eBook format.- An Alien in an Alien Land has been picked up by Collins Booksellers (Australia) in eBook format2015:- Completed the novel;The Night Jasmine (unpublished; Commended in the T.A.G. Hungerford Award, 2016)- Sonnet For A Native Girl, 1974, Commended in the ECU Talus Prize for the Poem- Lessons in Enjambment (poem) showcased at the ECU graduation ceremony2014:- An Alien in an Alien Land (short story - horror) published in issue 35 of Dark Eclipse eZine- Pelican Smile (short story) published on Smashwords and is translated into Russian- The Visitor, Winner of the ECU Talus Prize for best short story (literary)- The Visitor (short story) is translated into Russian- Brushstrokes (long, Australian story), Shortlisted in the William Todhunter Literary Award- Suggested to the Ruth Faulkner Library to open a community writing group - established in 2015 (current)

Book preview

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BRUSHSTROKES 2

Published by Wendy Beach at Smashwords

This is a work of Literary Fiction using a 'Realism' technique.

The characters, incidents and dialogues are products of the author's imagination.

Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or events is entirely coincidental.

This is the second, long short story in a series. It can be read alone, but you may like to download Brushstrokes (number one) from Smashwords in order to understand the characters ‘Green-eyes’ and ‘Snow-Scene’ before reading Brushstrokes 2. Thank you for taking the time to read my writings.

ISBN: 9781370903467. Copyright 2016 Wendy Beach. All Rights Reserved.

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BRUSHSTROKES 2

Kaya, Noongar boodja, yorga boodja, warlitje, warlitje, Kaya, kaya.

Blessings, Men on the land, women on the land, see how the wedge-tail eagle flies.

(Fear not, dream big)

Dropping your swag in my bedroom doesn't make you my man, Skye said, twisting the unlit rollie in her fingers. You'll have to do better than that.

Like what? Dylan figured she was tripping again, or maybe she wanted a ring on it. Sometimes she could be old school like that. But that wasn’t the way things went when you were from the school of hard knocks, like he was. Maybe he’d give her a Burger Ring, but not a piece of tie-me-down gold.

I don’t know. Something. Anything. She pushed back the pastel doona. Its icy blue did little to fake away the mid-morning heat, radiating in the drought-thick scent of hot sand and blooming frangipanis through the thin lilac curtains.

If you don’t know what you want from me, how the hell am I supposed to know?

I don’t know, Skye repeated, more to herself than to him.

Dylan watched her get up. Light shone through the window panes, bouncing off her long golden hair and full buttocks. She lit the rollie and turned to face him. A couple of slow drags on the smoke were passed in near silence. A large plane rolled over the houses, like dry thunder, its engines sucking in the hot air and jetting it out again onto baked roof tiles. He laid back and stared at the circling ceiling fan.

Skye watched him. His glistening brown torso appeared split from his lower body by the pale doona, He looked like an ancient Greek statue. I should paint you like that.

You paint landscapes, Dylan replied.

An outline in watercolour. She looked away wistfully towards the window, imagining a black marbled painting, or maybe a sculpture.

You do oil paintings, he said.

"At least