This is a whimsical sound-painting (for 5 voices, slide guitar, glockenspiel, banjo, acoustic bass) in response to Pete Goodlet's "Caravan" (her name is Sharon). More info here: https://helendavey.com/blog/week-14-pete-goodlets-caravan/
14 - Pete Goodlet
The Art
“Caravan” by Pete Goodlet
pen & watercolour
approx 150mm by 150mm
AUS$90
petegoodlet.com
Pete Goodlet writes…
Inspired by Dave and I having an old caravan called Sharon… Friends – Beck and Tony – gave her to us… Paul and Dan Kelly have slept in her… (her claim to fame). It harks back to a time of feeling free and the joy at the simple things: sky, sea and the bare necessities.
The Music
My Music
I find Pete’s art irresistible. It makes me smile inside: there’s an effervescence and zest for the things he loves in life, with his own quirky touch. Moreover, I confess to having a soft spot for curvy caravans: most school holidays were spent with the family in many Australian caravan parks – so many fond memories.
My interpretation is a whimsical ditty, of "Sharon" having quite a reputation around town (with all due respect to Dan & Paul Kelly - both fine Australian song writers). See lyric below.
Hope you can get away for a “cupp-l-a-daze” soon
Twiggallee swip
Helen
Project 52.
The Artists
1 - Kathryn Portelli
2 - Helen Hiebert
3 - Petrus Spronk
4 - Ann Lewis
6 - Cornelius Cardew
7 - Bronle Crosby
10 - Casey Klahn
11 - Maggie Ruley
12 - Jim Carpenter
13 - Gerda Tobler
14 - Pete Goodlet
15 - Kathleen O’Brien
16 - Cynthia Morris
17 - Mark Payne
18 - Juli Cady Ryan
19 - Shakespeare
20 - Jack Fisher
21 -Nanci Hersh
22 - Padraig McCaul
23 - Laurie LeBreton
24 - Sophia Khan
25 - Linnet Hunter
26 - Lisa Call
27 - Brenda York
28 - Holly Wilson
29 - Dariusz Klimczak
30 - India Flint
31 - Chris Maynard
32 - Mauricio Paz Viola
33 -
35 - Patty Sgrecci
detail from Pete Goodlet’s “Caravan” Her name is Sharon
Ode to Sharon – a curvy aravan
1. Getting away for a couple a days
With Sharon – the orange Baroness
A portable home, ready to go
Anywhere we please – OH Yes!
2. An Australian Dame, she's made a name
For bedding musicians of notable fame
Dan & Paul Kelly - to name a few
Sharon could tell a secret or two!
Oh…. Sharon!
You're not just a curvy van
Oh schweeet Sharon
I'm your biggest fan!
3. From driveways to highways, she's sure been around
She's cute & curvy & done me proud
Park her by a forest, or under a tree
Or roll her down all the way to the sea
4. It's magic at night under stars and moon
Safe in Sharon - Just me and my darlin'
With Thelma Louise
Toasting tipple & shootin' the breeze
5. Taking shelter in our house on wheels
you can paint, relax or cook a meal
whatever the weather, redemption or doom
Sharon protects me like a cucoon
OH…. Sharon!
For you I swoon
Oh schweeet Sharon
You're my little cocoon