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" Hopes and Dreams for Family Life"
by Cathy Hayson

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Illustrations from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson, Vivid Festival 2025

Pre release Available Now Online

Book Launch and Art Exhibition Coming

I have recently completed a NEW book of poetry and art. Below you'll find a select few samples of some of the work I have written. Please subscribe to my Newsletter above to find out when the book launch with exhibition is. The book is called "Let's Dream Together" 

There are many new illustrations plus most artworks on this site are included in this special edition. 

The Hardback Pre Release version is available now

This book of poems, many artworks and illustrations is a reflection of times of change, transition and renewal in family life. I started to explore the essence of my own childhood and similarities I wanted for our children during lockdown and as I examined this further during the transition of moving, health and family growing needs, the ability to stay connected or to reconnect during times of transition or change became a recurring theme hence the title "Let’s Dream Together”

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Section from "2020-21 Lock Down Recollections"

"It was hard to know the way forward back then

Locking down and cancelling plans again and again

All hope derived from simple past times lived in the now

For the now was all that was available back then

And then only allowed in groups of five or ten

Or another number decided upon daily figures

Boxed in with bated breath. Anxiety triggers........"

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Section from​ "I Want Them to Know"

 

"I want them to know

the rustle of long grass, the wind in their hair

Of magic worlds discovered without a care

Exploring together their make believe

In sync with nature, no moment to take leave........"

 

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Section from "I Went looking for my Frangipani Tree"

 

"I went looking for my frangipani tree

The one from my childhood – I danced freely underneath its branches

Wearing a skirt, no shoes, a smile and a basket full of daydreams

The passing soft white clouds in rhythm with my movement, the radiant sun adding golden verse...."

Section from "Mother's Garden"

"Mother’s garden – she commenced her journey in this town

Her beloved birth place, her beginning, the earliest jewel in her Crown

Tended to with a mother’s love, a nurse’s loving toil

This jewel, it’s essence embedded in her core

Verdant fertile garden beds rich in clay, now rich in memory restored

Reunion, family with it’s growth to come around

Her motherly love with it’s seasons softly bound......."

Section from "The Simple Things"

 

It’s the simple things which mean the most

The warmth of a hug, a loving gaze

Small moments of serenity, the sun through the haze

After a battle and being put to the test

An unexpected “I love you, you are the best”

A kind word over a child’s accidental graze

Being lost in the moment to be transported and found

In a game’s adventure on another land’s ground..."

Plus many more pieces
in full

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Section from "Family Stories"

 

"I​ntertwining family stories extend who we are

Weaving patterns shaping the fabric of who we become

A collaboration of ideas, strengthened by belonging

Fate dapples its hues, gilding the seams to create vivid tapestries.

For the children - let us dare to dream.

Let us establish new threads connecting chapters.

With the tapestry evolving, let it bring the rapture of the moment forward with each thread.

Like the ebb and flow of tides to be at one with time it can be said.

 

....................A kind of peace is found resting in the moment and in so restoring

harmony to heart and mind on the crest of a wave.

Breathe it in.

Chats on the beach walking the dogs weave into the pattern of

every day routine, school and work balancing the tempo.

A swim, a moon jellyfish, a thought of marshmallows over barbeques

as the weather cools.

A ferry ride to explore further places, new ideas, the tapestry evolves"​

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Limited Edition

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Giclee Prints of my original work

Framing options: black, white, oak, gold or custom
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All Giclee Prints are produced in a professional Sydney print studio on Illford Silk papers

intricately and expertly colour matched to be as close to the original as possible.

Each is signed and numbered by the artist.

​Enquiries and sales of prints for this section through this website

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Neutral Bay Ferry from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson. Vivid Festival 2025
Thank you Artwork from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson. Vivid Festival 2025
Thank you Artwork from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson. Vivid Festival 2025
Secret Breach, Illustrations from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson, Vivid Festival 2025

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Postcards and cards available locally from Hayes Street General Store, Neutral Bay. Please let me know how you found this site so I can acknowledge if purchasing a print or product. Thank you.

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Introducing my NEW Products

These artworks also appear in my new book along side many of my other artworks as well as Giclee limited edition

prints on Ilford silks (those are produced in Sydney Studio).

Click on Special buy buttons for sizing options.

ALL of the designs are in both adults and kids sizes. Click on any t shirt design and it wll give you options in different sizes of tshirts and styles. It converts from kids to mens or womens for example.

Available in hoodies, long sleeves and more
100 % Cotton or Cotton Jersey.

Tried and tested.

The Tote Bags are fully lined and have artwork on one side and an original poem on the back . Sturdy and they reproduce the art well. ​

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I hope you enjoy this really affordable range of my designs on wearable products. 100% cotton or cotton jersey t shirts.

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Kind regards,

Cathy

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Raspberry Fountain  from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson. Vivid Festival 2025
Raspberry Fountain  from Let's Dream Together by Cathy Hayson. Vivid Festival 2025
Illustrations from Let's Pink Raspberry Fountain T shirt from Dream Together by Cathy Hayson, Vivid Festival 2025

NEW RASPBERRY FOUNTAIN TSHIRTS AND HOODIES (pale pink hoodies also when in stock)

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Who will see the starfish when we're gone Painting limited edition print by Cathy Hayson

My Creative Background

Cathy Hayson

 

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Early Beginnings

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Growing up in Sydney, I have always had a passion for the arts and I had wonderful creative role models.

Now based on Sydney's Lower North Shore with my family. I hope that my children each find their own unique creative expressions and connections to place and that they feel as inspired by these similar natural settings as I did as a child.

I spent most of my childhood at one or another of Sydney Harbour's beaches. Sunny Boy Ice blocks (those pyramid ones), pool parties, pool ponies, a lot of time outside with my friends and brothers. More freedom to explore -  more care free times in many ways.

With multi generational ties to the Blue Mountains on my mother's side through the great aunts, I fondly recall extended family get togethers and exploring the Blue Mountains - the pillowy mist, bird song and waterfalls. Also, the vast and expanding countryside of Bathurst and further afield. Alternatively, trips to Avoca: bunks beds, cicadas and surf.

Renowned children's author and artist May Gibbs derived inspiration from both the Blue Mountains and Neutral Bay. Now that I am actively painting (in the last year or so) and writing just prior and live near her former home "Nutcote", I am in awe of her tenacity and vision over a lifetime. My own creative journey is only really just beginning - at least in it's current mediums : painting and writing. 

Both my grandmothers were very creative - one who sewed beautifully and made incredible dolls. Ga was good friends with the renowned Australian artist and children's author Pixie O' Harris and lived near Parsley Bay. 

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When looking for websites and images for Pixie O'Harris, I came

across "A Day at the Beach" by  Pixie O'Harris 1957. Oil on board/

My current painting is of a similar pet freindly scene funnily enough. It has kids, dogs, water activities.

Source: Manning Regional Art Gallery

                     

 

 

 

                                   

 

 

                                      The Fairy Who Wouldn't Fly by Pixie O' Harris

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When looking for websites and images for Pixie O'Harris, I came

across "A Day at the Beach" by  Pixie O'Harris 1957. Oil on board/

My current painting is of a similar pet freindly scene funnily enough. It has kids, dogs, water activities.

Source: Manning Regional Art Gallery

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