Vicki-Jayne Streatfield turns all of that on its head.

For her, photos are only part of the journey, not the sum end.

“I term myself an intuitive memory artisan,” she said.

“If you stand quietly you can absorb your surrounds, the sounds and smells, and it can vary from season to season.

“I take all of that with me and go into this zone and it influences my art.”

Streatfield, based in Elermore Vale, has been invited to exhibit these works – scarfs, wall-hangings and table-top art – at Raymond Terrace Art Space.

“Like all artisans we get a little excited about opportunities like this,” she said.

“I’m over the moon.”

Of course, for her, life is art. She was a dance teacher for 43 years until a ruptured tendon in her foot forced this change in tempo.

“I’ve travelled through different mediums throughout life and art has never left me,” she said.

“Some of my pieces in this exhibition are form Europe and Africa, others from the Queensland coast, Darwin and Broome.

“I’ve been fortunate that I have travelled in my life.”

Streatfield also does commission work to capture and recreate the feeling of a person’s travels.

“If someone has 100 photos on their phone it’s usually where they stay but their stories are so powerful,” she said.

“So I sit, listen and absorb that, go home and interpret that information in an abstract way to create a piece for them.”

Her hope for the Raymond Terrace exhibition is to reach people.

“If I can have people enjoying my work, regardless of whether they purchase it but to absorb the colour and the stories, that’s my gift,” she said.

The exhibition runs from September 25 to October 28 at the Raymond Terrace Art Space, Raymond Terrace Library.