Belinda Wearne

THE WORKS · THE LOST DOLL SERIES · CHAPTER ONE

Twenty-three verses, told in paint and clay.

The paintings are shown here in the order the story is told.
The thirteen clay sculptures stay hidden until opening night,
Friday 6 November, at The Hive for Her.

All original paintings are acrylic on canvas, 60 × 90 cm,
framed and ready to hang.

THE PAINTINGS

Verses 1 - 10

Women held the doll. They were portals. They were power. It simply was. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman crowned with a blazing orange sun, above a brown and white checkerboard.

VERSE I · $2,300

Women held the doll. They were portals. They were power. It simply was.

What resists control must be owned instead. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a yellow striped top, framed by a gold halo and gilded star corners.

VERSE II · $2,300

What resists control must be owned instead, so those who would rule set out to possess it.

What could not be possessed was slowly, but deliberately, unmade. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a pink and white striped top, crowned with lilac flowers inside a radiating gold halo, with lilac lotus corners and a powder-blue frame.

VERSE III · $2,300

What could not be possessed was slowly, but deliberately, unmade: futures claimed, generations taught to forget.

Grandmothers gave to mothers, mothers gave to daughters. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a yellow and white striped top, wearing a gold crown of peacock feather eyes, with peacock feathers at each corner.

VERSE IV · SOLD · PRINTS FROM $85

Grandmothers gave to mothers, mothers gave to daughters, the lineage dolls, hidden, always with the warning to keep them hidden.

When no one was watching, the dolls were fed. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a purple and white striped top before a blue tiled ground, framed by a halo of fine gold tendrils and gold sunburst medallions.

VERSE V · $2,300

When no one was watching, the dolls were fed, spoken to, asked for help, and in return, intuition stayed sharp.

Over time, the danger of sharing her grew greater. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman with her head tilted, in a pale yellow top over a yellow checked ground, behind a radiating gold halo, with peacock feather corners.

VERSE VI · $2,300

Over time, the danger of sharing her, of speaking with her, grew greater.

The hiding did what force alone could not. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a pale blue spotted top, with a compass star headpiece and a gold star halo.

VERSE VII · $2,300

The hiding did what force alone could not, and the women grew afraid of their own power.

The world reshaped itself around all that opposed her gifts. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a red striped top before a gold halo scattered with white stars, framed by orange flowers.

VERSE VIII · $2,300

The world reshaped itself around all that opposed her gifts: speed over depth, intellect over instinct, answerable not asking.

Unburdened, self-made, fast-paced, free of anything old or unexplainable. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a pink striped top with a radiating gold halo, framed by pale flowers and black and white stripes.

VERSE IX · SOLD · PRINTS FROM $85

Unburdened, self-made, fast-paced, free of anything old or unexplainable.

The wild edges of knowing were paved over. Painting by Belinda Wearne of a woman in a pale pink top before a terracotta and white checkerboard, with a gold star and beaded halo and gilded corner ornaments.

VERSE X · $2,300

The wild edges of knowing were paved over, called foolish, called dangerous.

THE SCULPTURES · VERSES 11 - 23

Thirteen women in clay. Three are shown here; the rest wait for

opening night.

Nurturing the doll became a waste of time, a shameful delusion of children. White clay sculpture by Belinda Wearne of a woman with pink-shadowed eyes, a dotted mark on her brow, a fine black line from lip to chin and a pink crown.

VERSE XII · WHITE CLAY
H 32 x W 30 CM · $1,050

Nurturing the doll became "a waste of time,"
a shameful delusion of children.

The doll was hidden deeper still, unfed, unremembered, untethered. Clay sculpture by Belinda Wearne of a red earthenware woman with closed eyes, framed by a woven halo and wrapped in raffia.

VERSE XIV · RED EARTHENWARE
H 36 x W 32 CM · $1,150

The doll was hidden deeper still, unfed, unremembered, untethered.

She was not searching alone. White clay sculpture by Belinda Wearne of a woman wearing a crown of peacock feather eyes in pale yellow and blue.

VERSE XXI · WHITE CLAY
H 37 x W 32 CM · $1,050

She was not searching alone.

The other ten stay hidden until Friday 6 November, when all thirteen are shown together at
The Hive for Her, for one night only.

COLLECTING

Every work is one of one.

Each painting and sculpture is an original, made by hand. Originals are sold framed and ready to hang. Prints of the paintings are available at A4 ($85) and A3 ($135), including the originals that have already found homes.

To reserve a work, ask a question or arrange to see a piece in person, write to me at hello@belindawearne.com I reply to every enquiry personally.

ENQUIRE ABOUT A WORK

Chapter TWO is now being written.

Belinda Wearne

Paintings and clay sculptures of women, lineage, and the old ways of feminine knowing and being.

Made in the Tweed
Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia

KEEPERS OF THE KNOWING

Occasional letters for those finding their way back to their own knowing: new works before anyone else sees them, and first refusal on originals

© 2026 Belinda Wearne · All artworks and images are copyright of the artist