New work at Bett Gallery
A selection of work from a small exhibition held as an introduction to Bett Gallery.
From our home on Southern Bruny Island to the inlets of Recherche Bay, the landscapes of Southern Tasmania continue to inspire. In the stillness of solitude, these familiar places become a point of departure — a way to move gently from the observed world into an imagined one.
Light Shift Oil on linen, 122cm x 152cm
Lumen II Oil on board, 28cm x 36cm
Lumen I Oil on board, 28cm x 36cm
Mirage of Truth Oil on hand-beaten steel, 80cm x 90cm
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
A group exhibition of artists from Arthouse Gallery shown at Carriage Works, Sydney.
These paintings return to the shorelines and headlands of Bruny Island — places I circle back to until they become both a steadying point and a threshold. When considering these works, the word ‘departure’ seems relevant. A sense of being held in place, even as some part of me lifts away — a journey not yet underway, a daydream at the edge of thought.
Encompass Oil on linen, 123cm x 154cm
Becoming Oil on linen, 123cm x 154cm
Return to Solitude Oil on linen, 123cm x 154cm
Continuum Oil on linen, 154cm x 183cm
Wynne Prize
Interlude
Oil on hand-beaten steel
67cm x 87cm irregular oval shape
The journey by boat to Port Davey, on Tasmania’s Southwest Coast, is rugged and exposed. When I finally passed the Breaksea Islands and entered the bay, the calm water and mist-filled mountains induced in me a sense of relief. In the following days, travelling through the waterways, I was met with never-ending possibilities. It was the moments of pause, finding myself between one place and another, that were to later become the inspiration for this painting. To me, the organic round shape of hand-beaten steel, bearing the marks of time and work, is a portal into a past experience.
