Unexpected Guests
Funghi #3, 2010, oil and gold leaf on wood, 15x19 cm. Private collection
Not-So Still-Life 2010, oil on panel, shelf, dimensions variable
Leaf Insect #1, 2010, oil on patterned fabric. Private collection
Butterfly #2, 2010, oil on patterned fabric. Private collection
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Funghi #2, 2010, oil and gold leaf on wood, 15x19 cm. Private collection
Not-So Still-Life (detail) 2010, oil on panel, shelf, dimensions variable
Leaf Insect #1 (detail), 2010, oil on patterned fabric. Private collection
Butterfly #1, 2010 (detail) oil on patterned fabric. Private collection
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Funghi #1, 2010, oil and gold leaf on wood, 15x19cm. Private collection
Not-So Still-Life (detail) 2010, oil on panel, shelf, dimensions variable
Not-So Still-Life (detail) 2010, oil on panel, shelf, dimensions variable
Hummingbird #1, 2010 (detail), oil on patterned fabric. Private collection
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Unexpected Guests 2010
Unexpected Guests is a solo exhibition of work made in response to the artist's travels to the subtropical rainforest in Peru, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and the galleries of Northern Europe in 2009, as a result of winning the the QANTAS Foundation Encouragement of Young Australian Artists Award.
The work seeks to reconcile the artist's experiences of exploring in these natural environments, with her contrasting domestic life in suburban Canberra. Using a wide array of materials including gold leaf, patterned fabric, plywood and oil paint, these delicate and meticulous paintings pay tribute to the natural world and its wonders. Appropriating conventions from classical still-life painting, the work challenges notions of containment and 'stillness' in the still-life. The work also explores notions of value and surprise.
Exhibited at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka in 2010.
Unexpected Guests is a solo exhibition of work made in response to the artist's travels to the subtropical rainforest in Peru, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and the galleries of Northern Europe in 2009, as a result of winning the the QANTAS Foundation Encouragement of Young Australian Artists Award.
The work seeks to reconcile the artist's experiences of exploring in these natural environments, with her contrasting domestic life in suburban Canberra. Using a wide array of materials including gold leaf, patterned fabric, plywood and oil paint, these delicate and meticulous paintings pay tribute to the natural world and its wonders. Appropriating conventions from classical still-life painting, the work challenges notions of containment and 'stillness' in the still-life. The work also explores notions of value and surprise.
Exhibited at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka in 2010.