Upcoming Events

 

Exhibition - Mindscapes

September 21 - November 10th, 2024

Exhibition opening Sunday, September 29 at 2-4pm,

Guest Opening Speaker Anna Zagala - Curator Samstag Museum of Art

at Hahndorf Academy

Further details at www.hahndorfacademy.org.au

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I create mindscapes – abstract windows into the state of my mind, the perceptions, imaginations and consciousness.

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I begin to see more as I work on these ideas, especially thoughts in the abstract. They might be faint glimmers or strong confronting images. Thoughts come when I least expect it. They may be tangible things, a feeling or something from the past, an influence, a messy or orderly thing, neat or chaotic, or even foreboding.

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Usually, I recognise the something of the unconscious on my substrate as I work. I often can just let it flow while I work – deliberately and purposely, extending it further into my work. I am in a liminal space between the mind’s eye and the process of painting using various materials by cultivating this further ; often using collage or monoprints stashed in studio drawers.

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As I step back and look into what my creativity is telling me, each move might be connecting to a further idea. Although I sometimes create chaos I know I must work forwards towards order. This influences me as I engage with materials and the elements of abstract design which are fundamental to my compositional aesthetics using layers of mixed materials, oil paints and cold wax medium (the medium helps it dry much more quickly than oil paint alone).

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This series reveals who I am, a soul perhaps searching for higher truths. I am most vulnerable at the point of exhibiting as all artists are. Some of the titles of the works are descriptive of the thought patterns of the unconscious mind which seem to flow in and out like a tidal ocean.

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