‘Shadows and bare branches’
These tall forms
with elongated shadows
reference my childhood landscape.
I think of standing in it
the sounds, smells and muted colours
the dry sclerophyll bush
quartzite cliffs and the wild wattle of the place I grew
made mistakes
found imagination.
In the Pyrenees region of Victoria.
'CHOSEN SOLITUDE'
An enclosed space
With an entry and exit
A form that holds an
Emotion
A chosen Solitude
Thoughts about light
Shimmers and is muted
From observation
Of ‘Solitude‘
A painting
Clarice Beckett
1933
The foundations of this work lies in the painting, Solitude, by Clarice Beckett.
Through these soft feminine forms with a shell that is strong but appears brittle, and an interior space that invites a moment of stillness to reflect , I want to bring awareness to one female artist.
It continues my interest in women artists and how they have been perceived, and whose work is often marginalised, throughout the history of art.
