‘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'
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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.
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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.
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It continues my interest in women artists and how they have been perceived, and whose work is often marginalised, throughout the history of art.
