Thursday, October 24, 2013

Finalist Hawkesbury Art Prize

It is very exciting to be one of 40 finalists in the Hawkesbury Art Prize with my work 'Thinking'. It's about...

A small tributary off the mighty Clarence River meanders inland to an unknown & secret place, where lit by dappled sunlight perches a painted kingfisher & a female form,  pondering the meaning of life, the body, art & nature.

Her collaged form draws attention to the materiality of the body & our perceptions of reality.  She pokes fun at my desire to represent the lived moment, as her reconstituted form interrupts the 'real' of photographic scenery. 

Instead she muses on the beauty & intensity of light & it's warmth on her skin & her connection if only briefly, with the beauty of the kingfisher & nature's glen....