The Tarnished Age – Solo show

March 25, 2015

The Tarnished Age – Solo show

So excited to have just had the opening of my second solo show at 19Karen Gallery on the Gold Coast on the 14th March. It was a great night and so amazing to see all my pieces that I have worked on over the last year or so all on display, rather than on the floor of my studio! A lot of hard work has gone into this series, and I'm so thrilled with the reception, and people's reactions. I can't wait to see where this leads me with the direction of my painting.

To explain the series a bit “The Tarnished Age” is an ode to the long tradition of Dutch still life painting. Emerging out of the void the subjects allude to the transitory nature of existence; to life and death. It is time suspended.

Still life asks us to stop and consider the familiar, simply seeing and then hopefully discovering further depths of hidden wonder within it. It urges us to look more closely as we passively observe, something rarely done anymore. Still life contrasts with our lives today - dynamic and frenetic, always moving and constantly shifting.

I desire to make these images more permanent by freezing a moment in time. The animals depicted in this series are all critically endangered species, showing the briefness and fragility of their and other forms of life. This helps remind us of the turbulent relationship man has with nature, a warning about our mortality and self-righteous morality.

"The Tarnished Age" is currently on show at 19Karen Gallery on the Gold Coast, and runs until 25th April.