Back in the Saddle...

Its now 2008, I have finally graduated with destinction from an ever evolving six years of full time study and after some time to reflect on my practice instead of constantly creating, I am finally back in the saddle. Currently, I am working on a large scale (150x180cm) canvas, using acrylic, ink, flow medium and paper collage as the ground work for the expanded field repetitive pattern of previous works. The work differs from recently produced workby utilising older techniques to compliment the nature of canvas over paper. Also working back on a larger scale with repetition is very challenging and arduous.

I am also working on lino block prints in the same vain (expanded field patterning), which will accompany the painting mentioned above with a number of 3D sculptural formations in an installation. This I suppose is the start of the physical work that I spent such a long time researching. The concept of expanded field painting/installation, encompassing the audience in an ongoing ever evolving/expanding environment. I hope to also develop/investigate sound works that may compliment this concept.

As well, I am researching the area of the grotesque and sublime and developing ways of utilising this theme in installation/expanded field display. The ARI (artist run initiative), Platform I am interested to exhibit this work is in Melbourne and consists of window boxes situated in an underground passage that apparently 30,000 people pass through a day to travel by train.(http://platformartistsgroup.blogspot.com/ ) I think the concept and the space would work well together especially when you consider the current exibition of Alice Lang at Rawspace Galleries in Brisbane where she has utilised the window space at the front of the building to exhibit her current work. http://www.rawspace.org/exhib_detail.php?id=64

I will post images shortly of work in progress!