Intertwine

Intertwine explores the emergent relationship between land, elements, artist and viewer.  It offers an interpretation of the land’s story, based on how the land’s psyche interweaves with the artist’s embodied experience.  The artwork becomes a site of convergence, where inner and outer landscapes merge.  As each viewer engages with the work, the story of the landscape interweaves with the viewer’s own perceptions, emotions and memories.  There is no separation, only relation.

Created as part of an ongoing inquiry into sustainable art practices, Intertwine features handmade paints crafted from earth pigments, including ochres reclaimed from discarded clay projects and charcoal made from an overgrown lily pilly hedge.  The artwork incorporates distemper paints - a centuries-old medium made with natural binders - as part of a broader exploration into ancestral methods of making that meet the contemporary need for sustainability.  The materials contribute their story —they are active participants in the artwork’s growing web of connection.

What the viewer encounters is not merely a representation of a scene.  The psyche of land, elements, artist and viewer merge in the artwork, weaving new relational pathways.

(I acknowledge Bundjalung Country, where the conversation between the land and artist took place.)