Agave Victoriae-Reginae (2023)
Medium: iron oxide decal, glass stringers, china paint, whiteboard steel
Species photographed in my garden - its otherworldly markings represented with experimental forming of glass stringers then fired onto industrial offcuts from whiteboard manufacturing.
Ripe Old Age (2022)
Medium: iron oxide decal, vitreous enamel, china paint, whiteboard steel
Ripened to perfection at my bench: a cheeky commentary on fading youth. Photographed, edited, printed as a decal, enamelled and accented with china paint.
Edible Australian Succulents (2023)
Clockwise from top left
Ruby Saltbush
Kurrajong
Bulbine Lily
Samphire
Medium: mason stains, vitreous enamel, china paint, whiteboard steel
A study of four Australian Edible Bushfoods in a style influenced by Paul Klee’s Ad Parnassum (1932). This was exhibited as part of Rhonda Gray’s Art School ‘From Palette To Palate’ exhibition held at The Stables Cafe.
a Gave(2023)
Clockwise from top left
Agave attenuata 'Kara's Stripes'
Mangave 'Night Owl'
Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’
Agave gypsophila 'Ivory Curls'
Medium: iron oxide decal, underglaze, vitreous enamel, china paint, glass balls, steel
A study of four obscure agave hybrids and cultivars in my garden which I photographed as the ammil dusted the leaves in the winter morning sun. I use an unlikely combination of found and reappropriated materials to capture the glinting light, including reflective glass beads from the process of line marking on roads and industrial offcuts of whiteboard steel. Each enamel canvas is made up of approximately 10 layers and firings and then selectively etched to achieve a painterly effect.
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