Artist I AustraliA
Shelter presents intuitive paintings and stories that depict visceral experiences out in nature.
Sheet cubbies, shanty houses, grass huts, camping tents and temples of ferns form temporary protection in an effort to create shelter. Evoking nostalgic recollections of engaging as both child and adult with the wild, a little removed from everywhere.
Contrasting forest greens and oceanic blues with rich browns and vibrant orange tones, Ellie layers gesturally painted backgrounds with more intricately patterned foregrounds. Using an intuitive approach Ellie allows the original base layer marks to be the visual transmitter, blocking and leaving behind marks that once a brushstroke now become a swaying palm leaf or, a gushing river.
Immersion within the natural world provokes a deeper engagement with the self, the vast external space allowing for the internal space to expand. Balancing on the precipice between earth and sky, between emotive and rational thought, Ellie presents the imagined and experienced interactions with the natural environment in kaleidoscopic, dreamlike fragments.
Shelter presents intuitive paintings and stories that depict visceral experiences out in nature.
Sheet cubbies, shanty houses, grass huts, camping tents and temples of ferns form temporary protection in an effort to create shelter. Evoking nostalgic recollections of engaging as both child and adult with the wild, a little removed from everywhere.
Contrasting forest greens and oceanic blues with rich browns and vibrant orange tones, Ellie layers gesturally painted backgrounds with more intricately patterned foregrounds. Using an intuitive approach Ellie allows the original base layer marks to be the visual transmitter, blocking and leaving behind marks that once a brushstroke now become a swaying palm leaf or, a gushing river.
Immersion within the natural world provokes a deeper engagement with the self, the vast external space allowing for the internal space to expand. Balancing on the precipice between earth and sky, between emotive and rational thought, Ellie presents the imagined and experienced interactions with the natural environment in kaleidoscopic, dreamlike fragments.
The red river
Oil on timber panel. 80cm x 60cm
Sunbeam roof
Oil on timber panel. 60cm x 60cm
Rainbow rust workers shed
Oil on timber panel. 120cm x 100cm
Paperbark swamp
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm
Wrapped in pathces
Oil on timber panel. 50cm x 40cm
Indigo Gums
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm
Forest hut
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm
Sheet cubby
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm
Shanty town
Oil on timber panel. 80cm x 60cm
Cinders falling like snow
Oil on timber panel. 50cm x 40cm
River Gum shelter
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm
Ascending together
Oil on timber panel. 20cm x 20cm