Exhibitions & Art, Painting.
An exhibition of paintings by Helen Rawlinson and Sarah Seymour. Both artists distil the aspects of nature that fascinate them by means of colour in order to depict the essence of their subject at its most fundamental. The exhibition's title 'Traces' has sadly received an extra layer of poignancy after the catastrophic wildfires ravaged the area Sarah Seymour's Australian Bird series was inspired by when she visited in 2019. Selecting only the birds Sarah encountered as a starting point, this recent work strives to encapsulate the essence of these birds by stripping away much of the form and leaving the colour to depict the species. Helen Rawlinson is showing her new body of work, inspired by looking at close up images of flowers combined with an obsession of the eroded layers of pattern and colour on walls and floors. In an organic process she builds colour and pattern using collage, print as well as oil with wax on canvas or board.
