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ARTWORK ID: 2027
CATEGORY: North West Flora and Fauna
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This watercolour collage on cotton paper explores material and conceptual unity through the use of 100% cotton elements. Instead of adhesive, cotton thread is used to stitch the collage together, reinforcing a physical and symbolic connection between surface and structure.
Working in a limited palette of primarily cerulean blue, French ultramarine, and Mayan orange with touches of cadmium red, the piece balances cool and warm forces - blue as energy, movement, and atmosphere; orange as earth, mineral, and heat.
Although non-representational, the work draws on the landscape and resource-rich identity of the Pilbara. There is no defined sky or ground; instead, colour and form interact to suggest the meeting of electric, almost elemental energy with the iron-rich terrain. The blue operates as both water and force - an abstract life-giving presence resulting in recognisable desert peas - while the red orange reflects the density and material richness of the land.
MEDIUM: Watercolour, collage, cotton paper, cotton thread
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 415mm x 540mm
WEIGHT (approx): 4kg
ARTIST LOCATION: WATTENING, WA
ARTWORK ID: 2027
CATEGORY: North West Flora and Fauna
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This watercolour collage on cotton paper explores material and conceptual unity through the use of 100% cotton elements. Instead of adhesive, cotton thread is used to stitch the collage together, reinforcing a physical and symbolic connection between surface and structure.
Working in a limited palette of primarily cerulean blue, French ultramarine, and Mayan orange with touches of cadmium red, the piece balances cool and warm forces - blue as energy, movement, and atmosphere; orange as earth, mineral, and heat.
Although non-representational, the work draws on the landscape and resource-rich identity of the Pilbara. There is no defined sky or ground; instead, colour and form interact to suggest the meeting of electric, almost elemental energy with the iron-rich terrain. The blue operates as both water and force - an abstract life-giving presence resulting in recognisable desert peas - while the red orange reflects the density and material richness of the land.
MEDIUM: Watercolour, collage, cotton paper, cotton thread
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 415mm x 540mm
WEIGHT (approx): 4kg
ARTIST LOCATION: WATTENING, WA