Red Brolly Studio presents an exhibition of varied scale and content. Large,ceramic sculptures explore the power of facial expression and unspoken communication. Paradoxically, at the same time they emit a calm silence.
Fired in a gas kiln to 1300c with crackle and ash glazes. You can’t help wanting to feel them. At the other end of the spectrum various themes are pursued with oil on canvas.
Quirky paintings, frivolously explore what are often the hard won lessons of our lives. It started with “The Rabbit of Truth”, and 20 paintings later finished with “Dare to be Playful”. Recently inspiration has come from Tumby Bay and the significance of its channel markers. These works certainly lean on the abstract side. My natural tendency is to ‘tidy things up’, but some of the artists I most admire, achieve engagement, boldness and messy all at the same time. Like my first foray into ceramic sculpture, I am finding it is not as easy as one would think Every painting is a teacher