When you look at a cloud in the sky you
could see almost anything: a face, a fantastical creature, a strange
machine, or welcome relief from the heat, or another dull day of
rain.
There as many ways of looking at these
microscopic particles of vapour in the sky as there are people in the
world.
This exhibition comprises over 150
small paintings of clouds. The works are not true to one style, and
few rules were adhered to in terms of colour, composition, and
finish. Some are able to hold their own on the gallery wall, others
rely on being part of the whole collection for their impact, and a
few are so abominable they just shouldn't be there at all.
In contrast to the dozens of small,
loose paintings of clouds there is one large, representational
painting executed in a highly controlled manner. The painting depicts
a woman trying to tie a cloud to the ground. It represents the
romantic ideas of harnessing something which is constantly changing
and far beyond our reach.
Seen as a whole the viewer bounces
between two seemingly different, yet interrelated options - to gaze
and wonder at things in the realm of imagination and fantasy, or to
try to grasp and pin down an elusive 'solution'.
The
works can be acquired through an exchange. This exchange can be
something as practical as goods or services, something as intangible
as an idea, or the promise of a good deed to another, so long as it
is fair, and can be documented.
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| "Capture what you can" oil on canvas 185cm x185cm |
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| Exhibition invite |
