Painter
Gemma Lawlor
Exhibiting in Blackwood River Arts Trail At:
Black Barn Studio
7 Eedle Terrace, Bridgetown WA 6255, Australia
0459 611 981
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My current work is based on Australian landscapes and reflects my experiences of travelling through marginally accessibly parts of Australia. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit remote areas, with my husband and friends. I have crossed desert country in Western Australia, and central Australia, including travelling from Mt Dare to Birdsville, and spent time in the Kimberley region as well as coastal and Pilbara country. The white salt lakes in central South Australia have also become a theme in some of my work.
These rich and memorable experiences have inspired me to interpret the landscape in a way that captures texture and colours that are unique to Australia and represent them in a semi realistic way. Using abstract and slightly surreal imagery, sometimes a little fanciful gives me creative opportunities. Collage is a means to inject texture in to the landscapes and all the plants in the artworks, are prints from my garden. The backgrounds are the result of hours of play with paint, rollers and printmaking.
The coastal areas of (Broome) Rubibi are quite beautiful with amazing weathered layers of sandstone, creating vertical and horizontal sculptural forms. I am drawn to the red Pindan which drops away to tidal beaches, revealing formations and rich, warm, coloured patterns on the sandstone rocks. I often use a mixture of perspectives to express features that otherwise would be insignificant.
Red Coral and Tern
Mixed media
Mangoves and Honet Eater
Mixed Media
Twin Boabs
Twin Boabs
Isla's Coral Landscape
Mixed Media
Coastal Landscape
Mixed Media
Mangrove Shoots
Mixed Media