I'm excited to share some long-awaited photos of my recent solo exhibition, Luminous Earth (Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Nov 2013), stemming from memories of my experience rafting and hiking in the Grand Canyon, U.S.A. in 2012. I hope you enjoy some of these unusual details from a raw and powerful place - a place where the drawing unravels, where the cliffs heave with life, and sunlight casts granite in gold...
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013
Luminous Earth, exhibition install, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 2013
River Stones, ink, pastel and graphite on paper, 20 x 120 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
River Stones (detail), ink, pastel and graphite on paper, 20 x 120 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Below the Rim, acrylic, ink and shellac on paper, 56 x 77 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Luminous Earth II, watercolour on stretched paper, 150 x 100 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Moments, ink, woodcut and scratchboard, 12 x 65 cm, 2013
Network, acrylic, ink and shellac on paper, 76 x 118 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Tumbling, woodcut on rice paper, 61 x 122 cm, edition of 5, 2012 (photo by Dean Butters)
Luminous Earth, watercolour on stretched paper, 150 x 100 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Secrets Within, watercolour on stretched paper, 76 x 51 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Waterline, acrylic, ink and shellac on paper, 56 x 77 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Whitewater, ink on paper, 115 x 77 cm, 2013 (photo by Dean Butters)
Moonlit Canyon, lithograph, 38 x 51 cm, edition of 14, 2013.
Canyon Wall, lithograph, 38 x 51 cm, edition of 15, 2013.
Canyon Wall II, lithograph, 38 x 51 cm, edition of 15, 2013.
Foam, lithograph, 38 x 51 cm, edition of 5, 2012.
Grand Canyon Sketchbook, archival
inkjet print on paper, 7.5 x144 cm, edition of 20, 2013.
(displayed on shelf in exhibition)
Grand Canyon Sketchbook, archival inkjet print on paper, 7.5 x144 cm, edition of 20, 2013.
(displayed on shelf in exhibition)
Grand Canyon Sketchbook, archival inkjet print on paper, 7.5 x144 cm, edition of 20, 2013.
(displayed on shelf in exhibition)
photo of me at the opening by David Broker for the CCAS Social Pages
opening night
opening night