YouTube Video - Stairs and My Scheme

This animation of "pyramid" like stairs incorporates effectively multiple layers and textures, without the appearance of clutter or disorganisation.

Textures - above, below and middle

Bibliography

1. Chanin, E. 1990. Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney (pg 118-119)
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The Stairs

18 Sketch Sections

Rosalie Gascoigne

Rosalie Gascoigne Monaro 1989 Synthetic polymer paint on sawn soft drink crates on plywood Polyptych; 130.8 x 457.4 cm (overall) Art Gallery of Western Australia Displaying 2 of the 4 panels Gascoignes artmaking practice evolved from no formal training apart from ikebana, an ancient Japanese art of flower arrangement. Her career developed through a passion for collecting wildflowers, shells, stones and pebbles, and all kinds of natural objects as well as scrap-books, cutting and later, discarded bits of machinery and discarded material. Gascoigne’s Monaro depicts the flowing plain of grassland surrounding Lake George, Canberra where she lived. Gascoigne depicts the Australian landscape from the perspective of a someone who knows and loves the land and has a strong connection with place. Despite this work being abstract in a lose way it echoes undulating hills of the rural setting and highlights values of Gascoigne’s with all the elements of life being present; air, earth, water and light. Gascoigne has utilised sliced, lettered drink crates which created an abstracted Australian landscape, with the letters representing distant trees on the horizon reassembled like a recontextualised jigsaw. These objects have a past and a memory as they are fragments of other lives and memories which gasgoine can relate to having collected them around her home. I like the gold of the Schweppes boxes... in the end I realised I had to have four panels to say what I wanted to say. As it grew, so did i. I kept thinking of the Monaro grasslands, and I thought of David Campbell saying “the Monaro rolls on to the sea.” Rosalie Gascoigne 1999. Meditative, Reconcile, Sunburn

Beauty

My twin sister and best friend standing on the headland at the end of my street. This image symbolises my world which I have shared for my entire life with these two girls! In combining two elements of beauty – physical and physiological I feel that it effectively sums up how I interpret these beautiful elements of the life which I find myself surrounded by. The surf is perfect.. it is dawn.. and everything is tranquil and in perfect harmony.

My Creativity

"The Chaos of Ogmograptis scribula at 150o15IN to 34o45IS" 4 of 16

This painting explores the relationship between order and chaos in nature; that from the chaotic markings of the moth Ogmographtis scribula a certain order is revealed. These apparently random markings on the bark of select Eucalypts produce a glimpse into the written tracks of a life which I am endeavouring to comprehend.The maps are an integral part of the background and symbolise both natural and human patterns in life. These contours on topographic maps are only significant to humans but mimic the chaotic rendering on a Scribbly gum, when viewed in the multiple contexts of the Australian bush.

Fiona Hall

Leaf Litter, 2000 - 2002 (detail). Crambe maritima - sea kale, gouache on bank notes

Empire, Thrive, Depleted

Fiona Hall has been a working artist for the past 20yrs producing a wide variety of works including sculpture, painting, photography garden design and video, all expressing her fine skill in detailed and intricate pieces. The artwork above, ‘Leaf Litter’ makes a statement about contemporary issues related to consumerism and colonialism while other works also address globilisation and local history. Hall’s approach to art making prompts viewers to observe everyday Australian way of life through a different perspective. Her use of found objects and choices on how they are displayed is critical to her continued exploration as an artist ‘Leaf Litter’ expresses the concept that “money can’t buy everything” through the depiction of life-sized painted leafs on the surface of used bank notes. All 183 paintings combine to express a strong negative feeling about the diminishment of plant life around the world.

Tracy Moffat

Raw, Seeking, Clone

In Awe of Architecture

Les Grands Bains du Monêtier (Thermal Bathes at Monetier France)

This building incorporates functionality, harmony with the surroundings and beauty. Traditionally thermal bathes in Europe were made hundreds of yrs ago but following a fire these immortal bathes were rebuilt and reinvented attracting more visitors and also reemphasising the valuable qualities of modern architecture in conserving such historically significant landmarks.I find this building to be truly amazing due to its ability to utilise this natural resource of hot water in a way that conserves with integrity the spiritual nature of visiting a bathe, compared to simply ordinary pools.In my recent trip to France over the winter and to these bathes especially I felt a new since of realisation and respect to how significant the decisions by architects are in experiencing moments in life. It is truly amazing how one building can totally dictate the simple outcome of visiting a thermal bathe in this tiny valley in the French Alpes.