TURNER GALLERIES... 2009 EXHIBITIONS

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Lisa moved to Darwin a couple of years ago and her new works have moved away from the repetitive mark making of small dots in multiple layers, or the slightly larger and looser brush marks.

Her work has developed through a systematic approach to material experimentation, researching a variety of technical approaches and methods of applying and manipulating paint. This body of work involves a process of repeatedly pouring lines of paint, from the top of the canvas to the bottom, resulting in parallel lines of vibrating colour. In a related series, also on display, Lisa has poured pools of paint that interact as random shapes on the canvas surface.

She wrote about her new work,
“I am interested in repetition and coding as alternatives to language and representation. The paintings are abstract and not abstractions; they are derived not from a re-presentation of the natural world but a presentation of the nature of a material process under controlled circumstances, the imagery is therefore intrinsic, they are paintings that aspire to an aesthetic self-sufficiency. The images are created through a series of predetermined actions, interventions or gestures, which are applied across the canvas layering transparent and opaque oil paint to create a surface that embodies a tension between material and image. The resulting rhythmic patterns are the consequence of a set of strictly imposed rules that govern the painting process.”

Lisa’s paintings can be found in many public and private collections around Australia.

painting 249 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300 sold to city of perth	painting 250 acrylic on board 36 x 38cm 2009 $700
painting 252 acrylic on canvas 30 x 40cm 2009 $660 sold	painting 259 acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm 2009 $660 sold
painting 260 acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm 2009 $660 sold	painting 261 acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm 2009 $660
painting 262 acrylic on canvas 40 x 40cm 2009 $770 sold	painting 263 acrylic on canvas 40 x 40cm 2009 $770
painting 265 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300	painting 266 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300
painting 267 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300 sold to city of perth	painting 268 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300 sold to turner galleries art angels
painting 270 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300	painting 271 acrylic on canvas 150 x 180cm 2009 $8,800 sold to Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art
painting 272 acrylic on canvas 150 x 180cm 2009 $8,800	painting 273 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300 sold to city of perth
painting 274 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300	painting 275 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm 2009 $3,300 sold to city of perth
painting 245 gouache + acrylic on canvas 41 x 50cm x 3 2009 $2,200
painting 247 gouache + acrylic on board 36 x 38cm x2 2009 $1,200