August 2022
Stella Downer Fine Art
1/24 Wellington Street, Waterloo, NSW 2017
The work in this exhibition is both a celebration of landscape, and a lament of the way humanity treats the natural world.
Results of bushfires are visually fascinating despite the devastation. Textures and colours found in the aftermath, and the signs of regeneration rising from the ashes have been influential in the making of these sculptures. The play of leaves in branches, scars and stains on bark, the texture of burnt wood represented here pay homage to the environment.
The contrast of new growth and burnt vegetation is shown in the materials used. These include recycled copper fashioned into twigs and leaves, discarded grapevines, spent gum nuts, remnants of burnt wood from the forest floor, all of which represent nature; and found materials such as an old WARNING sign, hat blocks and shoe lasts.
 A FINE BALANCE 2022 Copper, burnt branch 28 x 41 x 7 cm |
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 STICKIE 2022 Copper 45 x 39 x 2 cm |
 WIND SONG 2022 Copper 48 x 39 x 1.5 cm |
 Spiral Tree maquette 2022 Copper 45 x 38 x 4 cm |
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 THRIVE 2022 Copper, burnt branch 77 x 120 x 15 cm |
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 FIRST WARNING 2022 Copper, grapevine, old sign 22 x 30 x 13 cm |
 SECOND WARNING 2022 Copper, wooden shoe last, old sign 23 x 26 x 13 cm |
 THIRD WARNING 2022 Copper, grapevine, old sign 15 x 30 x 13 cm |
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 BUDDED 2022 Grapevine, burnt timber & copper 14 x 24 x 21 cm |
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 EVOLVE 2022 Copper & hat block 30 x 19 x 16.5 cm |
 FLEDGLING 2022 Grapevine, burnt timber & gumnuts 29 x 23 x 16 cm |
 REVIVAL 2022 Grapevine, burnt timber & copper 15 x 21 x 21 cm |
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