Wide eyed
A selection exhibited in Wide eyed at Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane. February 2019.
Bridie Gillman's Wide Eyed is a body of work made in response to her studio surroundings, the Tarragindi Recreation Reserve. Surrounded by gum trees and scrub, it is the first time Gillman has experienced this kind of landscape on a daily basis. At once serene and beautiful, this isolation incites fear, highlighting the bush holds a deep sense of the unknown to her. Translated through colour, the process of close observation of this environment is an attempt to reconcile this disquiet.
Exhibition essay by Kylie Spear can be found, here.
Read a review of the exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery, by Emma-Kate Wilson, here.
A sea of 2018 oil and pastel on canvas, 155 x 125 cm
The sun has gone, but the light remains 2019 oil on canvas, 125 x 155 cm
Some sort of growth 2018 oil and pastel on canvas, 155 x 125 cm
Pile 2018 oil on canvas, 125 x 100 cm
Soaked 2019 oil on canvas, 125 x 100 cm
Flowering, fiery 2019 oil on canvas, 100 x 125 cm
After the rain 2018 oil on canvas, 100 x 125 cm
Encased, slowly 2018 oil on canvas, 125 x 100 cm
A warm breeze 2019 oil and pastel on canvas, 180 x 133.5 cm
Looking up 2018 oil on canvas, 125 x 155 cm
A grey sun 2019 oil on canvas, 125 x 100 cm