Wash over me
EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane. October 2022.
Wash over me continues my response to a feeling I find hard to articulate. Small moments of awe, usually late in the afternoon. A feeling of breathing in the sky, and exhaling out the day; of the sky washing over me, engulfing me; of staring into the ocean from above. The paintings are not a representation of a site, but they are based in reality - with each painting made in response to a specific remembered experience of a place. They attempt to translate an emotional sense of the place through abstraction, layers of colour and considered brushstrokes. With deep gratitude I acknowledge these works have been made in response to experiences on Turrbal, Yuggera, Bundjalung, Yaegl and Gumbaynggirr Countries.
We're closer to the sun, up here. 2022 oil on linen, 183 x 137cm.
A grey line in the sky 2022 oil on linen, 183 x 213cm.
L: Reflected 2022 glazed ceramic, 35 x 38 x 38cm.
R: It hung low 2022 glazed ceramic, 28 x 30 x 30cm.
On reclaimed timber tables made in collaboration with Reuby's Workshop.
While the rain paused 2022 oil on linen, 62 x 51cm.
They shimmered in the sand 2022 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
Nightfall, between the ocean and the creek. 2022 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
L: Punctured 2022 glazed ceramic, 48 x 44 x 20cm.
R: From the hill 2022 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
Reflection soaked into sand 2022 oil on linen, 183 x 137cm.
Above the waves, we watched. 2022 oil on linen, 183 x 137cm.
Another afternoon 2022 oil on linen, 137 x 107cm.