An attendance of around 150 on opening night, including the Mayor of Willoughby, Gail Giles-Gidney who officially opened the exhibition, helped raise $2000 for the Black Dog Institute through the auctioning of the Artist's Proof of Paddle in Blue Water.
The Entrance to Gallery 88
The Willoughby Mayor, Gail Giles-Gidney opening "Drawings on Water".
The Yellow Wall
In the main room
Kandinsky’s Follies began simply enough: a close-up photograph of a reflection on the surface of the water. The colours came from a vessel, but the water had taken possession of them. Blue, yellow, white, black and gold had been stretched and twisted into fluid forms that seemed to dance across the surface. I knew there was something in the image, but for some time I couldn't find its name.
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Can water change the quality of our attention? Introducing Blue Mood, a visual summary of connection, restoration, and those rare moments when our senses finally return to order.
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I am delighted to be quoted in Roger Foley’s wonderful new book, Light Consciousness - A Psychedelic Travellers Journey which charts his career as one of Australia’s leading lighting designers. Roger began designing rock concerts and psychedelic light shows in the 1960s. His experimental work—including his lumino-kinetic Light Sculpture—continued through the 1970s and anticipated many of today’s multimedia installations and immersive experiences. Roger asked me to contribute my thoughts on abstract art and its creation after reading an earlier reflection on abstraction in my Art Journal. His book is an extraordinary record of the beginnings of an art form that has now become widely recognised and fashionable: the multimedia experience. A PDF copy of Roger’s book can be downloaded below. [Download Roger Foley’s book]
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