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The Watcher Painting
New Zealand
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 W x 28 H x 3.9 D in
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An exploration of the 'Real World'. Waipori Falls reserve is a tiny landlocked island, a biogenic matrix marooned, a gorge full of intricate wildlife. I live in the tiny ex-hydro dam village within the reserve. The river is controlled by five power stations on Waipori river. Berwick pine forestry surrounds most of the reserve's borders, the rest is fenced in 'stock' paddocks. Within the reserve are living communities: trees, birds, ferns, fungi carpeted soft rich soil - biota. Birdsongs, rustling leaves, smells of sweet fresh water mixed with a perfume so intoxicatingly perfect that I fall into an enchantment. This bubble of dynamic life, a little lost realm of a once ancient larger New Zealand forest with the intricacies of real life all but gone. Part of a larger devastation of our world by our industrialized species who has lost the plot - and paradise entirely. I paint the living energy of what is real in a "human-centric" world of a "make believe" culture (ramming lies and advertising junk down our throats) Human supremacists are turning a once democratic technic into an authoritarian technic, enslaving the whole planet and us to this perverted, uncompromising mechanical monster. We used to live in accord with nature - it would be wrong and stupid not to. To go against nature was and is a death sentence. The body of Gaia whose matrix is our only home is under threat of total collapse. We are heading for our own extinction with this death cult culture in love with machines - death over life. Obviously the bribe of civilizations metallic baubles is stronger than the fact that its killing the planet. These works are my little voice in the void for and with Gaia, this precious living marble in the vast vacuum of space. Nature is the artist. I am a humble cave painter trying to capture her unrivalled splendour on canvas.
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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:48 W x 28 H x 3.9 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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ARTIST STATEMENT “My work strives to depict the hum and dynamic interplay of colours and light, water and sky. Life: the warm sands alive with cockles; the light angling through the trees; the myriad reflections in a deep pool of water. I want the raw image, the organic aesthetic to enliven the canvas and the space it goes on to inhabit.” Kate Williamson, artist. “The artist explores this analogy by creating landscape forms which strip away the reality of the scene to replace it with something that gives the impression of moving liquid. This is particularly evident in the earth-fire-and-water composition Pool of colours, where the solidity of the landforms seem to melt into a flow of hue and light. A similar suffusion of solid elements is found in the sun-drenched Orb. More tangible lands emerge in the high country valley of Origin and mountain meadow of Light Scatter II, but it is perhaps in the deep molten undergrowth and solid branches of Forest Lights that the exhibition reaches a peak.” James Dignan, arts reviewer. ODT ArtSeen: June 7, 2018 Kate Williamson was born in Christchurch, and now lives in the nature reserve of Waipori Falls, New Zealand. Renowned for her large and striking works, which are a direct response to her environment. Kate's highly original artworks are held in collections around the world.
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