'Fine Lines' was a body of work produced for a practice-led PhD (PLR), where I delved further into the conundrum of drawing and its role in my work. These figurative images in paint and drawing media deal with journeying, transition, impermanence and change.
Becoming
Becoming (2009 - 2012), formed a significant part of this show. This installation of 18 compressed charcoal drawings on Fabriano, ranging from A1 to 120 x 150 cm, is an open-ended inquiry, where each drawing extends and explores, on the one hand, the nature and process of drawing and on the other, the image of a pupaic motorcyclist. I explored this image as a metaphor for transition and states of change, as well as a complexity of paradoxes about metamorphosis.
Becoming I
2009
Compressed charcoal on Fabriano
A1
9000 ZAR
Becoming III
2009
Compressed charcoal on Fabriano
A1
9000 ZAR
Becoming XV
2012
Compressed charcoal on Fabriano
120 cm x 150 cm
11,000 ZAR
Becoming VI (detail)
2009
Compressed charcoal on Fabriano
A1
9000 ZAR
Becoming XVII
2012
Compressed charcoal on Fabriano
A1
9000 ZAR
Becoming XI
2010
Watercolour on Fabriano
A1
9000 ZAR
Becoming XIII
2012
Mixed media on Fabriano
120 cm x 150 cm
11,000 ZAR
Painting and Drawing
During this period, one of the many questions I explored was the relationship of painting and drawing in my practice. What perplexed me was that there appeared a difference between my works in paint and those in traditional drawing media - in spite of similar mark making driven by an equally open-ended and exploratory artistic approach (see for example, Promised Land and On the Back of a Bakkie).
Promised Land
2008
Oil on gesso
120 cm x 140 cm
32,000 ZAR
On the Back of a Bakkie I
2007
Mixed media
35 cm x 50 cm
SOLD
I realised my approach in making smaller works in drawing media was more detached and playful. Small scale drawings are easy to discard. There is little preparation of the ground before I start working. With large scale gesso-ed surfaces (120cm x 240cm), which take at least a week to construct and prepare, I learnt that I brought a greater determination to find some resolution to these pieces. Which is not a bad thing – it allows for more cycles of construction and destruction. Fascinating though, that subtle differences in artistic attitude can reflect so palpably in the handling of materials.
Those Who Go
2007
Oil on gesso
123 cm x 141 cm
18,000 ZAR
Somewhere
2012
Oil on canvas
140 cm x 140 cm
SOLD
Metamorphosis
2009
Oil on gesso
120 cm x 240 cm
SOLD
Dreaming of Green
2009
Oil on gesso
120 cm x 240 cm
24,000 ZAR
In Passing
2009
Oil on gesso
112 cm x 132 cm
SOLD
For acquisitions and enquiries, contact Louise Hall.
All prices are for unframed works in South African Rands, unless otherwise stated.
For acquisitions and enquiries,
contact Louise Hall.
All prices are for unframed works in South African
Rands, unless otherwise stated.