The Golden Textures biennial contemporary art quilt exhibition opens at Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria tomorrow 21 February and continues until 5 April 2015. Gallery hours 10am-4pm Thursday-Sunday.
The exhibition is curated by Jenny Bacon and features works by the following artists:
Alison Schwabe
Anna Brown
Colleen Wray
Judy Hooworth Jane Rogers
Lyn Wilson
Noelle Lyon
Sue Dennis
Suzanne Gummow Suzanne Lyle
Valarie Robinson
My contribution is High Country Lupins #3 (80x143cm HxW):
This piece is inspired by the swathes of colour that appear in the high country of New Zealand in spring and summer. This photo by Michael Bolton gives you some idea of the spectacle:
Michael Button Creative Commons licence
I sought to introduce greater complexity in this work. This graphic shows the development of my lupin-inspired works since 2010:
These work in progress shots give you an idea of the progression:
I can see it is going to be a [quilting] up and down kind of day. A photo posted by Brenda Smith (@brendagaelsmith) on
For this project, I tracked my time using the Toggl app that is available for Macs, Windows, Android and iOS. This record will assist me in planning what time I need to allocate for creating other artworks of a similar size and complexity.
I look forward to seeing more works from the Golden Textures exhibition over coming days.
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