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๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.The works explore the beauty and diversity in this borrowed landscape. A range of flora has been observed and photographed from different viewpoints and at different times of the year. The resultant images have been enhanced and manipulated using digital processes. This creates an idea of celebration where the natural, organic forms are transformed into vibrant lines and shapes.
Geoffrey lives in a newly developed area with some adjacent, natural vegetation remaining and this random formation of plant life contrasts greatly with the more structured gardens in their yard. Geoffrey is always appreciative of having this bushland so close by.
The artworks draw attention to the way suburban development can have an impact on the natural environment. Any landscape which remains should be valued as a habitat and respected for its necessity, vibrancy, and energy. Most of the artworks were created in 2020 when travel was more restricted, and it meant looking closer to home for inspiration.
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Born and raised in Rockhampton, Geoffrey has been living and working in Gladstone as an art educator and artist for the past 40 years. During this time his art practice has focussed primarily on painting and drawing with the inclusion of printmaking in more recent years.
His painting works involve stylized imagery depicting natural and built environments, figures, or forms of texts. The majority include the heavy use of visual texture with colour and line also as dominant elements. While his main medium is oil on canvas, he introduces colour and texture into compositions through the application of aerosols, and the collaging of parts of his old canvases. His printmaking works explore the lino cut and screen-printing mediums, along with digital processes.
Geoffreyโs later works reflect a response to his surroundings โ both the natural landscape and architecture. This new imagery includes the form and structure of plants and found ecosystems, styles of residential architecture and the interaction of housing development with the natural environment.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gatakers Artspace, 311 Kent Street Maryborough 4650,Maryborough,QLD,Australia
