Fourteen artists working in acrylic, oil, watercolour, and mixed media
presented an exhibition dedicated as a tribute to the west
coast rainforest. At a time in
our history
when the future of the world's
rainforests hang in the balance, we need to constantly remind
ourselves
of the inspiration these
environments give to us.
Fine technique and a sense of clarity characterize the rainforest
evocations
of artists Pnina Granirer and Patricia Johnston, while Don Jarvis
manipulates colour and brushwork
to present his vaporous, calligraphic vistas and personal rainforest abstractions.
The abstract, organic motifs of Max Banbury, Monica Shelton and
Gregg Simpson are in themselves a reminder of how Nature's microcosm
resembles the shapes and patterns
of
the external world. This approach is also reflected in the works by Richard
Turner and Ted Kingan
which
develop images conjured from an
inner world of complex overlays or snaking tendrils that function as
cryptic
symbols of the rainforest. The
landscape itself becomes a direct focus in the abstracted paysages of Audrey
Marsden, Ross Munro, and Pat Armstrong, the scratched
and
burned wood surfaces of Miles
Hunter, and the geometric "trees" of Jas. W. Felter.
The artists in Rainforests of the Mind celebrate the lush, convulsive
landscape
of the west coast rainforest while voicing a collective response to the
threat to our forest environment.
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