December 16, 2009

ELLE SWADLING

ELLE IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND HAS BEEN EXHIBITING AROUND SYDNEY FOR A FEW YEARS. THE MAIN THEMES OF MANY OF HER WORKS ARE GROWTH, DEGENERATION, TRANSFORMATION AND ILLUSION. SHE USES THE WAY SHE MANIPULATES THE MATERIALS SHE IS WORKING WITH TO EXPLORE AND EXPOSE THE TENSION CREATED BY DIFFERENT NATURAL FORCES THAT EXIST IN A PHYSICAL SPACE OR WITHIN A PAINTING.push and pull, transparency/opacity, absurd/rational, order/disorder, chance/control.

WE LOVE HER PIECES. THEY REMIND US OF LYING ON OUR BACKS IN THE GRASS LOOKING AT THE CLOUDS AND THE DIFFERENT SHAPES AND COLOURS THEY MAKE, ALWAYS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE WHO TAKES THE TIME TO LOOK.

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Please note my photography skills do not match those of the artworks, so please come in and see them yourself! xx

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