Pink party

The rain cleared, the moon came out, and so did the inflatable swans. Bunbury Regional Art Gallery turned on a great party to celebrate South West Art Now (SWAN 2022).

Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, SWAN22 closing

There are a lot of potential topics arising from my experience of being included in this event: about the richness of the visual arts in regional areas, the importance of local government and business support for ambitious art events, the value of a great curator and professional presentation (installation, catalogue). And the pleasure of conversations with other artists.

Thanks to BRAG and the City of Bunbury for buying my work! There are a couple more chances to see a selection of the SWAN works, at FORM, The Goods Shed Claremont, and The Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe, dates to be announced. I’ll let you know!

Wire lace

Another assignment is completed and installed. It was a process of trial and error, and very low tech (papièr maché and wire).

A 3D armature made of bird-netting in the shape of a large peanut. It is lying on a wooden table with two small pliers. — *Completed bird-netting armature, before papering over.*

The bird-netting armature sitting up on a wooden table, with a wooden dresser in the back ground — *Upright armature, overlapping layers of netting.*

A large white shape lying on its side on grass under some young sheoak trees. A number fifteen is written on a small stake in the foreground. — *Testing the paper-covered form on site.*

The white paper-covered form with several long lengths of wire attached at the top and hanging down in coils. — *Starting the first panel of wire lace.*

By the time I’d done the seventh panel, I’d worked out how to control the tangle. Next time, I will do fewer, wider panels.

The white paper-covered form lying on a table, with one strip of wire lace attached to its side. — *First wire lace panel completed.*

A 3D wire hollow lace form lying on a blue bedspread on a bed. There is a tangle of wire ends sticking out of one end of the lace. — *Completed wire lace, resting.*

A 3D wire lace hollow form hanging from a sheoak tree with the white paper-covered armature standing on the ground behind it. There is lush green grass covering the ground. — *Installed under the sheoaks at Gomboc.*

Gomboc Sculpture Park and Gallery is in Middle Swan, and the annual sculpture survey opens on June 6th.