Tropical Fusions (Panels x 4) by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
Tropical Fusions – all 4 panels together – as a united whole.The original artwork was an experimental art ‘potpourri’ involving techniques of drawing, collage, opaque and transparent glazing (painting), layering and then even more overlaying, cutting and dividing.
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Tropical Fusions (Panels x 4)by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch |
Initial work support: 300gsm Arches rag paper – original sheet size 770 × 570 mm – which was divided into quarters toward final completion, then mounted onto four separate canvas panels with a slim green/charcoal/ black edging finish (each size 385 × 285 mm) and grouped/framed as a whole unit.
Original work was:
- Inspired by nature.
- For the Group Exhibition: Cross Currents, 2002, Sugarama Gallery, Mourilyan, QLD.
- Also exhibited: 2002-03, Year of the Outback DPI Flying Arts; (Work was selected for the Flying Arts TOURING Exhibition Regional QLD.)
- In the artist’s collection.
- KMP©2002, ©2004, ©2014.
Overall compositional imagery was inspired/influenced from nature drawing/painting studies direct from my local surrounding Far North Queensland tropical environment such as the capturing of:
- undulating strata layers, rhythms and patterns from the telling timeline surfaces of palm tree trunks
- Leaves – both actual and implied: of leaf fall, Native Hibiscus Tiliaceus (cottonwood) dried leaves plus others
- Palm seeds
- Butterflies and wings – both actual and implied: of the Cairns Birdwing and other
- Seasonal atmospheric elements and Moon cycles
- Earthy oxide palettes – of red iron, Indian red, yellow ochre, white, terra-verte, charcoal and blue – of soils, sands, sky, barks, plants, leaves etc.
- Vessel shapes based on my own fibre receptacle forms
- Symbology plays an overall important role in the total work.
