Ochre Lawson’s exhibition, ‘Light and the disappearing line’, presents a collection of works inspired by the native bushland in and around Sydney as well as the unprotected pagoda rock formations west of the Blue Mountains, and includes oil paintings on board, made en plein air, or directly from nature. There is an expressive quality to these works that comes from the immediacy of plein air painting, and the artist’s desire to a focus on colour relationships, form and negative space while retaining the early process drawing marks as part of the finished work.
“The process of simplification through intense observation of the landscape is one I find endlessly challenging and interesting. I attempt to find a mark and colour with my brush that expresses the spiritual essence of the land, a sense of place, and my own felt response to being part of nature.” says Lawson.
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
1 to 11 December, 2016
Sydney
Ochre Lawson, In the company of lorikeets – Cars bush reserve, oil on board, 90 x 90cm
Courtesy the artist
