This week I made a series of artworks to commemorate National Reconciliation Week 2020 in Australia.

There was a call out for art entries on the theme ‘In This Together’ at the University of Melbourne to honour the occasion. I was very happy for the opportunity to contribute to this initiative.

Here is my entry:

‘One’

May 2020, Melbourne

“This is one piece from a series I have made to commemorate National Reconciliation Week 2020. It is recycled art from an aquatint I made in 2010. I was inspired by the Dreamtime and the visual musical language of circles and dot art as a traditional Aboriginal expression of spirit and country, water and the land. Many layers communicate the many steps that have been taken by the community together. I wanted to convey intricate interweaving colours overlapping and revealing through one another, like a night sky that also became the morning sky when seen from its inverted angle.

This piece may be viewed and displayed from all sides.”

Selected works will be announced mid-May and a public display with a virtual gallery launched in June.

Link to the virtual display here.

[28/05/2020]