Two concurrently presented exhibitions; Sarah Mitchell’s ‘Reef edgy blues’ and Cheryl Kensett’s ‘Disappearing Olive’ provide a fascinating contrast between desert and coastal landscapes. Both artists explore how we as humans connect and interrelate to these vastly diverse environments.
Kensett approaches the figure within the remote desert landscapes, characterised by Olive Pink as an anthropologist visiting the Australian red centre. Mitchell celebrates the intricate and microscopic oceanic realm of the Great Barrier Reef with her sophisticated drawing and printing process. The dualities presented create an interesting diversity of scale, artistic medium, and levels of abstraction.
FireWorks Gallery
Until 5 March, 2015
Queensland
Cheryl Kensett, Encounter 1, 2014, gouache on paper, 75 x 55cm
Courtesy the artist and FireWorks Gallery, Queensland
