The latest exhibition at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery features three artists – John Bennett, Jenni Catt and Angela Tay – whose work is inextricably entwined with the force of nature.
Three artists who each experiment with process and technique to explore our connections with nature. For poet and photographer John Bennett, the focus is Eos, the half-hour before sunrise when light starts to overwhelm the gaps between the stars and gives us some sense of our ancestors’ experiences and aesthetic joy.
Jenni Catt: Untitled 2017
For Jenni Catt, meditating on the life force while she paints loosely – almost ritualistically – in watercolours, opens up questions of absence, presence and the soul of animals.
Angela Tay: Billow 2015
For Angela Tay, it is the way ebbing tides surge and retreat, creating ever-changing dramas. Experimenting with ink and watercolours on tissue-thin paper, along with video and paper sculpture, her work is as unpredictable as what we experience on the beach.
