Buried - Finalist Mid West Art Prize 2021

Written By Lynda Howitt
 

Selected as a finalist in the Mid West Art Prize 2021 at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Western Australia.

Buried was made with ink and seawater on paper. Simple materials. But chosen deliberately.

The paper is the mind. The Indian Ocean seawater is the body. The ink is the soul. Together they merge, each one affecting the other, inseparable, seemingly immortal. The result is something that exists between them. Felt rather than explained. Present but not fully visible.

Buried from sight. And yet entirely there.

Buried, ink and seawater on paper, 55x45cm, 2021

 
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