2022 + Ongoing project, drawing and studying sea wrack Cowaramup Bay, South West WA.
In 2023 I drew and photographed the seaweed and sea wrack on a daily basis at the same beach in Cowaramup Bay, SW WA. I followed the seasons and swam daily. I am now looking at this body of work and developing it.
‘Deceitful yet orderly, much freckled, ruddy complexion…’
Excerpts of descriptions of female convicts, Hobart, Convict Women’s prison. 1788 +
'Ever Evers: of other loves and landscapes' exhibition featured a life sized paper cut out 3 piece collaged doll with a seahorse. This large scale print measured 5ft6" (artists height) plus the plinth.
On the way to an exhibition… “…give me everything that’s left…” Dialogue on the Headland by Robert Graves In the lead up to my last solo exhibition in March 2020, my proposal for another solo was accepted at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. I had proposed a show about love, landscapes, and memory inspired by the poem ‘Dialogue on the Headland’ by Robert Graves. The exhibition date was set for March 2022. The following then happened: On the Way to an Exhibition Regional Arts Stories WA.
My fingers hurt! But the dolls are made and cut and standing for the moment ~the heat of the day wants to melt them. Three weeks till opening for my 3rd solo show.
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life”
Rachel Carson
Jenny Potts-Barr 