Seaweed Heart is a hand drawn vector giclee print of sea wrack. It is based on sketches done in Cowaramup Bay, SW WA. Seaweed is a blue carbon, quietly helping the planet survive human inhabitation. Sea Wrack is the mass of seaweeds and seagrasses that are cast ashore by ocean tides and swells. There's so much emotion and drama in seaweed and sea wrack- all tossed, entwined and wreathed. And it's these connections between image and language, humanity and Nature , that i'm drawing on in Seaweed Heart. The soft deep black of Seaweed Heart was only only achievable through the printing process and the addition of purple into the standard CMYK mix. The black is also purposefully fragile, the paper marks easily so the print must be handled with extra care. A reminder for how we should treat the planet.
From 2022 + I have been involved with a self driven project- the drawing and studying of sea wrack and sea weed in Cowaramup Bay, South West WA.
I draw and photograph the seaweed and sea wrack on a daily basis at a beach called Melaleucas. I follow the seasons, the swell, weather, and the patterns of shore life and swim almost daily. I am now looking into 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 +
upstart, showoff, too big for her boots 1788 – present. self portrait as a shell doll with seahorse 2022.
'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 ExhibitionRegional 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.
“where i fall..” Featuring the words of Miriam Wei Wei Lo, Shakespeare and Disney. Image Jenny Potts Barr 2022
Jenny Potts-Barr 