PATIENCE

The queue is a very common occurrence of our modern society. As people constantly move about for work, commitments, pleasure and numerous other scenarios, visiting different places, going about their daily lives, there’s always a queue forming somewhere for some reason. Then during the pandemic they formed in places never before common and began changing the way people had behaved previously to becoming more isolated and introspective and less willing to engage.
My work is focused on the relationship of people with each other and their environments. Here people stand on the pier in various attitudes of thought, patiently awaiting the arrival of a vessel to wherever for whatever.
Text adds to the subtext of the work acting as a springboard for the viewer’s unique response. I am interested in the shape and feel portrayed within. My slow process of layering mixed media and text echoes our uniqueness and many layers of history.

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BIO
Chris is a full time mixed media artist, with a BA Fine Arts (Painting) and has been exhibiting widely in solo, selected and group shows since 1985. Chris has won several awards, the most recent being -2023 WINNER Linden Postcard Show, The Nina Taylor Birthday Card Award and previously: 2017 RUNNER UP ANL Maritime Art Award 2016 WINNER (Dreamscape) Drawing Category Daylesford Art Show, Vic -Judge Victor Rubin, renowned Australian artist. 2015 WINNER (Life Series Vignettes 2014 "FAMILY") Lost In Sculpture, Indoor Award, Dunkeld, Vic - Judge Kirsten Paisley, Deputy Director, NGV Her 2016 solo "CONNECTIONS IN UNKNOWN SPACES" received widespread acclaim.