No.5: Found Fragments from the Bush of Ghosts.

This series of small sculptures are assemblages of found items collected from walks in the desert country, along seashores and rivers and from charity shops and friends. I like the way these disparate bits and pieces, long forgotten when put together as a composition, move from being ordinary everyday objects to being beautiful and pleasing artwork. The artwork is based on a rectangle, usually of willow, and cane is then used to create the serpentining forms that give you the strong elements of negative and positive shapes.

The artwork is in a sturdy temporary box frame and has strung wire in place for you to hang it and see how it fits into your space before you take it to a framer.

To minimize possible damage during transit the glass in this artwork has been replaced with an acrylic transparent sheet that will protect the artwork and the piece is packed in to a robust shipping crate.

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Born in Hampshire, England, Colin arrived in Australia in 1971 and found work making chandeliers and later delivering rental televisions. Studying for matriculation over two years at night school he enrolled in Art College at the Preston Institute of Technology in 1975. A number of leading artists taught at PIT and Colin had the opportunity to work in audio with David Tolley, conceptualism with Dom De Clario, with the hard edge painting of Dale Hickey and the large, expressionistic work of Peter Booth, all of who have subtly influenced his own art. Majoring in Sound and Painting Colin left to drive taxis and to teach Art. Failing to heed the advice of a gallery director who told him to consider concentrating on one genre and sticking to it Colin continues to produce figurative paintings and drawings; large, ambient, colourwork and the occasional sculpture, installation and audio work.
About my artwork.
My work is generated from things around me that fit a certain feeling. At times I go looking and find them in places, or in objects and people. Other times I find them in a less active fashion, in sounds or perhaps in dreams or blends of colours. I find making artwork irresistible and enjoy the actual cognition of looking, listening and producing the work. Art is a rich tool, a mechanism that I can use to explore and respond to this curious and strange world where things appear both solidly real and also evasive and elusive.