:: Jill Price Studios :: Artist - Gallery, Figurative, Process-ed ::

New Work in the Works

Sand People @ Craighurst Gallery
OPENING RECEPTION: OCTOBER 6TH, 10 - 6 PM
October 6th - November 7th, 2012

During October I will be exhibiting a new series of mixed media oil paintings at Woodside Gallery in Craighurst.

This body of work combines the power of observation and my love of the beach. Starting from aerial photographs documenting the negative spaces of people on the sand, I zoom in to reveal possible storylines based on personal experiences, universal truths and cultural stereotypes. Typically seen as an environment of play and relaxation, when examined closely, this beach often reveals what makes us human, animal, or alien in relation to others.

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Sand People @ Woodside Gallery

Sand People Invitation

An extension of my ongoing examination of the effects of suburban culture, Process-ed is a new series of photo based works that explore the interior landscapes of our existence.

Returning to my figurative roots, this show begins to inventory the numerous electrical inventions of convenience that occupy our kitchen cupboards and secretly undermine our physical ability to complete simple tasks. Playfully layering nostalgic photos of the romantic “housewife” beneath images of shiny appliances, it becomes obvious how we have become slaves to the machines as we endlessly work to
assemble, organize, clean, repair and replace them. Plugged in like the appliances themselves, the works have been applied with paint, text and drawing in a need to reconnect with with my own body and the importance of mark making within my practice.