Theatre of Objects

           Theatre is in large part an enhancement of life. Within the limitation of my studio the arrangements of these objects take on a transformative role. They are both ordinary and illimitable. 

             Nowhere is this duality more present than in the small painting of batteries which introduces the show. These hefty ‘Eveready No 6’s’ are relics from the front verandah of my childhood home in Western Queensland where they charged a piercing bell to alert outside workers to the phone. They also exist as a metaphor for the magic of creative energy. 

              The objects in this show are thoroughly themselves but they can also be vehicles that carry wide-ranging ideas - such as family and generational connections and our personal and ever-shifting relationship to art. Introspective concerns are grounded in a sense of place through the inclusion of local flora and the occasional glimpse of the Maleny rainforest trees through windows. 

               In this new series of Still Lifes, reality and the imagination are hard to separate - the drama of life lies just beneath the surface.