exhibitions

paintings & works on paper

21 August - 9 September 2014

about the exhibition

Dianne Fogwell draws her inspiration from daily observations of Australian flora and fauna, creating almost hallucinatory and dreamlike imagery of often unnoticed elements in the landscape. Her recent paintings and works on paper are a contemplation on the cycle of pollination, revealing the beauty of this natural choreography. Dianne says of the body of work; “I’ve approached this…as an exploration of this natural choreography, letting the images grow upon themselves just like memories. I started to carve linocuts of flowers and observed pollinators from my garden and expanded to images from the past in the public domain. I am not a scientist but looking at historical botanical renderings has informed my observations of the scientific and imaginary elements that came to my mind during the building of these images. I am interested in how others throughout time and circumstance saw the same flower from my garden.” Dianne’s artistic process enhances this poetic nature of her work as she allows the images to emerge on the paper, rather than from a preconceived image.

In a career spanning more than thirty years, Canberra artist Dianne Fogwell has had many solo exhibitions locally and interstate, and participated in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including the 1st Seoul International Artist Book Fair in Korea. She has made a major contribution to the arts community in Canberra through her art practice, teaching, curating and establishing press and print studios. Her work is represented in many public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, Artbank, Australian War Memorial, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago (USA) and the National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington, USA).

exhibition images

  • 1. $1,800 Aroma – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 40cm

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  • 2. $1,800 Delight – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 40cm

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  • 3. $1,800 Radiant – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 40cm

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  • 4. $6,800 Nocturama – oil on canvas, 80 x 120cm

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  • 5. $4,500 Opalescent – linocut on rag board, unique, 79 x 99.5cm

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  • 6. $4,800 Redolent – oil on gesso board, 57 x 72cm

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  • 7. $4,800 Scent – oil on gesso board, 57 x 72cm

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  • 8. $4,500 Fragrant – linocut on rag board, unique, 79 x 99.5cm

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  • 9. $3,200 Exultant – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 61.5cm

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  • 10. $3,200 Waltz – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 61.5cm

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  • 11. $4,500 Euphoric – linocut on rag board, unique, 79 x 99.5cm

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  • 12. $4,800 Afternoon glow – oil on canvas, 91 x 65.5cm

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  • 13. $3,500 Reverberation – oil on canvas, 68 x 54cm

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  • 14. $9,800 Anthomancy – oil on gesso board, 100 x 122cm

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  • 15. $4,500 Iridescent – linocut on rag board, unique, 79 x 99.5cm

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  • 16. $3,200 Coalesce – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 61.5cm

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  • 17. $3,800 New Day – oil on Belgian linen, 75 x 65cm

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  • 18. $1,500 Whispering – linocut on rag board, edition 1 of 10, 80 x 61.5cm

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  • 19. $750 Protea – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 70 x 33cm (unframed)

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  • 20. $750 Banksia – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 70 x 33cm (unframed)

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  • 21. $750 Waratah – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 70 x 33cm (unframed)

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  • 22. $750 Grevillea – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 70 x 33cm (unframed)

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  • 23. $1,800 Hover – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 40cm

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  • 24. $3,200 Fusion – linocut on rag board, unique, 80 x 61.5cm

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  • 25. $750 Chrysanthemum – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 80 x 61.5cm (unframed)

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  • 26. $750 Daffodil – linocut on magnani paper, edition 1 of 10, 80 x 61.5cm (unframed)

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