Dawn Beasley
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7 Skins (Before Envious Time has Fled)
​The driving force behind this body of work was primarily the exploration of the symbiotic relationship between medium and surface.
The work explores possibilities and tests limitations offered by 7 chosen skins: canvas, wood, pigment, ceramics, paper, textiles and metal leaf.
The same motifs; Gum nuts, Golden Penda Flowers, Banksia seedpods, Paperbark leaves and Lotus, appear and reappear in different forms across different surfaces. Large-scale batik and painted works combine tonal backgrounds with selective areas of vivid and detailed colour displayed alongside works on wood that layer screen printed patterns and beautifully painted fragile forms with metal leaf details.
Ceramic work utilises some of the same digitally created patterns through the use of stencils and wax resist techniques combined with sgraffito (lines scratched through coloured slip).
A series of works inspired by paper Bark leaves, submerged and floating, taken from studies produced during trips to Goose Lagoon at the Territory wildlife park. These leaves appear in several forms, large and small scale painted pieces, some incorporating photographic silk-screen layers, and also in a ceramic chandelier installation that brings in the added elements of light and sound.
The choice of native plant life is a symbolic reference to the still life tradition ‘memento mori’ (remember that you are mortal). The flower in bloom represents life at its peak before death becomes inevitable, the seedpod symbolises new life and fertility.
Etched In Stone 156mm x 100mm Stoneware
Gently Cascading Memories of What Might Have Been (Beige) 1200mm x 1200mm Mixed media on canvas
Live Quietly Amid the Haste 1200mm x 1200mm Mixed media on canvas
Gently Cascading Memories of What Might Have Been (Red) 1200mm x 1200mm Mixed media on canvas
The Impermanence of Being 620mm x 810mm Mixed media on wood.
Abridge Your Hopes 1000mm x 960mm Batik painting – wax and ink tonal work (sealed with clear gesso) with selective over-painting in oils on canvas.
The Memory Etched 180mm x 110mm Stoneware
Hold True 62mm x 160mm Stoneware
The Simple Truth 53mm x 157mm Stoneware
Drifting 550mm x 680mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on sealed strawboard.
Inevitable Journey 550mm x 680mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on sealed strawboard.
Calm Acceptance 550mm x 680mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on sealed strawboard
Treasured Form 225mm x 100mm Stoneware
The Seed Within 70mm x 195mm Stoneware
Life Stages 1200mm x 1200mm Batik painting – wax and ink tonal work (sealed with clear gesso) with selective over-painting in oils on canvas.
Alchemist Dreams 155mm x 90mm Stoneware
Alchemy 70mm x 150mm Stoneware
May the Music of my Memories Light my Passing 2410mm x 350mm x 350mm (Chandelier at shortest electrical cord length) Porcelain leaves suspended on nylon line beneath an electrical light fitting.
I Found Beauty Here Amid the Green 212mm x 110mm Stoneware
Mahogany Labyrinth 235mm x 120mm Stoneware
The Love Within Warms Me 220mm x 105mm Stoneware
Intrigue 115mm x 155mm Stoneware
Dwell not on Regrets 960mm x 960mm Batik painting – wax and ink tonal work (sealed with clear gesso) with selective over-painting in oils on canvas.
Time is Envious 610mm x 600mm Mixed media on wood.
Hold Close such Dreams 610mm x 600mm Mixed media on wood.
Trust Not in Your Tomorrows 610mm x 600mm Mixed media on wood.
Familiar Pleasures 292mm x 125mm Stoneware
A Pattern of Thought 80mm x 215mm Stoneware
Look to the Small Things 123mm x 90mm Stoneware
All at Once 146mm x 110mm Stoneware
The Memory is Strong 50mm x 210mm Stoneware
Life Gift 600mm x 810mm Mixed media on wood.
Bridal Bouquet 1100mm x 1100mm Batik painting – wax and ink (sealed with clear gesso) with selective over-painting in oils on canvas.
Fertile Perception 267mm x 110mm Stoneware
All Time Passing 180mm x 90mm Stoneware
Cellar Not Your Wine 140mm x 80mm Stoneware
Bloom Bright but for a Moment 75mm x 195mm Stoneware
And Yet I Dream of Longer Days 410mm x 1220mm Mixed media on wood.
The Richness of a Life Well Lived 960mm x 960mm Batik painting – wax and ink tonal work (sealed with clear gesso) with selective over-painting in oils on canvas.
Reflect Not on What Might Have Been I 410mm x 405mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on wood.
Reflect Not on What Might Have Been II 410mm x 405mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on wood.
Reflect Not on What Might Have Been III 410mm x 405mm Mixed media (acrylic, shellac and oils) on wood.
Ghost 190mm x 115mm Stoneware
But for a Moment 810mm x 810mm Mixed media on wood.
It Shines Brighter in the Darkness 420 mm (H) x 110 mm (D) - measurements are for ceramic section only Porcelain and electrical light fitting.
Find Joy in the Shadows 460mm (H) x 130 mm (D) - measurements are for ceramic section only Porcelain and electrical light fitting.
Light Comes from Within 440mm (H) x 120mm (D) - measurements are for ceramic section only Porcelain and electrical light fitting.
Leuconoë (Life mask) 390mm x 280mm x 130mm Porcelain
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  • Homepage
  • About
  • Churchill Fellowship
  • Garden of Alchemy
  • Botanically Porcelain
  • Botanically Creative
  • Gallery
    • Symbiosis
    • In The Dry
    • Katherine Prize 2018
    • 7 Skins
    • The Peninsula Diaries
    • Landcombing
    • Visual feast
    • Discarded
    • leaf litter
    • Dinner with DeHeem
    • Darwin Fridge Festival 2010
  • Contact me