shifting horizons - cline series # 3 Painting

Year Created: 2015-16 34 rice paper scrolls that depict digital images taken in the burial pits of Xi’an, China juxtaposed with painted landscape. Having grown up in one environment and then migrated to live in several others before ending up in rural Australia, my artworks are mostly inspired by my encounters with the natural world. Much of my artworks have been exploring our relationship with the landscape, believing that the landscape is an essential element in the formation of a culture’s distinctiveness. Looking at the terracotta warriors and their horses emerging out of trenches filled with sand, ashes, and fragments of yet to be restored warriors, it was clear that the natural context had been pivotal not only in deciding the location for an emperors’ burial site, but on the preservation and wear of the monument. Mountains, forests and rivers that surround the city would have provided an auspicious setting as well as materials (clay and wood), and ease of transport. The shifting dunes of the deserts have added a temporal element to the confluence of forces that have since acted upon the place. for sale upon request.

Painting:Oil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:112 W x 56 H x 0.1 D in

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