Ros Paton

I am interested in the inevitable decline and fall of buildings, and how quickly architectural order dissolves into ruin and rubble. The new is not only replacing the old - it is replacing the new

Through this world of constant change I am exploring notions of transience, and the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete

My work is not about the triumph of nature, but an intermediate moment, a fragile equilibrium between persistence and decay, stability and disarray.
Rather than focusing on the veneer of confusion, the chaos of change, multiplicity of images, juxtaposition, expendability and fragmentation in the city I decided I wanted to make quiet works that take you past that veneer.

I felt not using saturated colors in my canvas has helped me describe the fragility of the moment. In some works I have referenced traditional landscape painting with allusions to a Monet water lily pond, reflections and panoramic view. In others I have used different styles of painting in the same work to create ambiguity, and devices such as wood graining, or small sections of trompe lóeil to create a distancing from the original image and heighten the sense of loss and dysfunction.

I want to look at that short space of ...

MAVA from Griffith University, Brisbane

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Momenti Mori, Watling Galleries, Brisbane
2000 Renaissance Reincarnate, Bruce Watling Gallery, Southport
1993 State of Demolition, Gallery 912, Brisbane
1992 Journeys, Gallerie Lrpege, Brussels, Belgium
1985 Wings over Florence, Galleria Allegra, Florence, Italy

MAJOR GROUP SHOWS
2007 Urban Illustrators, Kiln Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Bruce Watling Landscape Prize, Southport
1988&1994 Collector's Choice, Von Bertouch's Gallery, Newcastle
1988&1993 Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Sydney
1986 Heritage Art Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1983 Aspects Exhibition, Gallery Baguette, Brisbane

COLLECTIONS
Philippe Allegro - Italy
William Randall - England
Dr David Grundmann- Australia
Bruce Watling - Australia,