I have long been spontaneous with my mark making, not overly fussy or perfect in my art making, trusting that the viewer will find their own way into my work, make their own discoveries. That they enjoy, as I do in Nature, the random, the unfinished, the incomplete or semi broken. Seeing in this natural manifestation a pleasing perfection of its own.

I have recently come to understand that this approach to life, in Japan, is called Wabi Sabi; and so I find I have been Wabi Sabi – ing my art and life all along.  I trust you enjoy this aspect too.

All of my recent work stems from an urge to recycle, reuse along with my playing with paper and utilising the remnant pieces of painted paper from earlier pieces.

Thus “ Resurrection – Woven Chair” uses leftover strips of paper from all my works and a found chair while “Tui Cloak/Tui Korowai” is literally my first tethered paper work, re visualised, and repainted.

Gaylene Earl 2023

www.gaylenearl.com

Contact Information

A: 71 Constable Road, Muriwai. .

MOB 027 48 35 414.

Viewing by appointment,  TEXT Gaylene to arrange.

E:  gaylene@focusnewzealand.com