Solo exhibition

Daine Singer
Melbourne
16 September–17 October
2015

About the Exhibition

About

In her most recent body of work, Wormald has used found images of flower arrangements as starting points to create a series of detailed abstract paintings. The original floral subjects are either wholly or partially removed, leaving the backdrops and vessels to become compositional tools from which to build abstracted landscapes. In bringing the background to the surface of the painting, these adapted interior scenes create a compelling encounter between depth, object and the natural world. The works operate both as imagined spaces, referencing the language of Ikebana as a site of quiet contemplation of nature, and strange painted landscapes, demanding up close observation while simultaneously directing the viewer to make sense of the constructed scene before them.

Enfolding Space
2015
Oil on linen
104 × 83cm

Bending Stem Over Valley
2015
Oil on linen
104 × 83cm

Celestial Driftwood Theme
2015
Oil on linen
48 × 38cm

Hanging Moon
2015
Oil and acrylic on linen
104 × 83cm

Obscured Vessel
2015
Oil on linen
48 × 33cm

Pink and Vessel
2015
Oil on linen
63 × 83cm

Rising Branches
2015
Oil on linen
48 × 38cm

Rising Moon
2015
Oil on linen
83 × 63cm

Vision Trend
2015
Oil on linen
63 × 83cm

We Should Adapt Ourselves
to Changing Times

2015
Oil on linen
83 × 63cm