“Do you know your place?” Nadine Reynolds Acrylic and silk threadon silk 150cm x 45 cm $500 Revisiting my sketchbook from the series one, I looked at the panorama landscapes and reimagined them by painting on silk using watercolour techniques. The works are embroidered with meaningful lines and text such as with the latitude, longitude altitude and distance from home. The en plein air work captures a fleeting moment. Memories of the time painting are fused in the brushstrokes.
“What do you know about this place?” Nadine Reynolds Acrylic and silk thread on silk 150cm x 45 cm $500 The view from my workplace. I have painted this place and on this place many, many times. A beautiful view of a valley steeped in history, much of it not beautiful at all.
“Placed” Nadine Reynolds Acrylic and silk thread on silk 150cm x 45 cm $500 Revisiting landscapes that were important to me as a child and painting en plein air as an adult in the same locations I stood as a young immigrant in 1976, evoke powerful and poignant memories. Revisiting as an adult I am also acknowledging a deeper history of these places.
“This Place - Goombungee” Nadine Reynolds Acrylic and silk thread on silk 150cm x 45 cm $500 We cannot help but be affected by the people we meet. It is humbling to think that we might have an effect those we meet also. They have a place in our hearts and minds.