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it was an interesting artist talk organised by curator Allison Campbell with local artists Michael Muruste, David Hawley and Jaclyn Poke.   Titled " Strange Faith "  t he exhibition space is filled with large abstract works of Michael and David with Jaclyn's work filling a section of the gallery.   Although subject matter of both abstract artists is not of concern, the Curatorial Statement, in part, speaks to the process that unites both. "Both approach painting as an act of discovery, allowing gesture, repetition and instinctive mark-making to become a language through which thought is made visible. Their works emerge not from fixed compositions, but through an unfolding dialogue between intuition, memory and material." The Curatorial Statement continues to describe their ways of working with two thoughts that caught my attention. "Together, they demonstrate that abstraction is not an escape from reality but another way of encountering it" and  "...

Two new prints - unique, one-of-a-kind, available, float mounted (edges are shown) ready to take to your framer hellebore1 Updating online art gallery with new monoprints and small collages for sale (with free postage anywhere in the world - small collage series only).   I created a bundle of collages as part of a #freebie #giveaway to my subscribers of the art gallery.   and kept creating them. hellebore2 I have also updated the look of the site so that artworks can be seen as a whole across the screen with a quick, easy look at the detail. ... let me know what you think