Ann Gordon
I love to paint and I love to travel.
It can be a Kombi adventure into regional Australia or a spectacular trip to New Zealand. I take my painting journal where ever I go, using automatic and rhythmic drawing with a small palette of paints to capture the energy of where I am.
In my studio, I take these smaller journal paintings and start to work them into larger paintings. I layer with paint and colour, working with flux, alternating layers of mark making and veiling until I sense I have reached the balance between the mood and the energy of what it felt like to be in that place.
My paintings capture the energy and beauty of the natural environment. When I travel into the bush, I take graphite pencils, charcoal and a small palette of paints to record what I see and feel in my art journal. I collect sticks and bark from the landscape for mark making in my work on canvas.
The Corner Store Gallery - Ann Gordon