Seasons of King Valley
Seasons of King ValleyAcrylic on Japanese Wallpaper
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kevin spendier
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The Landlines series originated and evolved from years of chasing the horizon on the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Albury every second weekend, as I travelled to see my children.
It was an emotive time and potentially a vacuum of time, except I spent much of it contemplating the landscape and all that it encompassed. I observed the division of land by nature, including water, vegetation and disasters, and the divisions created by man, including by planting, cultivating and building fences and roads. I also thought about the clash of outcomes forged between the two.
Having moved from Melbourne to the Victorian High Country, the series has advanced to encompass my feelings about my new home surrounded, as it is, by cascading valleys and perpetually shifting weather.
The series employs predominantly paint on canvass using a woven technique to create intertwined multi-layered textures, depicting the divisions of nature, weather and man.