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| 'Moon Accordion', Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne Installation images: Tim Gresham “These paintings remind me of emblems. Each distinct but from a similar dream-like place where there are leaves, coat hangers, birds, fish, instruments, moons, rowboats, rocks and more… My ideas begin through drawing, and when I draw the same shape enough it starts to take on its own character, it becomes animated. I'm compelled to make a painting when a drawing has surprised me – and it feels right to turn it into a painting. I spend a lot of time wiping paint off the canvas with water, just as much time as putting paint on. I am trying to distil, simplify, almost chisel out the image I’m working on. With each painting there's moments of chance that you could never plan. That’s the inventive part and why I love doing it. I think my favourite artists I could describe them as inventors, they introduce you to their own world, to something that is personal and totally their own.” ——Martin George, 2025 |
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| Boatbuilder, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 76 x 161cm, image: A Photographic Record
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| Loose Precision, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 41 x 51cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| Golden Moment, 2024, pastel, pencil and charcoal on paper; framed, 50 x 65cm sheet, 58 x 73cm frame, image: Matthew Stanton |
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| Midnight Beach Rock, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 91 x 122cm, image: A Photographic Record
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| Paul Klee the Musician, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 91 x 122cm, image: A Photographic Record
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| Moon Accordion, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 102 x 153cm, image: Matthew Stanton
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| From Both Sides Now, 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 92 x 92cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| Bicycle for Two, 2025, acrylic on cotton canvas, 41 x 50cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| Lighthouse, 2025, acrylic on cotton canvas, 46 x 46cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| To Tie the Two Moons, 2024, acrylic on linen canvas, 76 x 102cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| Inventor (Starry Sky), 2024, acrylic on cotton canvas, 61 x 82cm, image: A Photographic Record |
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| Boat & Rock Duo, 2025, acrylic on cotton canvas; two panels, 102 x 151cm, image: A Photographic Record
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| Boat & Rock Duo (detail), 2025, acrylic on cotton canvas; two panels, 102 x 151cm, image: A Photographic Record |