Sunday, September 29, 2013

EXHIBITION SUMMER’S DREAM EXPLORES THEMES OF UTOPIA

The exhibition will feature at the Eltham Library Community Gallery from Thursday 3 October until Monday 28 October.

Opening Saturday October 5th from 2 pm until 4pm.

Summer’s Dream, an exhibition of oil paintings by local artist Debbie Robinson entices viewers to leave behind the chaos of modern life.

Debbie Robinson’s work concerns the figure in the landscape; exploring themes of the ritual and spiritual, a sense of wonder and the search for mythical paradise. Composition is an important factor in her work as is decorative pattern and the contrast between three dimensional figures amongst two dimensional landscape elements. Her figures are frequently absorbed in their activity, unaware of the spectator’s presence whilst the landscape acts as a stage for human drama in which there is no clear division between what is real and what is imagined.
 
Debbie has exhibited in group and solo shows in various galleries around Australia and has been a finalist in prestigious competitions such as The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize, The Nillumbik Prize and the Kilgour Prize for figurative painting. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from RMIT and a Masters of Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne whereat she was awarded the Cultural Connotations Art Curatorship Award.  
 

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