A RIPPLE EFFECT
$4,000
Ripple effect is an emotional and physical response to the tones and rhythms in daily life here. Many musicians have inspired me to paint rhythm and tone. I feel there are key links between music, colour, feeling and painting. Colour theory has been the basis and fundamental element of my painting explorations. I’m interested in portraying the feelings that colour can elicit, rather than representing something realistically. Colour can hurt me, and also evoke joy; I experience real feelings when I see colour.
My physical location also influences my work. My latest work reflects my move to Alice Springs. Living in Mparntwe has opened my eyes and ears to a sea of new colours and many different cultures. I love living in this little town, where the sky is blue. I painted this work on the veranda of my studio in the CBD. I can see the mountain from here, it follows me around when I paint.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
127 x 98cm
Artist Statement: Characterised by gestural marks, bold colours and high contrast, Mary Barton’s unapologetic paintings encapsulate atmosphere and emotion. Constructed intuitively, her work is informed by her interests in fabric, poetry, music, colour, the built environment, gardening and the natural world. Drawing particularly from her immediate surroundings, Barton utilises abstraction as a means of understanding place and belonging.
Born in Kyneton in 1990, Mary Barton completed a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours) at RMIT University and has been exhibiting her work since 2011. She undertook a residency in Mumbai, India in 2019 and was the recipient of an RMIT Education Travel Scholarship, which allowed the artist to study in New York in 2010. She was a finalist and her work was highly commended in The Alice Prize National Australian Contemporary Art Award.
Mary Barton lives and paints on unceded Arrernte country in Mparntwe, Northern Territory.
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