Forcefield

Exhibition opening: Saturday 1 June

1 June – 11 August 2024

 Kim Mahood East of Alice looking North 2024 pastel and ink on paper (diptych)

To draw or paint a place is an act of deep attention and perseverance. It requires you to bring all your senses to the task – to listen and look and feel, and to translate the multi-dimensional repertoire of sensations into marks on a two-dimensional surface. Even a bad drawing is an act of homage. A good drawing is a gift to both the artist and the place.

Through this series of drawings, and the energy, attention, trepidation and discomfort expended in producing them, I hope to communicate something of the unsettling awe this ever-present, ever-changing, enigmatic landscape produces in me.

Kim Mahood

Kim Mahood at the Forcefield exhibition opening during Araluen 40th Anniversary celebration © Sara Maiorino