VICKI HERSEY & LOUISE KERR SOLASTALGIA Children of the Fires 29 October – 22 November We are children of the 1968 Blue Mountains fires. Our current practice of work for this exhibition has been informed by the memories of long ago that have been triggered by the catastrophic Summer of 2019. We have felt despair, distress, sadness and powerlessness in the wake of such an unequaled and traumatic Summer. We feel the need to share our considerable concerns about climate change with others. We would like to share a quote from Wendell Berry’s The Four Legged House, written in 1969 as Berry precisely expresses our desire for a different way of living. “We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.”
For enquiries and purchases please contact Louise Kerr. email: Louisekerr83@gmail.com phone: 0423 538 247 OR please contact Vicki Hersey email: vickijhersey@gmail.com phone: 0431 034 505
Braemar House and Gallery 104 Macquarie Road, Springwood Thursday - Sunday 10am-4pm email: braemargallery@gmail.com
Photographs by Peta Hinton
©2020 Vicki Hersey and Louise Kerr
1 Blue Ash, 2020, Vicki Hersey acrylic on linen 30X40cm 2 Little Blue Forest, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic and charcoal on linen 30x40cm 3 Little Forest, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic and charcoal on linen 30x40cm 4 Burnt Ground, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic and charcoal on linen
5 Mineral Blue, 2020, Vicki Hersey acrylic on linen 36x45cm 6 Mogo Hillside, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic on linen 36x45cm
7 Broken 2020 Louise Kerr Soft sculpture, hand sewn 56 cm x 76cm
8 Ember Attack 2020 Louise Kerr Soft sculpture, hand sewn 1 L23cmx W9cmx H 62cm 2 L 23cmx W 9cm x H 57cm.
9 Xanthorrheas, 2020, Vicki Hersey acrylic on canvas 40x51cm 10 Charcoal Forest, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic and charcoal on canvas 45x51cm 11 The Red tree, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic on canvas, 45x51cm
12 Remnant 2020 Louise Kerr soft sculpture, hand sewn H 118cmx W 9cm x D9cm
14 Escape from the Fire 2020 Louise Kerr Soft sculpture, hand sewn L23cm x W9cm x H50cm
13 Quiet Forest, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic on linen 92x150cm
15 Forest Floor, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic and charcoal on linen 76x102cm
16 Dingo Memorial Masks 2020 Louise Kerr Soft sculpture, hand sewn, Seven sculptures, sizes vary.
17 Burnt Hillside, 2020 Vicki Hersey acrylic on linen 76x102cm
18 After the Fire 2020 Louise Kerr Soft sculpture, hand sewn, Five sculptures, sizes vary.