Room with a View Dylan Jones October 6 - October 24, 2021
Dylan Jones in the Studio. Brisbane, Australia. Photographer: Mark Dobson.
As an artist, I believe it is important to push towards a new challenge rather than staying static. With this in mind, during early 2021 I deliberately placed myself amongst the iconic landscape of Sydney Harbour. An environment I previously would have deemed too beautiful to paint. Throughout time, artists have been drawn to this site as a source of inspiration. Masters such as Arthur Streeton, Margaret Preston and Brett Whiteley all depicted their unique vision and response to this place and revealed the harbour with a certain unimaginable brilliance. Room with a View offers a fresh take on the subject and allows me to make my own mark on this lineage. Each work portrays the harbour in a more humble light, granting me the tranquility to digest the environment’s overwhelming beauty on my own terms. Instead of seeking out the conventional ‘postcard vistas’ we are accustomed to seeing, I positioned my entire focus through the east-facing window of my accommodation when painting each work. The physical act of distancing myself from the landscape allowed my viewpoint to become less site specific. I was able to respond to the immediacy of my surroundings in order to reimagine structures and scenes of the everyday in a new, ubiquitous setting. The paintings do not settle on an exact moment in time, but instead have an ephemeral quality. The approach is one of subtlety and softness, inviting the viewer to lull in each spacious composition. — Dylan Jones, 2021
Signs of Life 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 110 x 76 cm. $5900
The Romance of Elsewhere 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 72 x 54 cm. $3300
Let It Wash Over You 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 110 x 76 cm. $5900
An Old Flame 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 110 x 76 cm. $5900
The Lights Are On but Nobody’s Home 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 72 x 112 cm. $5900
I Feel Like I’ve Known You for Years 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 72 x 112 cm. $5900
A Long Tall Drink of Water 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
Don’t Be a Perv 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
Everyone’s a Little Afraid of the Dark 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
I Dare You to Swim to the Other Side 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
I’m Exactly Where I Need to Be 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
If You Squint, You Can See It 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
Introduced Species 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
Light Before the Storm 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
Keep Calm and Don’t Plant a Palm 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
Not a Bad Day for It 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
Surely You Packed a Life Jacket 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
That Didn’t Last Long 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 18 x 26 cm. $1100
The Ferry’s Fucking Late Again 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
The Lost City of Atlantis 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
The Rich Man’s Sport 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
When You Cross Over 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
You’re Always in the Way 2021 Gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, Tasmanian oak frame, 26 x 18 cm. $1100
Window view, Kirribilli, Sydney.
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