Curator and artist Dr. Daniel Mudie-Cunningham notes, “Michelle Cawthorn’s sensual and intriguing work comes into its own, expressing conviction and maturity as she observes the passing of time in works melding figuration and abstraction. Her practice grapples with the tensions of autobiography, especially as it collides with the necessary selfinvention an artist must assert through creating unique visual forms.”
The intuitive, the subjective, the intimate hatched mark-making, finely detailed with archival ink pens (a legacy from architecture studies), the tactile washes in water-based media, are all features of Cawthorn’s mesmeric works on paper and canvas.
The Olsen Gallery title A Momentary lapse in Concentration refers as much to the fact that when the artist is working on the drawings, she cannot make mistakes, because each hatched line informs the slant of the next and ink is indelible impossible to correct […] creating amulet and talisman-like shapes, healing and protecting her practice, and ensuring visibility for this quietly powerful artist.
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Michelle Cawthorn Amulet, 2023 Archival pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
x
cm
100
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Michelle Cawthorn Rosewater, 2023 Archival pen, watercolour, and acrylic wash on Hahnemühle paper
x 80 cm
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Michelle Cawthorn Bloom, 2023 Archival pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle
paper
Archival
100 x 80
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Michelle Cawthorn Chrysalis, 2023
pen, acrylic. and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
cm
Michelle
Golden Amulet,
Archival
and
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Cawthorn
2023
pen, acrylic,
white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Promise
Archival
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Cawthorn
, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Lullaby
Archival
40 x 33 cm #34999 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Cawthorn
, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
40
33
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Michelle
Cawthorn Kin, 2023
Archival
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
x
cm
Michelle Cawthorn Little Amulet, 2023 Archival pen,
and white Flashe
40 x 33 cm #35001 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
acrylic,
on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Archival
40 x 33 cm #35002 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Cawthorn Talisman, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Archival
40 x 33
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Cawthorn Veneer, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
cm
Michelle
Moon
Archival
and
40 x 33 cm #35004 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Cawthorn
Flower, 2023
pen, acrylic,
white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Archival
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Cawthorn Semaphore, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle Cawthorn Celestial, 2023 Archival
and
40 x 33 cm #35006 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
pen, acrylic,
white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle
Archival
40 x 33 cm #35007 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Cawthorn Spell, 2023
pen, acrylic, and white Flashe on Hahnemühle paper
Michelle Cawthorn Bee, 2023 Archival pen and acrylic on Hahnemühle
40.5 x 33 cm #35008 $1,500 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
paper
40
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Michelle Cawthorn Rosewater II, 2022 Archival pen, watercolour and acrylic on Hanhnemühle paper
x 33 cm #35009 $1,500
Michelle Cawthorn The Sisters, 2023 Archival pen and acrylic on polyester 38 x 30.6 cm #35010 $1,900 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Michelle Cawthorn Compass, 2023 Archival pen and acrylic on polyester 38 x 30.6 cm #35011 $1,900 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Michelle Cawthorn Faerie Floss, 2023 Archival pen and acrylic on polyester 38 x 30.6 cm #35012 $1,900 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com
Michelle Cawthorn Embroidery, 2023 Archival pen and acrylic on polyester 38 x 30.6 cm #35013 $1,900 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025 T: +61 2 9327 3922 F: +61 2 9327 3944 ABN 38 088 015 730 E: info@olsengallery.com W: www.olsengallery.com