Jennifer Riddle - Embrace - Scott Livesey Galleries - 2020

JENNIFER RIDDLE

JENNIFER RIDDLE EMBR ACE A Collection of Paintings 2020

SCOTT LIVESEY GALLERIES

Embrace

Informed by the current mood surrounding our disconnection to our environment and humanity, I return my thoughts to my pastoral surroundings and reflect on the past 20 years where I’ve found peace, refuge, and healing in the sublime beauty that is characteristic to this hinterland landscape in Red Hill, Victoria.

Through loss, I’ve received an understanding of the profound effect nature has on our physical and mental wellbeing — a connection that is vitally impor tant not just to our health but for the health of our natural world. With an emphasis on renewing our senses to natures beauty, my work aims to offer a reflective moment in the landscape — a silent pause from the noise that surrounds us, elevating one’s awareness in a soulful embrace with nature.

After many years of painting through empirical observations, I’ve developed a nuanced awareness of the subtleties that permeate this hinterland. From the atmospheric conditions and low southern light, to the seasonal grasses and lichen dappled branches, such details have shaped my work in recent years but are perhaps secondary to the underlying emotional expressions that have become my focus and intention when depicting the awe and beauty in these sentimental and familiar landscapes. Drawing upon my personal connection and the scientific insights of Peter Wolleben’s book, ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’, ‘The Nature Fix’ by Florence Williams and ‘The Secret Therapy of Trees’ by Marco Mencagli and Marco Nieri, I take an informed look at the profound phenomena found in nature and play homage to the interconnectedness that surrounds us all.

Through composition, expressive palette knife applications of varying intensities and delicate veils of brushwork, my work endeavours to exemplify both the physicality of strength and the poetry of grace that underlies the landscape. Whilst creating a soulful sense of space and depth within the work that offers an experience of stillness, reverence and connection.

Jennifer Riddle, 2020

E VE R C H A NG IN G 2020 acr ylic on canvas 138 x 153 cm

W H E RE TH E CR EEK BEDS L IE 2020 acr ylic on canvas 153 x 183 cm

SW E P T B Y SIL EN CE 2020 acr ylic on canvas 138 x 153 cm

PAPE RB A R K MEMOR IES 2020 acr ylic on canvas 138 x 198 cm

T H E E M B RACE 2020 acr ylic on canvas 153 x 153 cm

T R E E S TO R IES BY T H E DA M 2020 acr ylic on canvas 138 x 198 cm

FI E L D S AN D FOL IAG E 2020 acr ylic on canvas 122 x 122 cm

V E RDA N T CR A DL E 2020 acr ylic on canvas 122 x 122 cm

T R E E C ON V ER SAT IONS 2020 acr ylic on canvas 122 x 244 cm

i . G RAC E ii. WINTERS SOLACE acr ylic on canvas 61.50 x 61.50 cm

iii. EMBRACE (STUDY) iv. ILLUMINATION (STUDY) acr ylic on canvas 33.50 x 33.50 cm

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ROA D S I D E H OL LY 2020 acr ylic on canvas 122 x 122 cm

I L L U M I N ATION 2020 acr ylic on canvas 138 x 153 cm

JENNIFE R R I D D L E Born 1971

E D U C AT I O N M e lb o u r ne C o l l e ge o f De c or ation, Associate Dip lom a of Ar t, 1990- 91.

M o o r a bb i n Co l l e ge o f TA F E, Ad vanced Cer tificate in Ar t and Desi g n, 1988- 89 - pa i nt i ng under Howa rd Ar k l ey SOL O E X H I B I T I O N S 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012

‘ Emb r a c e ’, S c o tt Livesey G aller ies, Melb our ne , V I C ‘ L and R e l i c s and R eflections, G aller y O ne , S outhp or t, ,QLD ‘R e ve r e nc e – Pastur es to the Wild ’, S cott L ivesey G aller i es, Mel bour ne , VIC ‘H i t he r L a nd ’ , G aller y O ne , S outhp or t, Q L D ‘I l l us o r y L i g ht’, S alt Contem p or ar y, Q ueenscliff, V I C ‘S wo o n ’ S al t C o ntem p or ar y Ar t, Q ueenscliff, V I C ‘S i l e nt S o n g ’ G al l er y O ne , G old Coast, Q L D A r t I mage s G a l l er y, Ad elaid e , S A ‘Ex hal e ’ G al l e r y O ne , G old Coast, Q L D ‘S und ay s ’ M any ung G aller y, S or r ento, V I C ‘S o uthe r n L i g ht’ G ad fly G aller y, Dalkeith, WA ‘ Cl o u d B a l l ad s ’ Manyung G aller y, S or r ento, V I C ‘T h e W hi t e o f the Cloud ’ G ad fly G aller y, Dalkeith, WA

SE L E C TE D G RO U P E X H I B ITIO NS 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2 0 0 3 -1 2

A Pai n t e d L and s c ap e , Book L aunch Exhib ition, S p ecial Group St udi o s, Sur r y Hi l l s, NSW S c o tt L i ve s e y G a ller ies, Melb our ne , V I C S al t C o nte mp o r a r y Ar t, Q ueenscliff, V I C S al t G a l l e r y, Q u e enscliff, V I C A r t R e d H i l l , R e d H ill, V I C A r t I mage s G a l l er y, Ad elaid e , S A G al l e r y O n e , G o ld Coast, Q L D A r t R e d H i l l , R e d H ill, V I C M any ung G a l l e r y, Mt.Eliz a, V I C A r t R e d H i l l , R e d H ill, V I C Cante r bu r y A r t Show, Canter bur y, V I C ( Featur e ar tist) G ad f ly G a l l e r y, Dalkeith, WA A s s o r te d Ex hi b i t ions, Manyung G aller y, Mt Eliz a, V I C

AWA RD S A N D P R I ZE S 2019 2019 2019 2018 2018 2017 2017 2016 2016 2015 2015 2014

F i nal i s t, Pa d d i n g ton Ar t P r ize , S yd ney, N S W Pe o p l e ’s Cho i c e Aw ar d , Tatter sall’s Club Ar t P r ize , Br is ba ne , QLD Pe o p l e ’s Cho i c e Aw ar d , G lover P r ize , Evand ale ,TAS F i nal i s t, Tatte r s al l ’s Club Ar t P r ize , Br isb ane , Q L D Pe o p l e ’s Cho i c e Aw ar d , H ad ley’s Ar t P r ize , H ob ar t, TAS F i nal i s t, Pa d d i n g ton Ar t P r ize , S yd ney, N S W Pe o p l e ’s Cho i c e & Child r en’s Choice Aw ar d , G lover P r i ze , Ev a nda l e , TA S S al o n d e s R e f u s é s, E.H Er vin G aller y, S yd ney, N S W Pe o p l e ’s Cho i c e Aw ar d , Bay of Fir es Ar t P r ize , TAS F i nal i s t, G l ove r Pr ize , Evand ale , TAS W i n n e r, M o r n i ngton Peninsula S hir e’s Acq uisitive Ar t Pr i ze , VIC W i n n e r, A r t R e d H ill Ar t P r ize , R ed H ill, V I C

C OL L E C T I O N S Pa r lia m en t H o u s e , Canb e r r a , ACT M o r n in g t o n Pe ni n s u l a S h i r e , V I C E pwo r t h H o s p i t al , M e l b o ur n e , V I C

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