ARTF2054 Drawing, Painting & Print Studio Unit Coordinator: Andy Quilty Teaching Staff: Andy Quilty and Jo Darvall
KAREN GREEN
‘FIFO - connected whilst disconnected’ This artwork expresses the desire of people working away from home to feel connected to family. My personal experiences of living with a FIFO worker and desire to use materials from each of our environments to build a connection, led to the creation of two sets of postcards. In Minesite postcards, a series of drawings utilising material found at the minesite workshop combined with remarks written on the reverse, offer a visual and meaningful insight to daily life working away. Naked Print postcards are a set of prints created through the process of using a personal blend of essential oils smeared onto naked skin and pressed to paper. A combination of painting and erasure of gouache was then used to reveal the invisible oil print. These are intended to be a visual and sensorial link to the comforts of home.
Image: Karen Green. FIFO - connected whilst disconnected. 2021. Engine oil, power steering fluid, dirt, molley grease, lithium grease, lavender oil, rose geranium oil and gouache on watercolour paper. 10.5 x 15 cm.
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