The walls of Erin Murphy’s painting studio read like a picture dictionary sprung to life, with farmyard animals and familiar objects unfolding like fragmentary entries in a tender taxonomy of a happy-go-lucky world. Drawing on a personal library of visual references – eclectic and idiosyncratic images gleaned from scientific volumes and vintage encyclopaedias, nature illustrations and children’s books, open-source archives and the annals of art history – Erin reimagines her collected curiosities in a distinctive painterly style that blends warmly nostalgic storybook whimsy with a dash of pathos and deadpan wit.
Contacts
Michael Reid Gallery, 11b Old Hume Highway, Berrima
P. 02 8353 3535
E. southernhighlands@michaelreid.com.au
W. michaelreidsouthernhighlands.com.au/exhibition/the-gentle-wild/
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