Un Ar Deg , Sauerbier House Residency, 2007
Sauerbier Art House is an historic villa on the riverbank of Port Noarlunga, which was transformed into a site-responsive contemporary art centre in 2015. It offers artist / writer in-residence, an art gallery, a writing gallery, temporary art projects in the grounds, and hosts arts and cultural events. Sauerbier Art House is dedicated to the creation of living cultural dialogues and local creative exchanges.
In 2015/16, I completed the four-month Sauerbier House residency. This residency provided a studio but not accommodation, so I camped on Lot 50 Kanyanyapilla in McLaren Vale. Prior to leaving for Australia I had been reading a story (Mermandho by Lynette Solomen-Dent) and translating into Cymraeg. On my arrival at Saierbier House, I decided to translate the story using the landscape of the area, especially the landscape and trees of Lot 50 Kanyanyapilla.
Six months later I had an exhibition at Fountain Gallery in Port Augusta.
Each day when I would go walking, I would take a small canvas and some acrylic paints and paint something that interested me during the walk. Some of these scretch paintings became the source for the bigger works in the exhibition.
Italowie Turnoff
Canvas on acrylic, 106.5×81cm