Over the fence: Geoffrey Head

Name: Over the fence: Geoffrey Head
Start: 2025-01-10T09:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-01-10T15:30:00+10:00
Location: Gatakers Artspace

Schedule

Fri Jan 10 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:30 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

Gatakers Artspace | Maryborough, QL

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
The works explore the beauty and diversity in this borrowed landscape. A range of flora has been observed and photographed from different viewpoints and at different times of the year. The resultant images have been enhanced and manipulated using digital processes. This creates an idea of celebration where the natural, organic forms are transformed into vibrant lines and shapes.
Geoffrey lives in a newly developed area with some adjacent, natural vegetation remaining and this random formation of plant life contrasts greatly with the more structured gardens in their yard. Geoffrey is always appreciative of having this bushland so close by.
The artworks draw attention to the way suburban development can have an impact on the natural environment. Any landscape which remains should be valued as a habitat and respected for its necessity, vibrancy, and energy. Most of the artworks were created in 2020 when travel was more restricted, and it meant looking closer to home for inspiration.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁
Born and raised in Rockhampton, Geoffrey has been living and working in Gladstone as an art educator and artist for the past 40 years. During this time his art practice has focussed primarily on painting and drawing with the inclusion of printmaking in more recent years.
His painting works involve stylized imagery depicting natural and built environments, figures, or forms of texts. The majority include the heavy use of visual texture with colour and line also as dominant elements. While his main medium is oil on canvas, he introduces colour and texture into compositions through the application of aerosols, and the collaging of parts of his old canvases. His printmaking works explore the lino cut and screen-printing mediums, along with digital processes.
Geoffrey’s later works reflect a response to his surroundings – both the natural landscape and architecture. This new imagery includes the form and structure of plants and found ecosystems, styles of residential architecture and the interaction of housing development with the natural environment.
𝘐𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘦: "𝘞𝑖𝘭𝑑 𝐺𝘳𝑎𝘴𝑠 𝑤𝘪𝑡𝘩 𝘈𝑔𝘦𝑟𝘢𝑡𝘶𝑚", 2020, 𝑐𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑡𝘦𝑠𝘺 𝘰𝑓 𝑎𝘳𝑡𝘪𝑠𝘵