Flight and Balance
Lyn’s latest exhibition will be held at the -
Nolan on Lovel Gallery
56A Lovel Street
Katoomba NSW 2780
Tuesday 18th February - Sunday 2nd March 2014
Official Opening on Wednesday 19th February 6 - 8pm
Nolan on Lovel Gallery
56A Lovel Street
Katoomba NSW 2780
Tuesday 18th February - Sunday 2nd March 2014
Official Opening on Wednesday 19th February 6 - 8pm
Raucous Friends As one of Australia’s most experienced and respected artists Lyn Harrison shows no sign of flagging in her creative output. Her new exhibition, Flight and Balance, at the Nolan on Lovel Gallery demonstrates a tremendous assurance in style and content – the underlying emotion being one of almost manic joy.
Those who are familiar with Lyn’s work will be delighted to once again encounter her red-haired alter ego, dressed in a pink tutu, cavorting with a disreputable gang of sulphur –crested cockatoos, swooping, spinning , somersaulting, complete with circus hoops and juggling balls, and even growing wings to accompany her companions in a burlesque aerial ballet.
Lyn says that the parrot theme was partly suggested by her three year old granddaughter Molly, who on a visit to the Mountains, pointed at the sky and exclaimed “Look Granny, it’s a carrot !”
On a deeper level the paintings suggest a dreamlike identification with these raucous-voiced participants so intense that she becomes one of them. Woman becomes parrot; parrot becomes woman. Occasionally she descends to earth, and demonstrates balancing skills on the back of her faithful blue stead; while the familiar dog with the serrated teeth looks on in delight. At other times she ascends high into the heavens with her parrot friends, leaving the horse and dog staring forlornly into the sky. More than any of her recent shows this set of twenty acrylic paintings invites the viewer into an exhilarating, imaginative experience.
Those who are familiar with Lyn’s work will be delighted to once again encounter her red-haired alter ego, dressed in a pink tutu, cavorting with a disreputable gang of sulphur –crested cockatoos, swooping, spinning , somersaulting, complete with circus hoops and juggling balls, and even growing wings to accompany her companions in a burlesque aerial ballet.
Lyn says that the parrot theme was partly suggested by her three year old granddaughter Molly, who on a visit to the Mountains, pointed at the sky and exclaimed “Look Granny, it’s a carrot !”
On a deeper level the paintings suggest a dreamlike identification with these raucous-voiced participants so intense that she becomes one of them. Woman becomes parrot; parrot becomes woman. Occasionally she descends to earth, and demonstrates balancing skills on the back of her faithful blue stead; while the familiar dog with the serrated teeth looks on in delight. At other times she ascends high into the heavens with her parrot friends, leaving the horse and dog staring forlornly into the sky. More than any of her recent shows this set of twenty acrylic paintings invites the viewer into an exhilarating, imaginative experience.
