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Everyday Life

A new exhibition by Lyn Harrison is usually an exhilarating psychic experience- and this one, titled Everyday Life, is no exception. I would like to suggest that the title is ironic, or at least highly inappropriate; a better title (to borrow from John Lennon) would be "Strange Days Indeed Mama..."
Most of the new paintings in this present series feature a red-haired stand-in for the artist herself, whose function seems to be that of a shaman,or a spirit medium, whose job it is to give readings of the inner world, perhaps for the benefit of the tribe in general.
This red-haired shaman is hypersensitive - perhaps a little displaced; a "fish in a forest" you might say - she is more at home with the currawongs, the white parrots,the powerful horses and the unpredictable dogs , than she is with the symbols of civilization. She has a tendency to escape, down a ladder if necessary, and then to cast her mind to the secluded shade of the nearest welcoming forest.
A feeling of almost delirious uncertainty permeates Lyn Harrison's paintings - nothing is predictable - her own hands float up in front of her eyes and entertain her with strange gestures of their own making. The conscious mind is only an impediment in this realm; it would throw doubt on the sudden appearance of the beautiful pale owl which, rather like a flying saucer, hangs motionless and silent above her until she feels she can walk on air.
This current exhibition is full of delights of a rather uncanny kind; each painting opens up a multitude of questions- not many answers. Unless, that is, we accept the implicit shamanistic warning that a greater awareness and sensitivity to the inner world of human beings, animals and nature is required of us, if our tribe is to survive at all.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  - Edwin Johnson

​ Everyday Life will open at the nolan on lovel gallery on Saturday 24th February - Sunday March 11    Exhibition extended until Sunday March 18
                                                                               You are invited to join the artist for drinks  at the opening 
                                                                                Sat 24th Feb  2-4 pm
                                                                                nolan on lovel gallery
                                                                                56A Lovel St Katoomba NSW 2780
                                                                                t : 024782 6231
                                                                                e: gallery@nolanonlovel.com.au
                                                                               w: nolanonlovelgallery.com.au
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