ROD GRAY
the stone citadel
oil on linen
2024
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the citadel
opens at Parslow Street Studios April 6th from 5pm
1 Parslow Street Clifton Hill
this body of work has formed during pursuit of more medieval pictorial space. this work – the stone citadel – is a culmination of these considerations
copious drawings and several study-like paintings have lead to this layered approach to a composition
During 2023, which was a busy year for me, I exhibited this work – deluge – in an exhibition with Climarte at their gallery in Richmond, Melbourne
The exhibition was looking at the economics of climate change. I had made a small painting which I proposed doing a larger version of this being the result.
I was looking at images from the floods in northern New South Wales that followed after fires. and had seen a photo of a flooded house on fire which seemed particularly stark
Grotto [ no. 3 ] : Source
oil on canvas
240 x 240 mm
2022
In partnership with Satellite Projects the window display on Victoria Parade will become a trio of grottoes
Featuring works from the cave and grotto suites from 2022
The works are available for sale via the Satellite Projects website
brattlings
acrylic on paper
760 x 560
2020-22
This work ‘ brattlings ‘ is included in a group show opening on November 2nd 6 -8 PM
CLIMARTE gallery 120 Bridge Road Richmond All Welcome
go to CLIMARTE for more details
Vanishing: once enchanting: achingly beautiful homes to millions of species: rich carbon sinks: lungs of the planet: symbols of our unconscious since forever: beyond critically endangered keys to life on Earth – FORESTS.
The invaluable role that forests play in the Earth’s vital ecosystems is beyond question. Forests need defending like our lives depend on them.
This exhibition maps Australia’s critically endangered forests, honours the communities protecting them and invites new defenders.
With works by Karena Goldfinch, Rod Gray, Pia Johnson, Steve Kuiter, Lucille Martin, Sarah McConnell, Julian Meehan, Jill Redwood, Lisa Roberts, Chris Taylor and Sarah Rees.
Creative Producer, Karena Goldfinch.
Exhibition details:
Where: CLIMARTE Gallery 120 Bridge Rd, Richmond
When: 2 to 26 November 2022
Opening event: 2 November, 6pm to 8pm
The exhibition will be officially opened by Dr Chris Taylor, renowned photographer and Research Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University.
Associated event:
5 November, 1pm – a public event welcoming children and parents from the Abbotsford Early Learning Centre in conversation with Creative Producer and participating artist Karena Goldfinch and President of Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum, Steve Meacher.
FORESTS: The Last Stand was made possible thanks to grants from The Australia Council for the Arts and the City of Yarra.
This is JupiterShot, a collage I’ve made in the gallery during the Ash exhibition. I draw and paint in such a layered and painstaking way that sometimes it completely blasts the mainframe of my consciousness to make some direct collage. This work is part of The Book of Fire which you will see more of over time on this site or my instagram
This work prefigured a return to drawing for me and seemed to trigger an analysis of the whole september 11 event which was being memorialised at the time.
CrashTest was a breakthrough painting exhibited in ASH at Space 39 in 2017. The flattening of the picture plane, the primary colours and the viewpoint all opened out the paint surface and felt utterly unique in my work process up to that point.
