Solo exhibition of new works by Shyanne Clarke
12th September – 4 October, 2022
The upcoming exhibition LINGER, running from 12th September until 4th October, features a new body of work by Shyanne Clarke with the ocean as its subject. Created during a year-long residency at sub tropic studio, a creative space located in a subterranean bus station- is an initiative of the Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance and supported by Sunshine Coast Council.
For this new body of work Shyanne has experimented across multiple mediums, from acrylics to oils on canvas and charcoal works on paper, attempting to capture the depths, and the human response to the power of the sea. Pastel pops hovering above the horizon offer oblique reference to the impact of climate change and global warming on the sea and its environs.
The works encourage the observer to pause, to observe the layers and marks and mediums. To linger.
“The ocean has a depth figuratively and literally that I am eternally fascinated by. It parallels our own conscious | unconscious. Its essence is extremely difficult to capture, forcing me to lean in and really see it. I use negative space, and experiment with the fluidity of paint, mimicking its own nature and that of the sea, creating drips & spontaneous marks.” – Shyanne Clarke
