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CAMERON Howe with his artworks at Frankston Arts Centre. Picture: Supplied
Abstract artworks capture features of faces A SERIES of abstract artworks exploring the emotions of human faces is on display in Frankston. Faces, an exhibition by Cameron Howe, is now on display at Frankston Arts Centre’s Atrium Gallery. Howe says the abstract artworks highlight “spontaneity of thought and feeling”. “Detail is dotted, paint is scored and cut to create depth and texture, which collectively creates a distinctively original, bold and often vibrant aesthetic. Acrylic paint is
layered, often cut back with an iPod, ruler or pen, creating texture then reapplied and the process repeated,” Howe said. The exhibition features 11 pieces. Howe says that his previous submissions in Frankston Arts Centre’s open exhibitions have helped refine his artistic qualities. “Frankston Arts Centre’s open exhibitions pushed me to invest in getting works to a commercial standard, rather than throwing down the brush, and have given me my start in art with
exposure,” he said. “While I am not a trained artist, I come from a family of creatives and my childhood was dominated often daily by my mother’s concert piano pieces being played for up to five hours.” Howe is also a Kingston councillor. He has been advocating for a public art trail beginning at Patterson River since his election in 2020 (“Patterson River public art proposal progresses” The News 2/12/21). Faces is on display until 22 October.
STRIKING SEA CHANGE EXHIBITION NOW ON DISPLAY AT FRANKSTON’S CUBE 37 MELBOURNE-based artist Penelope Davis creates jellyfish forms from a collage of components. Taking the detritus of contemporary technologies and combining these with organic source material such as leaves and seaweed, Davis makes casts in silicone, then uses these casts themselves as forms. The artist hand sews these ‘skins’ together to create delicate hybrid forms that resemble jellyfish. “These works reflect on, and embody, a painstaking attempt to recuperate an appreciation for the natural world, our symbiotic relationship with it, and the necessity of our shared future,” she says. Recent curated exhibitions include Divine Abstraction, Justin Art House Museum (2016), Ex-libris – the book in contemporary art, Geelong Gallery (2014), Perceptions of Space:
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Justin Collection, Glen Eira City Gallery (2014), Missing Presumed Dead travelling to regional galleries in Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia (2013), Interieur-Exterieur at Lumas Galleries, Paris (2010), and The Apple Project, AC Institute, New York (2010). Davis’ work is held in numerous public and corporate collections nationally and internationally, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Artbank, ANZ Bank, DC Design China, Victorian College of the Arts, City of Port Phillip, BHP Billiton, University of Melbourne and private collections. Catch Sea Change at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube 37 venue, Davey St, until Saturday, 27 August. Sea Change can be viewed from the street front 24/7. For more information about the artist, visit thefac.com.au. Penelope Davis is represented by MARS Gallery, Melbourne.