Exhibition catalogue for Belinda Fox solo exhibition at Gallerysmith, 2020. This body of work is set against the backdrop of the horrific 19/20 bushfire season in Australia and the beginning of the Covid19 crisis. The diverse subject matter floats between landscape and abstraction.
Instability resonates throughout these images in subtle ways. The artist says, "A seagull hovers on shaky ground, the gladiolus flowers disjointed and cut up, indigo woodcuts polarise and intercept the tranquil watercolour Dutch landscapes. Some works sit on shelves, intimate and fragile – fragments of time leaning into the stability of wall, holding onto a tiny element of solidity in a most unstable time."
