ROSELLA NAMOK - STINGING RAIN

 ROSELLA NAMOK
STINGING RAIN,  2016
151 x 202 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Lockhart River, QLD
Fireworks, QLDCooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
In this series of Stinging Rain, Rosella Namok uses various implements to scrape the painted surface. Stinging Rain - is part of a glowing work painted and this work is in a soft palette. In this work, rhythmic parallel lines paced obliquely to the vertical direction, take the moody narrative forward, their razorsharp gashes to the painted surface, created by a fine edged scraping tool. This work relates to fishing from a boat on the river during a downpour. ā€�Itā€™s always good when it starts to rain ā€¦ it stings your face and stirs up the fish underneath.ā€™