ROSELLA NAMOK - STINGING RAIN...WET SEASON
ROSELLA NAMOK
STINGING RAIN...WET SEASON, 2015
88 x 122 cm
acrylic on canvas
PROVENANCE
Lockhart River, QLD
Fireworks, QLDCooee Art Gallery, NSW
STORY
�Yes especially when you are in the boat…you will see that rain fall down especially when you are cruising … you feel that sting on your face it gets very very cold.” Rosella NamokIn 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. �It’s always good when it starts to rain … it stings your face and stirs up the fish underneath.’
EXHIBITED
Cooee Art at The Sydney Fair, May 2017, Royal Hall of Industry