Gaynor Hartvigsen
Works featured in Solastalgia: an antidote at Fabrik Arts and Heritage, Lobethal 2020
To Be Still
hollow log, inscribed eucalyptus leaves 2020
“This works offer quiet contemplation of what we might learn from nature in these difficult times. Trees link us with the past, present and the future. They speak not only of the cycle of life and death, but of re-growth, healing and the promise of hope.”
Gaynor Hartvigsea
Image: Jo Wilmot
South Coast Regional Art Centre, Goolwa 2018
“My art practice over many years is a response to the changing landscape, and the process of gathering, constructing and painting is a way to express my deep yearning for solace and the desire for a practical optimism for the future.
Collected from the exposed lake bed are old tyres, tubeworm casings, turtle shells, freshwater mussels, dead fish and rubbish; all detritus that testifies to the heart-breaking destruction of the natural environment near my home on the Fleurieu peninsula. In 'Home', a fragile vessel of Melaleuca bark from remnant trees which once grew profusely along the lake shore, holds tiny seeds of hope.”
Gaynor Hartvigsen
Home
tyre, tube worm castings, melalueca bark, salt, egg shell & linen thread 2018
Image: Gaynor Hartvigsen
A Dream of Water
mixed media on canvas 2001 - 2018
Image: Gaynor Hartvigsen
About the Money
rustic cashbox, fish bones, turtle shell fragments, fresh water mussel shells & tube worm castings from Lake Alexandrina, graphite and paint 2001 - 2018
Image: Jo Wilmot
For more information on Gaynor’s work, visit Gaynor Hartvigsen’s Stone Mill on Facebook.