Works featured in Solastalgia: in the time of Covid 2020

Plates of Curiosity

Oil on Belgian linen 2020

“Who has not collected a shell, a feather, a twig bent just so, an intriguing natural form?

From my collection of curiosities of nature these very small treasures are given a new life in a painting, a resurrected life you could say, simply because they are loved enough for me to do so.”

Louise Feneley

Works featured in Solastalgia: an antidote at Fabrik Arts and Heritage, Lobethal 2020

“The German theologian Rudolf Otto claimed that the numinous experience has two aspects: mysterium tremendum, which invokes fear and trembling; and mysterium fascinans, which attracts, fascinates and compels. To me the ancient, mysterious, wilderness sanctuary of Arkaroola bears both these qualities.  It has the ability to provoke awe and humility in the face of its inherent power, but also compels a lowly human to remain silent, and absorb the subtle force of its strange, ‘uncommon beauty’.

To paint it is like offering obeisance to, and respect for, age and wisdom, the passage of time, for the way the forces of life sculpt and carve, for the facets and subtle intricacies that are exposed by these forces, and for the resemblance to ancient skin.

The act of paying attention with ones intuition alerted is a rare privilege in an age of precocious technology and unrestrained desire for attainment. But the Earth remains constant, shuffling to balance itself now and then, patiently awaiting our common sense.

Via paint and light I say, here is an uncommon beauty brought about by the passage of time, shaped by its story, and the elements that have played upon it.”

Louise Feneley

The Mountain Remains Still

Oil on Belgian linen 2011

The Hope of the Dancing Garden

Oil on Canvas 2020

Lost Mother

Oil on Belgian linen 2012

For more information for Louise’s work, visit: https://www.louisefeneley.com/