Holly Walsh

Untitled I, 2016

Holly Walsh

• Mixed Media on Canvas
• 180 x 180cm

• Winner of CIT Registrar's Exhibition Prize Award 2016

  Artist Statement

  I am influenced by the natural flora around me, and my
  current work explores the relationship of things being
  in and out of focus. Detailed observations of plants
  and water are contrasted by areas of haziness. I am
  influenced by chinese ink paintings of landscapes,
  and the philosophical ideas of absence as a form of
  representation. The push and pull of things being both
  representational and imagined questions the nature
  of the landscape, and I aim to capture the ephemeral
  quality of the places I am inspired by, not just their
  physical makeup. There is a beauty in everything not
  being easily read or completely in focus. The hazy
  spaces on a canvas highlight the areas of detail,
  create movement and balance. My ideas are initiated
  through the process of observational drawing, and
  through it I try to reveal my own inner world as well
  as the one I inhabit.