PhilJames – Smilex:3D & Tara Marynowsky – Brain Rain

Two significantly talented artists, PhilJames and Tara Marynowsky, are now showcasing their work at Chalk Horse Gallery throughout the month.

PhilJames’s Smilex:3D and Marynowsky’s Brain Rain collections contain notions that are distinct in style, but on closer inspection act as a perfect foil for one another.

Marynowsky uses the medium of watercolour to explore a softer and intimate style to the power of femininity. Much like a writer who writes about what they know, Marynowsky likes to work in an area that she knows inside out, herself.

“I can only really comment on what I know, being a female. That’s the basis, that’s where the focus comes from––working with a subject that I am connected to. I’m really interested in exploring different aspects of femininity, through either the [mixed media] postcard works or what I also work in, which is watercolour,” explained Marynowsky.

PhilJames’s exertions tend to highlight our image saturated society, but he insists that it’s not something he intentionally attempts to do, rather the way his work turns out as he has full faith in his ability.

“I don’t really think that hard about it, I guess I’m just part of it. So that’s just become my language I guess. I’m not setting out to make any overt political or social statements, it just happens to be how my work turns out,” said PhilJames.

It’s evident that the two possess divergent panaches, but there is one common denominator––they’ve both fashioned exceptional pieces. Come and see for yourself! (AH)

Until Dec 19. Chalk Horse Gallery, Lower Ground, 171 William Street, Darlinghurst. Info: chalkhorse.com.au 

BY ANDREW HODGSON