Gabbi Lancaster – Topaz
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Gabbi Lancaster is an inspiring artist full of the good vibes with her art centred on sharing tenderness and the power of healing. She does this through concentrating on peaceful themes such as light reflecting on water.
Gabbi said, “Watching light change is meditative. Also water is healing and connective. Just listening to the whispers of the water repairs people.”
She also uses memory photographs to capture time change. In this fast paced world time is something we don’t have enough of. We don’t have time to get everything done. So why not just take the time to watch time change in a series of photos?
Essentially this is the message that Gabbi wants to get across in her new exhibition Topaz.
An exhibition which reflects Gabbi’s deep commune with … ‘ healing nature’ which she observes every day walking along the coast, sitting by rock pools or just working in the garden. Gabbi says that the sound of trees helps her block out the constant chatter of technology and negate the self doubt that can creep up on all of us.
Also on exhibit are her paintings of embracing figures sharing intimate moments bathed in love which is about re-establishing the need for tenderness in all our relationships. Her process is layer upon layer of paint applied and then peeled away, like peeling an onion , to reveal the truth of an artwork.
“Sometimes I have to let go of what I thought something was. Otherwise it’s a struggle and I don’t like to see the struggle in my paintings,” she explained.
Gabbi will be including workshops too on life drawing of art models and dancers using different pieces of music to motivate and inspire.
Until Nov 25. ARO Gallery, 51 William St, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
By Renee Dallow
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