A Shared Path, Off The Kerb Gallery, 2021.
A solo exhibition of watercolour paintings that follow the trails along Melbourne’s Yarra River and Merri Creek.
14–29 January 2021
Off The Kerb
66B Johnston Street
Collingwood VIC 3066
The exhibition consists of a series of framed original watercolours, and an edition of five signed & numbered prints of each work.
A Creek Bend #1 (Early morning, Winter)
View Over Quarries Park (Mid morning, Winter)
Merri Labyrinth (Mid morning, Winter)
Last Rays of The Day (Dusk, Winter)
A Quiet Bench by a Misty River (Noon, Winter)
First Rays of the Day (Early morning, Spring)
Backlit Leaves at Sundown (Evening, Spring)
Solitutde (Noon, Spring)
Shimmering Creek on a Clear Day (Noon, Summer)
About the exhibition
These watercolour paintings follow the trails along the Yarra River and the Merri Creek—spaces in which I commute, exercise and get lost in—a green wonderland within Melbourne’s urban north.
I planned for this exhibition to celebrate Autumn in lockdown: it became a four season show.
Finding private, tranquil, natural space within the public realm became important for more people in lockdown.
Finding privacy in shared space channels the sense of a community collectively soothing the stress of a turbulent year with the help of back-lit leaves, a summer breeze, a winter sunrise: a shared path.
Tangled Backlit Leaves (Early Morning, Summer)
Deep Rock Waterhole (Mid afternoon, Summer)
A Creek Bend #2 (Mid morning, Early Summer)
A Shared Path (Late afternoon, Autumn)
Behind the Velodrome (Sundown, Autumn)
Beneath a Canopy (Mid morning, Autumn)
A Creek Bend #3 (Early morning, Autumn)
Exhibition documentation by Tim Gresham: http://www.timgresham.com/
