ABSENCE IS PRESENCE
Artists explore water issues

“…the drought was at its worst; our dam was empty…we were watching so many fruit trees we had planted wither and die. The painting copped the brunt of these emotions” – Artist, Chris Nicholls, 2007.

Absence is Presence focuses on artists whose work reflects issues of water. This series explores how drought affects us on a subconscious level and how this might manifest in artists’ work. Drought means absence; of rain, of growth, of life. Sometimes absence has the biggest presence.

Painter Chris Nicholls, Wal Wal, VIC, 2007. Now deceased, Chris' work, known as ‘My River Paintings’ depicted the degradation of rivers due to the severe drought.

Artist and lecturer Ewen Ross, Horsham, VIC, 2007. This work is from the series 'The Green Pick' which reflects the slow return of growth to a region severely affected by the drought.

ABSENCE IS PRESENCEArtists explore water issues

ABSENCE IS PRESENCE
Artists explore water issues