Swimming Pool series no. 2 is all about fun in the backyard. The iconic backyard swimming pool is a part of growing up in an Australian culture. If you did not have the pool you had a friend who had one and that’s where everyone in the neighborhood would go for socializing. The concrete, the grass, the plastic outdoor furniture and the best of all, the pool toys! Australian Modern life is now brought back the iconic pool toys and now they are larger than life and the backdrop for every selfie upload onto the Internet.
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Artwork Details
Medium | Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang |
Dimensions | 45cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 4cm (D) |
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Artist Bio
Billy Nye thanks her Australian upbringing for the aesthetic that now dominates her work.
“My work is inspired by the simplicity of the suburban streetscape; the paradise of domesticity. I see beauty in the everyday. I feel that artists David Hockney, Reg Mombassa and Howard Arkley view the mundane world with a similar sense of admiration,”
“After spending decades of my life abroad, I return to the quaint landscape of the Mornington Peninsula in my artistic mind. It has always been, and will remain a uniquely beautiful location to me; associated with nostalgia, but also brimming with potential for the future.
“These seemingly ordinary landmarks: swimming pools, houses, fences, powerlines and suburban streets, are scenes of home. I don’t feel the need to travel anymore, as my own backyard serves as my private oasis. To me, there is no place like Australia.”