Seclusion

I would describe this as the most delicate work I have painted. This work is a break from my usual technique. The colours are light and transportive.

This work is about seclusion. The figure has taken refuge amosgtst flowers, which is a strange place because flowers attract so much attention. Their seclusion is compromised. The figure is in a loving natural environment. The birds come. Shielded from the harshness of a grinding world.
They hold an emotional umbrella. It’s back up, for when the flowers fail.

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Garth is a self taught artist from Western Sydney.

An award winning and published poet, he has painted on and off for two decades, but has now committed to his art practice full time.

Garth identifies as an outsider artist, and with a diagnosis of autism, refers to his work as naive expressionism.

Garth's work is a tool for reflection and unpacking. His bold primary and fluro works are offset by muted black and whites, a back and forth of balance.

Having won the Westmead Hospital art prize in 2011, you will find Garth's work hanging prominently in Westmead and Mount Druitt hospitals, as well as in private collections.

He has just been awarded the first prize art award of the Blue Fringe Art Festival, October 2022.