SPILT

This piece is very characteristic of my abstract work built up from a 'birds eye view' of place and journeys. The colour scheme of blues and yellows are surrounded by black areas worked by the brush.
Tiny marks of red appear in surprising places. As I was completing this work I heard the news the Yes referendum giving indigenous First Nations peoples a Voice in the Australian National Parliament had not succeeded. I was so saddened, and thus the title 'SPILT'.

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MaryLin’s distinctive style of contemporary abstract expressionist work forms a dynamic connection between the artist’s inner and outer worlds. The painted images reference the colours and rhythmic forms of the natural environment, with layered shapes, subtle tones, free brush marks and textures inviting the viewer into psychological and emotive imaginative spaces.

A deeply internalised translation of the organic processes of emotive growth and psychological change inform these paintings. They resonate with open possibility, luminosity, meaning and emotional energy. The explorative abstract images are embedded in experimentation with art materials and tools throughout the making of each artwork.

MaryLin lives and creates her artwork in the temperate rainforest area of the Dandenong Ranges near Narrm, Melbourne; and is qualified with both a bachelor’s degree in painting and many years of joyous engagement with this contemporary and ancient art form. She has been involved in many group art shows and is currently enjoying an artist’s residency as an emerging artist within the group artist’s studios at Burrinja Cultural Centre in Upwey.

MaryLin’s abstract expressionist paintings are created in acrylic and other media with a particular focus on vigorous brushwork and rhythmic composition. The resonant and dynamic abstractions thus formed invite the viewer to interpret the artwork with their own perceptions..