Sydney

Duality

So many thoughts swirling around my head about the series I’m sharing here. I thought it was going to be a fixation to begin with but this is bigger. I’ve long pondered what draws me to the intersection of contradictions; new and old, natural and built, dark and light, straight and curved and so on and thought it was just a matter of visual interest. What I’ve come to realise through much reading, talking and searching is that it’s much deeper than that. It’s a desire to understand the contradictions, the dichotomies, the dualities within myself. There’s too much to say on this to say it all here, but I’ll leave you with this. For all the time I’ve been looking at places where the natural environment meets the built, I thought, as someone who loves and respects nature, that I was cheering for the nature, when actually my heart lies with the built, in this case the house. My metaphor was back to front.

*Side note. There are too many photos here, I know, but in my defence I spent time with this house on two seperate days and took close to 300 photos. It was hard to choose!

**Side note two, I could have done a fixations series on the lacy curtains alone.

 
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
Elizabeth Schiavello Fine Art & Architectural Photographer
 

Metropolis

 

As promised, I’m sharing another body of work from recent years (well, a selection of images from it). This one, Metropolis, followed on from "Ships in the Night" and was also made in 2018. It continues my ongoing exploration on the theme of isolation, a theme that has taken on a whole new meaning since I made this work. In any case, I’m not done with it!

This body of work was exhibited in 2018 at Yarra Sculpture Gallery as part of the Fresh 18 Group show. These and all of my fine art works are available in limited edition prints - get in touch via the Contact page if you’d like to know more.

Metropolis

I am drawn to cities and never tire of capturing their beauty, overt and hidden. There is a certainty in the symmetries, patterns, colours and forms that is familiar and comfortable.

The city holds great appeal for me yet I feel an imbalance.

As our cities grow and sprawl, so too does our sense of isolation and loneliness. The rural villages of connected communities have given way to vast metropolises of concrete and steel, overflowing with profoundly disconnected, lonely individuals. Disconnected from each other and from nature.