After a rainy day, with the sun peelers and clouds that cry..

Mary Barton

“These paintings are in oil and acrylic on linen and gouache and pen on paper. I started making them when I arrived here for this residency at Watch this Space in November 2021.

I like to capture the feeling or emotion of a place in my paintings. They are often scribbly and playful intuitive responses to my current surroundings. I feel so lucky to be in central australia. So far I have found Mparntwe/Alice Springs to be full of beautiful colours. I'm interested in memory, observation and materiality, how these elements can make a painting, how painting and drawing can be intuitive and responsive to specific anxieties and physical tactile feelings. 

Green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, grey, magenta, white, pink

Its so colourful,
Rocky,
hilly,
Rainy
Sandy,
Shrubby,
Flowing water,
Cloudy,
Storms,
Dry,
Hot,
Sunny,
Small and friendly.
The full moon”

Born in 1990, Mary Barton is a painter who completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) (Honours) at RMIT University, Melbourne. In 2019 she undertook a residency in Mumbai, India and at Goulburn Regional Gallery in NSW. In 2020 she was a finalist in the Paul Guest prize for drawing at Bendigo Art Gallery. Her works are about space, colour, time, place, memory, observation and the physical act of painting itself. 

This year she did a residency at the Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia. Originally from Kyneton, Victoria, she is currently  represented by Niagara galleries in Melbourne.

PANTRY EXHIBITION

3-12 December

OPENING

Friday 3 December, 6pm