JANINE GOOD

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2010 RAINBOWS@COWES, PHILLIP ISLAND

Solo exhibition - Secret Language of Trees

- Dec 2010 - Feb 2011


Gippsland artist Janine Good presents a body of work that dramatically reflects the spiritual and emotional attachment she has for the vast and beautiful world of nature.


“To me trees are like living time capsules. The bark of older trees - the ancient eucalypts - show scars made by insects and weather, scratches and marks made by animal and human activity, some of the oldest having witnessed massive historical changes over their centuries-long lives. My artistic eye is drawn to these marks that have become my primary inspiration for more than a decade.”

Rainbows@Cowes Bazaar & Gallery

223 Settlement Rd Cowes VIC 3922

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Tangerine Moon, Oil on canvas, 157x122cm

As Evening Falls, Oil on canvas diptych, 90x180cm

Seeking Nectar, Oil on canvas diptych, 120x180cm

Private Collection SA

Open Secret, Oil on canvas, 157x122cm

Harvest Moon,

Oil on canvas, 152x76cm

Tidal Flow

Oil on canvas, 152x76cm

Snake at my Feet,

Oil on canvas, 100x57cm

Banksia Aura,

Oil on canvas, 100x57cm

First Flight Black Cockatoo

Oil on canvas, 100x57cm

Private Collection

Final Flight Bogong Moth

Oil on canvas, 100x57cm

Private Collection

Unspeakable Unspoken, Oil on canvas, 157x137cm

Janine’s paintings reflect her interest in the interplay between micro elements found in the landscape and macro views of the landscape as a whole. She utilises scarred and imperfect surfaces of natural forms such as bark, seeds, leaves, insects, extracting a kind of natural graffiti of marks. Through improvised layering of paint, she assembles the imagery to create visually tactile compositions, instilled with narrative of a personal journey. These richly colourful explorations capture a timeless quality present in the Australian landscape similar to the way an opal preserves the Australian light.  Her paintings offer a beautiful insight and awareness of the landscape while celebrating the delicate yet chaotic intricacies of the natural world.

Crowded Conversation

Oil on canvas, 122x61cm

Heartstrings

Oil on canvas, 122x61cm

Private Collection

Shy Form, Pastel & Charcoal on Lana, 61x41cm

New Wings 1,

Pastel & gouache on

board 40x19cm

Private Collection UK

Sub Terrain,

Oil & Acrylic on stained

Canvas 61x41cm