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Posted On: September 8th 2026, 05:24 am
“When there is nothing left there is still something” opens @annparkergallery this Friday 11th of September from 6pm I’ll be around for anyone who may be in Whanganui…
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Considering destruction as a form of creation, I am thinking of the house fire image to reflect current universal anxieties surrounding loss, uncertainty and radical change yet also suggests a renewal, a fresh start from which new ideas and methods of working can have an opportunity to develop. I like the idea of reinvention which is made possible by the knowledge gained through the erasure of something old.
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Layering charcoal scraped from a burnt out house I experimented with a process to construct an image of this found house fire to bring the material world into this work which sits between but isn’t quite photography, printmaking, collage and drawing. An object made from the materials the image represents.
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“Fully Gutted, Ready For You To Make Your Mark”
Refined charcoal from a burnt out house on ACM panel
420x520mm
2026
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Considering destruction as a form of creation, I am thinking of the house fire image to reflect current universal anxieties surrounding loss, uncertainty and radical change yet also suggests a renewal, a fresh start from which new ideas and methods of working can have an opportunity to develop. I like the idea of reinvention which is made possible by the knowledge gained through the erasure of something old.
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Layering charcoal scraped from a burnt out house I experimented with a process to construct an image of this found house fire to bring the material world into this work which sits between but isn’t quite photography, printmaking, collage and drawing. An object made from the materials the image represents.
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“Fully Gutted, Ready For You To Make Your Mark”
Refined charcoal from a burnt out house on ACM panel
420x520mm
2026
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