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Anne Mossman is a ceramic artist who draws inspiration from the environment around her home in the Gold Coast hinterland.
For her new exhibition Beauty & Awe, on display at Tweed Regional Gallery from Friday 16 July, Mossman has been inspired by the disparate colours and tones of eucalypt tree trunks.
“The bark peels off in sheaths to reveal nude-like patches of new ‘skin’, which is invariably smooth and lighter-coloured than other parts of the bark. The contrast in colours and tones is wondrous,” Mossman said. “I like to capture this phenomenon in my large cylindrical vessels with varying gradations of colours delineated by black lines”.
During the devastating 2019–20 bushfire season Mossman began to see as much terror as beauty in the large eucalypts that surround her home. Seeing the potential treacherous nature she said: “My palette has moved to also include more reds, blacks and oranges and with this, an increasing sense of movement and chaos”.
Mossman uses coloured porcelain in the nerikomi technique, where porcelain is stained, layered and manipulated to form variously striated blocks of clay. The blocks are subsequently sliced and rearranged to form vessels.
Tweed Regional Gallery Director Susi Muddiman OAM said the Gallery was proud to present Anne Mossman’s work as part of its Community Access Exhibitions Program.
“Anne is an accomplished ceramicist with a distinctive practice. The vessels she has created for this exhibition reflect the beauty and awe experienced when in nature,” Ms Muddiman said.
Beauty & Awe: Anne Mossman is on display at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre from Friday 16 July to Sunday 19 September 2021.
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