Twice A Day, Every Day For The Rest Of Your Life, 2005
oil on canvas
61.0 x 152.0 cm
"The
themes of life, mortality, work, routine, and the effect of time are explored
in my Diptych and Text Paintings.
My Diptych Paintings depict images of
contemporary still life. The subject is carefully selected based on the capacity
to form an allegorical narrative. Banal objects, often repeated on each canvas,
represent a different timeframe. The difference in time may be years, days, hours,
or perhaps just moments apart. The shift in content from one canvas with the next
encourages curious inspection and tempts the viewer to discover subtle variations
within the work.
I began using text in my art in a series of Text Paintings completed in 2003. Text was used to give directions to a depicted location, from another place, on the other side of the world.
Like Rabbits In A Burrow, So Are We In The Underground, 2003
oil on canvas
66.0 x 192.0 cm
M For Mortal But Happy Days Ahead, 2006
oil on
canvas
61.0 x 152.0 cm
In an ongoing series of paintings, the use of text has been adapted to 'one liners' painted over abstract backgrounds. They're intended to be fun and counteract the more serious nature of my Diptych Paintings".
Mark Threadgold, Melbourne, 2007
Green Absract, 2007
oil on canvas
51.0 x 84.0 cm
Green
Abstract 2, 2007
oil on canvas
51.0 x 84.0 cm