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| Built Up Pastel 65 x 45 cm SOLD |
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| Edge of Suburbia Pastel 34 x 45 cm SOLD |
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| Every Town has an Elizabeth Pastel 57 x 42 cm |
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| Finding Your Way Pastel 51 x 70 cm SOLD |
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| Guardians Pastel 35 x 46 cm |
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| Otherness Pastel 58 x 84 cm |
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| St George Against the Mountain Pastel 62 x 42 cm |
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| Town Belt Pastel 45 x 30 cm |
Finding a Place
Artist Statement
Stephanie Parkyn
The title for this exhibition came, quite literally, when I
was finding a place to live in Launceston after leaving Hobart in 2014. This
unsettling resettling process lends itself to closer examination of the urban
environment and our place in it. In the hillslopes of both Hobart and Launceston,
the tension between wild bush and tamed gardens is evident. In our townscapes
we seek order and control. From the moment that the first colonial fence posts
were put into the ground, the concept of wilderness was born, creating an
illusion of separation between human society and its environment.
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