The Covid Shutdown Series 2020, Online Only, Damien Minton Presents
Artist’s notes for Five Swatch Motifs for The Covid-19 Shutdown series
In isolation, Instagram images and stories can expand one’s company. The conviviality of art, actions and ideas of others encourages and inspires.
My appreciation of many intriguing posts of textile artworks suggested the idea to make pictures in the form of patterns for fabric samples or swatches: Five Swatch Motifs.
“Sometimes held in my mind’s eye for a day or two, ideas and visual encounters that strike my imagination transcribe as reflections. I like the fluency of brush and water color for this process. How and why particular things manifest seems to me a timely mystery.”
Thank you, Damien Minton for the opportunity to be a contributing artist to your Covid -19 Shutdown series. http://damienmintonpresents.com/#/the-covid-shutdown-series/
Day 1. Swatch motif one
ASCLEPIUS ( Heal Health Workers)
The son of Apollo, Asclepius the ancient Greek god of healing had five daughters, each one a goddess for an aspect of the healing process. To this day his staff, wreathed in a non-venomous snake,represents the healing aspects of the medical arts.
20cm x 20cm polychromepattern, water color on A3 paper
#contemporaryaustralianart #solidarityincovidtimes #fabricswatch #healhealthworkers #Asclepius #watercoloronpaper #covidshutdownseries
Day 2. Swatch motif two
Isolation Indigo Toile
Artists,craftspeople, cooks,musicians,practice their workin lockdown.Some post on social media.NIRIN,the 22ndBiennale of Sydneyhas gone virtual.
Bat habitats are threatened by Anthropocene incursions such as urban sprawl, land clearing, mining, over collection of guano, cave destruction. Bats are often considered ‘keystone species’ essential to some desert and tropical ecosystems, playing key roles in pollination, seed dispersal and consumption of insects such as mosquitos. (Batcon.org)
20cm x 20cm, monochrome indigo pattern, water color on A3 paper
#contemporaryaustralianart #solidarityincovidtimes #toilefabric #decorativearts #indigo
#monochrome #lockdowntextiles #covidshutdownseries #extinctionrebellion
Day 3. Swatch motif three
Dissolve
20cm x 20cm, polychrome pattern, water color on A3 paper
#contemporaryaustralianart #solidarityincovidtimes #rainbowbubbles #handwashing #fabricswatch #watercolouronpaper #covidshutdownseries #goldenageofsoap
Day 4. Swatch motif four
Distanced Madder Toile
boundaries, spaces, tides, currents, islands, boats, vehicles, vignettes, keep social distance.
20cm x 20cm, monochrome rose madder pattern, water color on A3 paper
#contemporaryaustralianart #solidarityincovidtimes #toilefabric #decorativearts #rosemadder #monochrome #lockdowntextiles #vignettes #covidshutdownseries
Chiropterophily (Bats in Baobab trees at night) Kimberly Baobabs (Adansonia Gregorio) pollinated by Black Fying Foxes (Pteropus alecto)
Polychrome pattern, watercolour 20cmx20cm on A3 paper.
#worldbiodiversityday2020 #sustainableliving #fundraiser #atlasoflivingaustralia #contemporaryaustralianart #solidarityincovidtimes #lockdowntextiles #polychromepattern #Kimberlybaobabs #covidshutdownseries #extinctionrebellion #anthropoceneincursions #anthropocene #watercolouronpaper
Means of production for ‘Five Swatch Motifs’
My contribution to the Covid-19 Shutdown Series, week 4.
Week 1, Chips Mackinolty, week 2 Toby Zoates, week 3, Wendy Murray, week 4 Toni Warburton.
Profits to Researchereye Wappayalawangka Professional Development Fund for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers in Central Australia.
#solidarityincovidtimes #fundraiser
Links & Downloads
Artist notes, Covid Shutdown Series 2020 – https://www.toniwarburton.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Artists-notes-TW-for-The-Covid-19-Shutdown-series.pdf
Damien Minton Presents – http://damienmintonpresents.com/#/the-covid-shutdown-series/