Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Flinders Ranges




Well I'm back from the Flinders Ranges and already I miss it. I know I haven't even scratched the surface there and I look forward to travelling there again.

24 new colours in total and some of those really surprised me, from light green through to subtle blue.

The highlight of the trip was a visit to Iga Warta in the northen Flinders. John, an Adnyamathanha man who grew up there, took me and my family out to the ochre pits and very kindly allowed me to collect some of their sacred ochres - red, purple, yellow, white and olive.

The ochres are very important to indigenous culture. For tens of thousands of years and into the present day they have been used as currency for trade, in spiritual rights of passage, as medicine and in initiations and other ceremonies. To be permitted access and insight to these colours is a great honour and I am very appreciative.

I've processed the majority of colours and I'm over the moon with my new palette. I'm painting with some of the oldest pigments the planet has to offer, pigments that have come through a gulf of time I cannot begin to fathom.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Twitter!

Hi All
Hope you're well and forging along strong!
Just to let you know I'm on TWITTER! Finally I know, it really is a good way to share.
You can find me with this
@scott_marr
Hope to see you there!

Also a little piece for my show coming up at Peter Walker Fine At in Adelaide on the 21st of march!
Im going to drive over then head up into the desert to collect pigments, follow the progress on twitter if you like!



Pyrography, ochres, eucalypt sap, bark wash, coriopsis flower and plane tree charcoal on ply
30 by 31 cm


Regards

Scott

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Time Lapse



"Anonymous caller"

This piece is based on a guy who lit a bush fire then rang the police to report it under the guise of a good samaritan!
He was caught a few months after the incident.
I collected the charcoal and ash for this piece from the fire site, it was very eerie, so quite and completely void of its original identity!



Quantum mechanics"



"Parallels"



"The very naughty french curator"