Admist the Jewels of Us - Day Series

Amidst the Jewels of Us, day series, features the original artwork of Jane Thompson, accompanied by the poetic voice of Veda Laferne and musical soundscape by Aiko Takahashi. Each painting is assigned to an hour of the day, inviting us to journey beyond what we know and what we think we can expect within the confines of our clock-driven day. Featuring 12 poems and artworks from 5am - 4pm (extracted from the 24 hour concept and publication "Amidst the jewels of us"), the exhibition seeks to guide you towards the hidden trails and teachings of our days, inviting you to linger, expand, and connect to a more natural pace of being. Opening event: Friday 5pm - 9pm (ticketed event, $15). Exhibition continues: Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 10am-2pm. Jane Thompson is a professional artist based in Brisbane/Meanjin who paints to express and connect with the dualistic nature of the every-day-visible and the felt-but-not-seen. Thompson approaches the canvas with a curious reverence for the unannounced, resulting in a spirited surrender to the way in which she uses her materials. Watered-down acrylics are invited to splash and wander rebelliously across the canvas, while oil sticks, graphite and thin lines of paint are applied in intuitive loops and iterations, resulting in abstracted bursts of energy. Her work transpires a felt desire to reconnect and nurture a relationship with the wild and natural, carrying the subtle impressions of a dreamer. Thompson also implements a daily writing practice to inspire and elevate the themes of her paintings. Her poetic expressions and accounts (written under the alias Veda Laferne and Jane) are as essential as the artworks themselves, where a resonant relationship can be felt between the two.

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