Bonnie-jean Whitlock Art | Artist
Bonnie-jean Whitlock Art
Phone: +61 401 303 189
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24.01.2022 'Square peg, Round hole' 185cm x 185cm Mixed paints on board Diptych. 2017... I finished this painting years ago but was never happy with the way it turned out, so i never photographed or published it, it's been hanging at my brother's house since then and i just brought it home a couple of days ago. I never actually looked at it as a whole piece until i photographed it. I found that because it's so big and has a lot of things going on, i was working on it as though it was a whole lot of little paintings stuck together rather than one whole image. My surfaces have always been large but my compositions are usually bold and take up the whole space, so the energy i put into them flows around the whole piece turning it into one digestible image; Whereas this painting is made up of lots of little parts and in the end the overall piece ended up telling a different story from what lies in the details, i wanted to keep working on it to bring it all together but moved onto other projects and never really considered it a finished painting until now. Looking at it now it is like a page from my diary, it tells me more about where i was in my life at the time than it would have if it had turned out the way i wanted.
23.01.2022 'I am yours now' Acrylic on canvas 102 x 92 cm . I am yours now ... A private conversation between myself and the sky. Every time I fly in an aeroplane I think about dying. Not in a fearful way Not in a way that is sad or hopeful or desperate. But in the way that I accept the risk. So that I might fly without anxiety. On the very last night Of last decade I looked up at the ball in the sky that occupied the space where the sun used to be. Some sort of pink that I have only ever seen inside a flower. Like a rose, and then slid down behind the mountain. A display To remind me that things would never be the same again. For thirty days and thirty nights I listed for the faintest hint of fear in my father's voice. I am only scared of little things.
19.01.2022 Hi Friends! If you haven't had a chance to check out the exhibition yet and can't get there this week then this is your lucky day! It has been extended for one more week!! Thanks so much to those that have supported me throughout this crazy art life journey i have decided to go on!!... it is running at Artspace 264 in Glen Huntly.
15.01.2022 Hi Friends, I'm showing some work alongside an awesome contemporary artist for one night only on the 14th of March, The venue is an awesome renovated studio with a bar, outdoor area and pool! come along for some delicious drinks and even more delicious art! 14th March 2020, 6-11pm, 16 Wirilda Place, Keilor Downs VIC
14.01.2022 Bits and pieces Song is Heavy Balloon by Fiona Apple
13.01.2022 friends! finally it's come!! If you're in Melbourne over the next couple of weeks come and check out my exhibition, It's running from the 27th of July to the 10th of August at Artspace 264 in Glen Huntly
12.01.2022 I recently had this delectable A1 print made and the colours, lines and details turned out beautifully! This one was made for a customer in Germany but if you'd like to get your hands on one of these get in contact via direct message, I've got other images available in prints too, all In limited editions! This one is: 'sinking emerging' A1 (59.4 x 84cm) ... Each print is on hahnemuhle bamboo paper, they are $200 each or $180 each if you buy more than one :) . . . . #gicleeprint #artforsale #fantasy #australianartist #melbourneartist #femaleartist #surrealism #surrealist #painter #printsforsale #artprints #hahnemühle #bamboopaper #ecoprint #supportartists
12.01.2022 Hang on darlin' Oil over Acrylic on board 60x90cm
12.01.2022 "Weight" Oil over acrylic on wood 59 x 59cm How i feel when I think about the true meaning and weight of words like "love, fear, home"
11.01.2022 Here's one for scale!
11.01.2022 'When the sun set it bled upon the moon' Acrylic on canvas 60 x 90 cm . .... Do you ever get a sense of calm when you know something is so much bigger than you are? Like suddenly, when you understand the vastness of something that is ahead of you, you gain this ability to relinquish control without anxiety and you are able to dive into this sea of unknown. For some reason though, if the fear had been just a little less the experience would have been so much more terrifying. I get this feeling more frequently now. I noticed i was experiencing this on one particular night while staying on the NSW coast not far from my hometown in east Gippsland, during the bushfires over the new year period. Through this painting and a few others im currently working on, I am exploring the way that feeling is translated into our everyday lives when we are faced with truly terrifying things. The way we push and pull with control and subconsciously give up the reins when we remember how truly small we are. So this is my lover, pushing and pulling the controls as they face the biggest challenge of their life, days passed and all the time the sun was pink behind the smoke that covered half the country. Surrounded by the wasteland that is the logged and burnt old growth forests surrounding my property. I relinquish control, to rid of my own fear, so that I can breathe in this new world. Landscape was inspired by a photo taken by an old school friend @gordon.anderson.photography @_.gordo._ Last pictures are of charred leaves and bark that fell from the sky on the night before new years eve, i remember bending down to pick one up thinking it was just a cool looking black leaf and then noticing that there were thousands of them falling like rain. In that moment i wondered if anything would be the same again. This is truly a new and changed world
10.01.2022 Latest finished oil painting, this one was a commission for a client in QLD. it took me a while and indefinitely went a bit overboard on detail and I feel like it lost a lot of its character as I overworked it, oils are still a new medium to me and I find it hard to know when to stop!! . . "Flood" Oil over acrylic on canvas ... 101 x 101 cm . . . #contemporarysurrealism #contemporaryartist #melbourneartist #newsurrealism #oilpainting #melbournart #nude #painting See more
08.01.2022 peek-a-boo I see you!! I've got some art for your heart that'll make your eyes fart. Friends, i'm finally having a professional solo show and I'm so excited, I've been wanting to step put and do something like this for years and now its real! ... If you're in Melbourne anytime between the 27th of July - 10th of August come and check my paintings out at Artspace 264 in Glen Huntly, 1097 Glen Huntly Road. Opening night is 6-9 pm July 30
08.01.2022 Green vs gold A little symbol of inbalance that we feel the effects from every day
07.01.2022 This Saturday! Looking forward to this awesome show by Baskwa and myself in an intimate space in Keilor Downs, VIC. I'll be showing mostly small pieces (WHAT!?) lots of new work and have small affordable prints available too. Also don't forget to bring cash for the bar, no eftpos! See you there!
07.01.2022 Some little ink drawings from my most recent visit home
07.01.2022 Lament, listen, lend. Oil on canvas 90 x 60 cm
05.01.2022 I'm having another exhibition my friends!! If you missed the last show then never fear! it's being recreated with the addition of some new work at Daddy Bar, a fantastic venue in Brunswick. Bring your friend, Bring your Uncle, Bring your neighbour and wear some fancy shoes, My art can't wait to have your eyes upon it!... This one is up for ages so if you cant make it to the opening night there's plenty of time to check it out, it's on from the 7th of November to the 10th of January. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in my art journey so far, its a tough industry indeed, but support from friends and fellow artists makes a world of difference. please share if you can
02.01.2022 some new work on paper :) 'baby, now my bones they feel so heavy' watercolour, acrylic and pen on paper. 19 x 30 cm
02.01.2022 Sinking/ Emerging Acrylic and polymer resins on canvas 122 x 183 cm Here's a beautiful quality picture of one of the paintings in my latest exhibition. ... This piece has been in the making for about 3 years and my close friends who have been with me on my art journey are probably as sick of looking it as i am by now! I am so glad it is finished and is out in public for new eyes to look at! It symbolizes to me emerging out of something that has held me under for a long time, and just as i am free from having this painting staring at me in my studio i am free from the self doubt that stopped me from finishing it and following my dreams. Here is also the piece of poetry i wrote to coincide with it - it is basically a reminder that you are always on some kind of journey no matter where you might find yourself at this point in time.
