Forest by Moonlight

‘Forest by Moonlight‘

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For River of Art Festival 2022, WOOEE is delighted to share a beautiful online showcase from the prodigiously talented visual artist,Wendy Pollard.

You can also enjoy the artist’s latest ceramic works during River of ART 2022’s Open Studio program

@ Bingie Pottery, 429 Bingie Rd

Saturday 17 & 24 Sept

10-4pm

detail from the triptych ‘Forest by Moonlight’

Feature Artist :: Wendy Pollard

I live at Mogo and create art in our studio. I am inspired by nature and the flora and fauna of Eurobodalla, also mythology and gargoyles.

There is a great art community in Eurobodalla and I am glad to be part of it. At Art Central in Moruya, I attended Drawing and Painting, Hand-made books and Printmaking.

Art with Nick allowed me to experiment and learn pyrography, using a machine given to me by my father, a talented woodworker.

Pottery workshops at Bingie Pottery Studio with mentor John Payne, a Master potter with 50 years experience and the friendship of the women in the class, helped me through a challenging time after the fires. Creating art was definitely the best therapy and distraction I needed.

Since the devastation on wildlife and habitat from the recent fires, floods and logging, I especially feel the need to bring attention to endangered animals and plants in my art and am currently working on ceramic masks and pyrography of endangered species from Eurobodalla.

I was invited to exhibit artworks in the Natural Resources Exhibition. The pyrography Forest by Moonlight features endangered gliders, realising the fragility of our forests and their inhabitants’ future existence.

Natural Resources Exhibition at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens 2022

‘Forest by Moonlight’ – Pyrography – wood stain gels

‘Kingfisher‘ and ‘It’s Good to be the King‘ ceramic sculptures were fun to make!

‘Under the Milky Way‘ is a tribute to our local swamp wallabies that perished in the Black Summer fires.

I was part of a Group Exhibition with my talented friends from pottery class at Bingie Pottery.

Euro Potters and Painters – SoArt Gallery 2022

‘Habitat’ – ‘Glider’, ‘Nest’ and ‘Puggle‘ – Ceramic sculptures

‘Gargoyle’ and ‘Griffin Pot’ – Ceramic sculptures

After the fire in Mogo, I noticed the first things to regenerate were the Australian tree ferns in our front paddock, unfurling bright green foliage from burnt stumps. This inspired me to do a pyrography with Phoenix which was very therapeutic and evolved from fire, to flood, to Corona – Mogo rises with New Beginnings and Positive Growth.

The River of Art Prize -Finalist Exhibition – Resilience and Renewal – SoArt Gallery, Narooma 2020.

‘Mogo Rising’ – Pyrography with wood stain gels