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Passing Storm in the Late Afternoon - Nigel Hewitt
Exhibition Opening 10 August 2-4pm
10 August - 14 September 2024
Art Collective WA
2/565 Hay Street
Cathedral Square, Perth
Wednesday to Friday 11am–4pm
Saturday 12–4pm
Exhibiting alongside Paul Uhlmann and Clare McFarlane
Nigel Hewitt’s new series of landscape paintings captures the dynamic interplay of light and shadow in an ever-changing environment. Painted on-site and from memory at Signal Hill in Tasmania, these small-scale works reflect the artist’s deep connection to his surroundings, the shifting natural conditions, and the profound impact of human presence on nature.
// A graduate of Claremont School of Art in 1977, Nigel Hewitt has been a regular contributor to solo and group exhibitions across Australia. In 2015, he won the Glover Prize, the country’s richest landscape art award. Nigel’s works are widely collected and can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Wesfarmers and Artbank, among others.
The images in this exhibition are each made from ash samples collected from a range of bush fire sites across Tasmania. The tones of the ash are created from a wide variety of vegetation that has been burnt by wild bush fires at different temperatures. together these charred organic compounds are brought together to create pictorial almost photographic, tributes to landscape. The works are a plea from ancient landscapes for our acknowledgement and action. They are a call from the forest awaiting a response.
Hadley’s Art Prize is an annual, major acquisitive Australian landscape prize. Dating back to 1834, Hadley’s Orient Hotel has a rich and fascinating history interwoven with art, particularly landscape art. Nigel Hewitt’s work Understory was exhibited as a finalist in this exhibition. The work went on to win both the Packer’s Prize and the People’s Choice Award.
The Incinerator Art Award is an annual contemporary art prize of national significance, with entries received from across Australia. The award showcases 33 works inspired by the theme of art for social change.
Senior visual artist Nigel Hewitt’s latest body of work Recinder is created from ash collected from bush fires across Tasmania. These natural monochromatic tones are layered on to the canvases to create a series of vulnerable and uneasy landscapes.
