Author: petrinawright

This painting is about night in the caribbean. The found objects included here are from Mallorca, the white plastic fish shape and the sea spurge plant on the left.

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“The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog”

My work is included in this online show which can be viewed until 18th January at www.cohort.art

Delighted to have been part of the TURPS BANANA on line art show https://www.cohort.art/

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New work about the places where the land and sea meet. A collection of objects seen and remembered for the shape and colour, from the past and the present , turned around and mixed together. These are things I notice and select from a million observations each days a few become significant and memorable. The yellow fennel by the road side, the jacaranda tree in bloom , the red stripe of the goalpost, the lemons and the blue and white striped lighthouse , the port and starboard signs, a pomegranate bud fallen on the path, a yellow bucket of water and always the shape and sound of birds passing over.

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PETRINA WRIGHT “DROUGHT GARDEN”
01.10.16 – 04.12.16
CCA Andratx cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition on Saturday October, 1st at 12h at CCA ESPAI.

CCA Andratx is pleased to present the new exhibition by the resident artist on Mallorca Petrina Wright at the CCA Espai. The exhibitionDrought Garden comprises paintings, prints and installation objetcs and has its origins in the Mallorcan garden at the end of the Summer Every artwork will show everyday objects in combination with nature.

In Wright’s work, the colours, shapes and forms of the sun-dried garden are reduced to pattern and rearranged to make carpets of colour. The plants, birds and objects appear simplified in a vocabulary of motifs. These groups of objects, which are normally in groups of five, are arranged in a grid, which reflects the symmetry and mathematical arrangement seen in Islamic garden design.

The initial idea came after returning to the garden after a hot, dry Summer and seeing the shapes, colours and forms of the plants and objects that remain. These were clearly visible against the red earth or the grey path. The survivors of the drought seemed more important than the abundance of greenery in the garden during the rest of the year.

The installation piece consists of some of the man made forms depicted in the paintings. These everyday objects, like the buckets and boxes, reoccurred in different places in the garden, moving around and creating flashes of colour against the green of the plants or the grey paths and brown earth. They are arranged along a drawing of the garden path, which connects the studio to the house.

These collages are based on the shapes and forms of the garden patio in Mallorca. The table top, plants and shrubs, the red washing line and the black flower pot all appear here.
Im interested in the connection between the pieces sometimes just visually and in some cases the papers overlap and join the one beside it.

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

These mixed media paintings were made after several visits to the beach at Portals Nous Mallorca.

There is a view point from the church on the cliff above the cove and the shimmering water is a spectacular sight.
The colours of the red canoes against the turquoise sea particularly interested me. This sight, together with the channel markers and flowers hanging on to the cliff edge, were the starting points for this series.

These are some collages I made using primed and painted canvas. The idea came from shapes and colours of the sea and boat related things..life belts, port and starboard signs and channel markers.

As the summer approaches and the garden dies off Im beginning to look at the water for ideas.