DEB MARSHALL

Exhibition dates. 15 Oct - 27 Oct 2024
Opening Reception : Thursday 17 Oct 2024, 6:00 - 8.30pm

DIFFERENT SKIES

Debra J. Marshall is a visual artist living and working on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung country in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia

My art practice is grounded within the investigation and exploration of landscape. As an ex-dancer, for me, the drawn line reflects bodily movement through the environment. I generally work in site-responsive ways, so my methodology is a mixture of on-site sketching and reference photography taken back to the studio for further investigation. The line of the pencil, pen or paintbrush help me progressively discover the tapestry of the landscape, and how I am situated within it.

This body of work evolved after a winter residency I undertook in rural France in January 2024. It is my response to the very different environment in which I was immersed. Different light, different season, different vegetation, different skies.