Opening: Thursday 3rd August  6 - 8pm

Exhibition: 3rd - 20th August

When we look into the water we see the world around us or we see the bottom of the pool, but the water its self is invisible.
I have lived in the bush and painted the bush pretty well all my life,
except for a 12 years stint in St.Kilda, but even then, firmly ensconced in the built environment, the source of my art has been the natural world. In these ominous times of global warming, resource depletion and mass extinsions, creating environmental art becomes a political act of vital importance.

The anthropocentric naval gazing that so fascinates the art world nowadays - exploring every nuance of the minuete of human existence ad nuseum - is a conceit we indulge in at our peril. Its time to get out of our heads, get out of our cities and start to empathise with the natural world around us before it's too late.

Ben Laycock

http://benlay.blogspot.com/

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