mid-fall, acrylic and coal on board 180x122cm
Stones fall in silence when you're far away, 2016, 180x122cm, acrylic and charcoal on board
Stones fall faster than water and I will always love you, 2016, 180x122cm, acrylic, charcoal, beads and plaster on board
In the middle of far away, 2016, 180x122cm, acrylic on board
mid-fall (study), 2016, edition of 1 and 2 AP, size varied, glicée print on cotton rag
Hanging mountains, 2016, 122x90cm, acrylic, charcoal and plaster on board
Flying and falling, 2016, 122x90cm, acrylic and charcoal on board
Shrines in great fields of silence, 2016, 124x90mm, acrylic and charcoal on board
I planted a seed under a waterfall for you, 2016, 85cmx60cm, acrylic and charcoal on board.jpg
Solitude in empty fields, 2016, 60x85cm, acrylic on board
Stone fall, 2016, 85 x50cm, acrylic, charcoal, rubber, plaster,on hardboard
mid-rise, 2016, 40x64cm, acrylic and charcoal on board
Solstice, 2016, 60x50cm, acrylic and charcoal on board
Water stops mid-air, 2016, 60x50cm, acrylic and charcoal on board
mid-fall
Alaska Projects, Sydney 2016
Essay by Jo Higgins
Lottie Consalvo is contemplating time. Years, nano-seconds, moments of eternity, transition, points of no return - these moments of between and becoming are explored in her current series of abstract paintings. Consalvo’s interdisciplinary practice includes performative and often quite specific autobiographical references and this collection of works represents not one, but a series of moments in time. They are observations of quietly transformative experiences - from her 12- month long durational performance, Compartmentalise in 2012, to her recent travels around Ireland with its rough hewn beauty – all stone circles and limestone - and reverence for spirits and shrines.
Shrines have long been of interest to Consalvo; places for solitude, faith, relief and reflection and in these works, she meditates on the possibilities for transformation that lie within a moment, however fleeting or protracted it might be. By abstracting these notions - by refusing the figurative form a place in her work - Consalvo instead meditates on the power of these places (be they literal, emotional or psychological) to bring about transition and change. So long as you have faith enough to let go.
Jo Higgins, 2016