The Cooper Gallery announces their featured artist this month is Trisha Lambi. Trisha has this 9th solo exhibition to her name, which is a reflection on the talent of an artist who has only been painting professionally for 7 years. She is from Brisbane however her work is represented all over the world in such far off places as Canada and the USA, Spain, Germany, Ireland and China. Trisha is inspired by Light on Form, and her works have a somewhat neo-classical flavour to them. There is emotion in these paintings and it is as though we are seeing part of a story without knowing the whole of it: we see a glimpse, a moment in time, which make us wonder what is really going on. This is quite deliberate as the artist wants the viewer to make their own analysis of the work. Trisha Lambi has been a Premiere Portfolio at absolutearts.com since 2001.
If we look at the painting "An Ill Wind", we see a woman who seems to be walking away from a window, and by the look of her body language, with her arms closed and one hand at her neck, we are led to believe that there was something worrying to her in the view from the window, an anxious feeling comes from the painting, as though the subject has viewed something she would rather not have seen.
This is of course only one interpretation of this work, and you are certainly invited to come to your own understanding of the piece. The emotional aspect of the work does not take away from the beauty of the form; technically Trisha Lambi has produced a beautiful painting to look at, and something you could easily live with for years to come. Her realistic representation of the subject is impressive and allows us to love looking at it despite the emotions that may arise.
'Desolation 2' is another painting that makes us wonder 'What is the girl who is the subject of the painting thinking about?' Her face is turned away, giving the impression of deep thought and perhaps sorrow. Again in the painting ‘Biding Time’ we are only seeing a glimpse of what is happening and looking at clues, such as the positioning of the hands, to give us an idea of what the underlying story is.
Colour can have a huge impact on the emotions and it is almost as though the artist incorporates colour as a way to express certain emotions in each piece. For example, if we look at the work 'Innocence' we see that the flowers are painted white, a colour which symbolises purity. In the painting 'Modern Day Pieta' a more erotic image is portrayed, and the use of red in the painting suggests something quite sexual and passionate. Again, it is all up to the viewer to make up their own mind about what the painting is portraying. Of course by naming the painting the artist has set a scene that influences the an interpretation of this painting.
Trisha's paintings are not contrived, she does not set out to attach any symbolic significance to the flowers or props in her pictures, however during the course of the painting they unwittingly become so – to the degree that they become an important part of the composition.
The way that Trisha has composed each painting although simple, is very strong in helping with the delivery of emotion. If we look at 'Fragile Flower', for instance, we see that the image is cropped so that we see the red lips without seeing the whole face. The work would have a completely different feel if it was cropped above the eyes or below the chin. These simple compositions lead to complex interpretations of the work.
Looking at the painting 'Cocoon' we see a very thin female figure lying in a bed of soft white sheets. Is the woman so thin because she is unwell? Has she cocooned herself in white as a way of protection? Has she wrapped herself in these white sheets as a way to feel safe, or to connect with spirit? Has she experienced a loss to the point that she is wasting away and is unable to get out of bed due to her sadness?
Trisha works in oils as she finds them more forgiving, changes can be made even sometime after the fact. Oils also give a depth to colour unachievable by acrylic paints. She admits to loving the feel of oil and how sensuous it feels to applying a think coat of oil paint.
Trisha uses photos as a point of reference, a lot of the time of herself, even photographing herself in a live set. Trisha paints women and flowers simply because of "the love of painting them". Trisha admits to intuitively (albeit unintentionally) painting women autobiographically.
IMAGE
Artist: Trisha Lambi
Title: Along Came A Spider
Year Created: 2010
Medium: Oil Painting
Width: 60 cm
Height: 90 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Price: US$ 1,500
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