Point of Reference
Michelle van Pelt
Daily Opening Times :
Friday 25 October – Monday 4 November 2024
Monday – Friday 10:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Opening Event :
Friday 1 November 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Point of Reference by Michelle van Pelt is an inquiry into how, and why, we respond to landscape through painting.
Feelings of distance and isolation, enclosure and safety, or clear eyed wonder and joy can arise spontaneously when viewing a landscape. This collection of paintings attempts to delve a little deeper into those initial responses. In particular, it asks that we consider what of our selves we bring to each experience of the land. How do we view a landscape? And who are we when we are looking or responding? Does our experience of the encounter shift as we move through a place, or spend more time? In this way, the point of reference circles between that which is seen, and that which is looking.
