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Low Tide
125 x 125 cm
Framed
Acrylics, oil stick
can be hung in any orientation
$5500
Outer Reef
125 x 94 cm
Framed
Acrylics, oil stick, silver leaf, gold leaf
can be hung vertical or horizontal
$5000
Rock Platform
127 x 187 cm
Framed
Acrylics, gold leaf, silver leaf
can be hung vertical or horizontal
$5000
127 x 187 cm
Framed
Acrylics, gold leaf, silver leaf
can be hung vertical or horizontal
$5000
Plates
100 x 230 cm
Acrylics
$7000
100 x 230 cm
Acrylics
$7000
Path to the Future
This painting is a history of humankind. The Neanderthal morphs into the ‘noble savage’ who morphs into the ‘conqueror’ who morphs into the optimistic future seeker all resting on the classic ‘pillar of civilisation’. The pillar is precariously perched yet maintains stable. The four people rest on a lintel that morphs from the rustic wooden to classic marble. The pillar’s decoration on the left is a primitive motif, and the one on the right is a modern motive. The infinity icon (the eyes) on the right, contrasts with the teeth on the primitive side. The computer icon for moving forward on the right contrasts with the teeth on the primitive side. The feathers on the savage and the future seeker and the wreath of the conqueror say that all through history, humans have decorated themselves with natural objects. Similarly, the teeth necklace of the savage and the pearl necklace of the future seeker evoke the universal admiration of natural beauty.
112 x 81 cm
Acrylics
$9000
Tower of Babel
140 x 110 cm
Acrylics
$9000
Hands of Time
How hands have been portrayed since the dawn of humankind
100 x 100 cm
Acrylics
$700
Point Taken
60 x 60 cm
Acrylics and gold leaf
$350
Where Ideas Come From
127 x 127 cm
Acrylics, gold leaf, copper leaf, silver leaf
$3000
I'm not sitting; I'm waiting
The writer waits for inspiration
60 x 45 cm
Framed
Acrylics
$400
Australia's Source of Goodness
53 x 70 cm
Acrylics and copper leaf
$400
The Balancing Machine
Part of the 'circus' series. The clowns keep the whole complex system balanced.
137 x 107 cm
Acrylics
$3500
The Creators
The happy clown and the perky dancer on a tall pedestal use a balloon and a dance ribbon to create new people who reach from the heavens to the earth and embrace the pedestal. They create, and civilisation flourishes.
122 x 102 cm
Acrylics
$3000
The Civiliser
A Caryatid (a sculpted female figure serving as a pillar on the Acropolis in Athens) is an idealised symbol of women as the world's civilisers. Modern day admirers come to life when the image of the man and the child overlap with the women-pillar.
130 x 97 cm
Acrylics
$4500
Keeping Civilisation Lively
Civilisations place their creative people on pedestals because they are admired 'keeping civilisations alive and lively'.
150 x 96 cm
Acrylics
$3500
See no, Hear no, Speak no
Civilisation survives the clowns. This work was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Arte Laguna Prize, an international art competition, Venice. The ancient proverb ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ is known the world over. Here Carol has created three pillars of civilisation, one with eyes, one with ears and one with a closed mouth. These pillars refuse to do the ‘evil’ even as the circus characters perched on top disobey the proverb. But the painting is not static. The viewer can see what will happen next. The birds will attack the evildoers and civilisation will survive the clowns. The clouds protect the pillars of civilisations’ eyes, ears and mouth.
80 x 138
Acrylics
$2000
Civilisation survives the clowns. This work was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Arte Laguna Prize, an international art competition, Venice. The ancient proverb ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ is known the world over. Here Carol has created three pillars of civilisation, one with eyes, one with ears and one with a closed mouth. These pillars refuse to do the ‘evil’ even as the circus characters perched on top disobey the proverb. But the painting is not static. The viewer can see what will happen next. The birds will attack the evildoers and civilisation will survive the clowns. The clouds protect the pillars of civilisations’ eyes, ears and mouth.
80 x 138
Acrylics
$2000
Mother Nature Unleashes Free Will
Mother Nature unfurls the double helix, releasing free will. Civilisation, represented by the pillar, survives because of our ability to think and act for ourselves. Nothing is predetermined. The ornaments on the corners of the lintel feature Aristotle on the left, who believed in free will, and Sophocles on the right (the chain side) who believed in predestination, as in his famous play Oedipus Rex.
137 x 110 cm
Acrylics
$2500
Walsh Bay from Lavender Bay
100 x 200 cm
Acrylics
$5000
100 x 200 cm
Acrylics
$5000
Golden Soil
53 x 70 cm
Acrylics and copper leaf
$400
Clowns Balance Civilisation
61 x 61 cm, 87 cm wide
Hangs diagonally
Acrylics
$300
Clown Saves Eggland
61 x 61 cm, 87 cm wide
Hangs diagonally
Acrylics
$300
The Clown’s Totally Rational World
54 x 54 cm, 74 cm wide
Hangs diagonally
Acrylics
$300
He Paid for the Water Views
The clown contemplates being alone on the cracked pillar of civilisation.
Acrylics
60 x 45 cm
$300
Forge
Can be hung in any orientation
106, 77, 74, 62, 59 cm
Acrylics
$700
Water
Can hang in any orientation
110, 110, 62, 73 cm
Acrylics
$600
Fire
Can hang in any orientation
70, 74, 78, 60, 90 cm
Acrylics
$650