E-mail: hargreaves.lynne@gmail.com
Born in the UK Lynne worked as a graphic designer moving into design training in 1978. 20yrs in vocational and tertiary education followed. Joining the cultural sector and arts management in 1998 she retired to Tasmania in 2017 from the position of Director of Exhibitions & Collections at the Art Gallery of WA. She has worked in partnership with international institutions to present renowned artworks in Perth. Entering a new chapter of her career she now has a focus on her own textile art practice. Art quilting draws upon her design background and she is excitedly discovering the wonders fabric.
Like many she is inspired by the patterns and micro landscapes in nature. She is currently working with the linear qualities of the landscape. Taking photographs on walks around her home and the Tamar Valley she simplifies and abstracts elements exploring drawing with stitch and surface texturing. Her work features experiments with hand dyed fabric. The differing hues being layered and pieced together then over worked with double needle and free motion machine stitching. Linear patterning is worked in machine and hand stitching and couched thread.
Apple Isle Series: Fog on the Tamar
Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 75 x 195cm (H x W)
Statement: Inpressions cobbled together from travels around the Tamar Valley. Not direct depictions they capture abstracted elements and fleeting moments such as the banks and wisps of fog filtering light and repainting the vista. Hand dyed fabrics are pieced and over worked with machine stitching, hand embroidery and layered organza.
Exhibition: Art Quilt Australia 2021
Apple Isle Series: Foggy Dawn
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Dimensions: 61 x 153cm (H x W)
Exhibition: Open Borders Special Invitational Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management 2021
Apple Isle Series: Waverley ‘Best for rest’
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Dimensions: 109 x 103cm (H x W)
Statement: Waverley gives its name to Australia’s last remaining working woollen mill established in 1874. The quilt is pieced together from a bag of off cuts bought from the factory shop with a nod to the past in the scrap of eco-dyed lambswool, an op-shop found Waverley blanket from the 1950s.
Exhibition: Art Quilt Australia 2021
Green Man Eco-Warrior
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Dimensions: 90 x 90cm (H x W)
Statement: The Green Man, a pagan forest spirit, is the symbol of renewal and rebirth. Found in carvings on both secular and ecclesiastical buildings he is as an icon of many religions across the ages. As an international ‘eco-warrior time lord’ he reminds us of our need for union with nature
Exhibition: AQC Challenge 2020 Going Green
