2020 - Acrylic on Handmade Paper - 1050 x 850 framed

This series of paintings on paper and canvas has been made through a process known as Sgraffito, an old process used for hundreds of years in Europe and Africa as a decorative surface on walls and pottery.

It is literally scratching through a painted surface to reveal the layers of colours below and there are many layers of acrylic paint used in these works.

The artist has a long association with Australia’s remote areas and has spent time living and working in an Indigenous Community. In these places things are not always as they seem or one expects: scratching below the surface reveals layers of meaning referring to ecology, the landscape and cycles of life and death.

Mandy Gunn - "I work with a variety of media including installation/sculptural constructed pieces with found/recycled materials as well as printmaking, [mainly Monoprints] and painting.

The work is influenced by the environment, be it the coastal and bush area in which I live in South Gippsland or other areas I have visited such as Antarctica, the Barrier Reef - visited annually for family reasons - the Simpson Desert and other remote places.

My constructed works, often woven or collaged, cut and reconstructed into 3D assemblages, reflect on a more man made environment, making use of and commenting on the amazing amount of waste we produce.

I have exhibited in many exhibitions all around Australia as well as overseas and I am represented in a number of public and private collections.

My art training includes a Post Graduate and Masters degree from the Victorian College of the Arts".

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