Melissa Selby Brown
Painting
'PLACE'
1 - 13 OCTOBER 2014
PINE ST CREATIVE ARTS GALLERY
LEVEL 1,64 PINE ST, CHIPPENDALE, NSW 2008
I’m interested in familiar elements of architectural vernacular and the inhabiting of them; the empty, bleak balcony of a 3-storey walk-up or the cluttered storage space for mops, bikes, children's toys and the clothes' horse.
I like to capture the everyday images that have a resonance with urban living and this may extend to the big city or smaller country town holiday house. I’m fascinated by the details of how people use their spaces or don’t, through rearranging, shaping, embellishing and customizing. I’m intrigued by the contrast with the trimmed lawn or kikuyu jungle, organised geraniums or cracked pots housing a dead stalk. In this sense I like to explore how we mark our territory as our own by outward manifestations of how we live in our place.

3 Storey Walk-up Oil on board 50 x 50cm

Balcony Life Oil on board 60 x 120cm


Clothes' Line and Herb Garden Oil on board 30 x 80cm

Fibro Beach House Oil on board 30 x 30cm SOLD

Balcony Pots Oil on board 30 x 30cm SOLD

Front Porch Oil on board 30 x 30cm

Fibro and Bricks Oil on board 30 x 30cm

Clothes' Pegs Oil on board 30 x 30cm SOLD

Real Estate Oil on Board 30 x 30cm SOLD

Plastic Furniture Oil on board 30 x 30cm SOLD

Back Stairs Oil on board 40 x 40cm SOLD

Flower Bower Oil on board 40 x 40cm SOLD

Coathangers Oil on board 40 x 40cm SOLD

Terrace Pots Oil on board 40 x 30cm SOLD

Queenslanders Oil on board 50 x 50cm

Grand Pacific Oil on board 50 x 50cm SOLD

Garden Path Oil on board 50 x 50cm SOLD
