Joseph Marioni

"...Paintings which unfold in time; paintings that initially present as simple, almost accidental even, but which slowly draw us in until we are fatally enmeshed within their designs, with only our own thoughts, experiences and memories as the most tenuous of footholds to the situation at hand."

Butler, R. (2000) The Touch Between the Optical and the Material - Joseph Mairioni. Brisbane, Australia: University Art Museum: The Museum of Queensland pp.24 -29.

I think this quote above relates a lot to the idea of 'emergence' as paintings unfold over time, with the responding viewer. Alike Marioni's paintings, my paintings require close attention too. It is not until you become immersed in both the painting and the white wall that surrounds it, that the tiny details of the work become apparent a sort of unfolding, revealing the truth of these optical shift, yet not intirely giving it away.

Marioni's work may seem a surface of simplicity, but through the many layers of opaque and transparent acrylic pigments are applied. And in the end it is a process that is more or less transparent to the viewer perceiving them. The materiality of paint reveals its process edging toward the corners and bottom of the canvas, there will be ripples and drips, overlays of a complimentary colour or texture emerging through the layers of the paint. These are also aspects i would like to highlight in my work.