Gallery - Exhibition "Renewal" Feb 2 - 20th, 2010

Renewal captures the devastated landscape after the Black Saturday fires, and the first signs of renewal in a stunning range of artworks on mixed media.

For the past year Phillip Sayers has painted the renewal of the St Andrews bush. This includes paintings in oil on cigar boxes (and other found objects in the St Andrews area) and a dramatic 2m x 2m image on a canvas of a new water-tank surrounded by the burnt bush.

"My paintings start when I come across a wooden object with a previous life. The surface of the timber with nicks and marks tells its own story and I add a new layer. The end result is a respect for the objects history, overlaid with new life in the form of my painting.

There seems to be a harmony created, befitting the images of renewal from St Andrews. My paintings are about moving forward with a respect for what has passed", Phillip says.

The exhibition also includes other recent works including prints and paintings. It runs from 2-20th February 2010 at Chapman & Bailey, 350 Johnston St Abbotsford.