"Headland and Rock Platform" 2020, Oil on linen, 122 x 137cm
ASHLEY FROST | SEACOAST
The Nancy Sever Gallery is pleased to present the work of Ashley Frost, one of Australia’s leading landscape artists. Ashley works from his studio in Sydney and lives at Thirroul on the New South Wales South Coast. He draws inspiration from the unique topography of the Illawarra escarpment that hugs the coastline from Waterfall to Kiama. He works directly from the field, en plein air, anywhere from an escarpment palm forest five hundred meters above sea level to a headland coal seam that juts out directly to the turbulent sea. He has an obsessive concern with capturing the light and essence of place through paint, often using an impasto method to shape the nuances of coastal light.
The time of day for the light of many of the works in this show are from dawn or dusk. Ashley is in pursuit of the heightened light of a time of day that is neither day nor night but a convergence of sorts, not dissimilar to the heightened environment seen in the convergence between land and sea.
Ashley Frost | Seacoast opens at the Nancy Sever Gallery on Saturday 17 October and runs until 8 November 2020. For further information on the exhibition please contact Nancy Sever at [email protected] or Tel 02 6182 0055. The Gallery is open Wednesdays to Sundays 11am – 5pm.
The Nancy Sever Gallery is pleased to present the work of Ashley Frost, one of Australia’s leading landscape artists. Ashley works from his studio in Sydney and lives at Thirroul on the New South Wales South Coast. He draws inspiration from the unique topography of the Illawarra escarpment that hugs the coastline from Waterfall to Kiama. He works directly from the field, en plein air, anywhere from an escarpment palm forest five hundred meters above sea level to a headland coal seam that juts out directly to the turbulent sea. He has an obsessive concern with capturing the light and essence of place through paint, often using an impasto method to shape the nuances of coastal light.
The time of day for the light of many of the works in this show are from dawn or dusk. Ashley is in pursuit of the heightened light of a time of day that is neither day nor night but a convergence of sorts, not dissimilar to the heightened environment seen in the convergence between land and sea.
Ashley Frost | Seacoast opens at the Nancy Sever Gallery on Saturday 17 October and runs until 8 November 2020. For further information on the exhibition please contact Nancy Sever at [email protected] or Tel 02 6182 0055. The Gallery is open Wednesdays to Sundays 11am – 5pm.
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