Naomi Woodlands*
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Naomi maintains her footing in both city and country with a studio constructed within an old disused grain silo on the family's Southern Tablelands property and a second studio nestled within a busy family home in a beachside Sydney suburb. These studio locations often provide Naomi with the inspiration for her work.
The densely layered works depict the patterns and order within the natural world and often feature the mark of human interaction. She starts with shapes both known and familiar, a leaf, a vine, a rock and translates these into new variations and personal interpretations of beauty seen through her eyes.
Through layer upon layer of ink, stencils and plates are flipped slid and turned till the image emerges. The process is organic, free flowing and the results are often unpredictable, a process that Naomi welcomes and enjoys. The created work in its final form translates beyond representational patterns of the natural world and works to evoke memories and emotions within the viewer.