TERRA MEMORIA
The body of the earth holds the history of its existence through deep geological and ecological time.
We humans are tiny in its long story.
Featuring richly textured and layered paintings along with earthy raku ceramics, this exhibition by Fleurieu artists Gaynor Hartvigsen and David Woolaway explores our perceptions of time and memory.
gaynor hartvigsen
The earth holds the memory of its history through deep time. Unimaginable aeons of geological and ecological history are in the marks made on the surface of the earth and within the layers below. The passage of time is recorded in the body of the earth.
This work seeks to express my wonder at the incomprehensible and mysterious immensity of time and also explores ideas of how tiny we humans are in its long story and our huge impact on the natural environment.
The paintings evolve over many days and months as layers of oil paint, pigments and beeswax are added and sometimes partially removed . The inscribed and weathered surfaces echo the ever changing surface of the earth, it's long formation, the waters that have moved over it, the plants and animals that lived and then disappeared, leaving their traces in the rock.
On a personal level, I hope that these processes and paintings speak to our life narrative and emotional memory.
Looking for Light No.1, oil and cold wax on board, 60cm x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Looking for Light No.2, oil and cold wax on board, 60cm x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Time Shift, oil and cold wax on canvas, 150cm x 50cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,900
Crossing Over Diptych, oil and cold wax on canvas, 204cm x 76cm, $3,900
Earth Story No.1, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 76cm x 103cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1990
Earth Story No.2, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 76cm x 103cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1990
Earth Memory No.1, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.2 ,mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, $900
Earth Memory No.3, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.4, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.5, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.6, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.7, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.8, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.9, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Earth Memory No.10, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 60cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $900
Terra Memoria No.1, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x7 5cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,120
Terra Memoria No. 2, mixed media and natural pigments on board, 60 x 75cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,120
Coorong - Ode to Time, oil and cold wax on canvas, 91 x 66cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,800
The Sea Has Her Memories No.1, mixed media on canvas, 71 x 56cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $995
The Sea Has Her Memories No.2, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 70cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,800
Landscape and Memory No.3, oil and coldwax on board, 33 x 33cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $600
Rock Pool, oil and cold wax on board, 33cm x 33cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $495
Landscape and Memory No.5, oil and cold wax on board, 40cm x 30cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $580
Landscape and Memory No. 6, oil and cold wax on board, 76cm x 51cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $1,150
Listening to the Silence Triptych, mixed media and natural pigments, 230 cm x 102cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $5900
Dry Earth No.1, mixed media on board, 33cm x 33cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $495
Dry Earth No.3, mixed media on canvas, 20cm x 20cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $295
Dry Earth No.4, mixed media on canvas, 30cm x 20cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $295
Dry Earth No.2, mixed media on canvas, 20cm x 20cm, Gaynor Hartvigsen, $295
DAVID AND MArY woolaway
The body of the earth holds the history of its existence through deep geological and ecological time. Working with stone, earth, metal and fire, David’s artwork explores and embodies both the physical and literal incarnations of Earth Memory, ‘Terra Memoria’.
Earth, metals, and fire, combine with processes to capture the moment for ever. Geologically, from the birth of the Earth to this day, the journey is revealed. Every moment in earth’s history is recorded layer by layer within its geological profiles, fossil and artifact. For David, the process, the journey is everything. There are probably no better process driven art forms than Raku ceramics, and hand formed metal and stone jewellery. David conducts the sudden and seemingly magical transformation from one state to another during the Raku process, with its glazes of metals, textures and clay, layer upon layer working with stones to reveal their secrets and beauty, and combined with metals, David with his wife Mary, design and create unique jewellery art pieces.
These interconnections of materials born from stardust, and processes, provide windows to the earth’s past, its memory thus revealed.
NO.1, boulder opal and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 50mm x 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $398
NO.2, opalised ammonite and cuttlebone cast sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 50mm x 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $398
NO.3, jelly opal and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 60mm x 30mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $498
NO.4, turquoise and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 40mm x 45mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $398
NO.5, opal matrix, glass cap, and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 70mm x 50mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $450
NO.6, ribbon stone and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 60mm x40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
NO.7, ribbon stone and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
NO.8, white opal, turquoise, and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 40mm x 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $398
NO.9, opal and cuttlebone cast sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 25mm x 55mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $320
NO.10, opalised ammonite and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 60mm x 45mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $300
NO.11, opal triplet and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain 60mm x 60mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $190
NO.12, ribbon stone and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 60mm x 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.13, opal and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 50mm x 30mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
NO.14, opal matrix and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 50mm x 35mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
NO.15, leopard jasper and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 35mm x 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $220
NO.16, rhodochrosite and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 50mm x 35mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $240
NO.17, amethyst and sterling silver cuttlebone cast pendant on sterling silver chain, 45mm x 30mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $255
NO.18, turquoise and sterling silver pendant on sterling silver chain, 70mm x 35mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $398
NO.19, white opal and copper pendant on sterling silver chain, 75mm x 30mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $265
NO.20, copper, silver, brass and bronze pendant on leather cord, 65mm x 45mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $115
NO.21, petrified wood and copper pendant on leather cord, 85mm x 25mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $240
NO.22, green aventurine, sterling silver and copper pendant on leather cord, 70mm x 75mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $190
NO.23, malachite and copper pendant on leather cord, 70mm x 75mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $150
NO.24, chrysoprase and sterling silver cuttlebone cast bangle, 25mm x 50mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $325
NO.25, malachite and copper bangle, 25mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $180
NO.26, malachite and copper bangle, 30mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $180
NO.27, copper bangle, 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.28, copper bangle, 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.29, copper and silver bangle, 40mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.30, malachite, copper and sterling silver earrings, 60mm x 25mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $225
NO.31, lapis lazuli and sterling silver earrings, 40mm x 20mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $250
NO.32, gilson opal and sterling silver earrings, 22mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $300
NO.33, ribbon stone and sterling silver earrings, 60mm x 15mm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.34, opal and sterling silver cuttlebone cast ring, size 11.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $330
NO.35, rose quartz and sterling silver ring, size 7.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $195
NO.36, opal triplet and sterling silver cuttlebone cast ring, size 8, David and Mary Woolaway, $225
NO.37, opal triplet, lapiz lazuli and sterling silver ring, size 10, David and Mary Woolaway, $250
NO.38, chrysoprase and sterling silver ring, size 9, David and Mary Woolaway, $188
NO.39, opal triplet and sterling silver cuttlebone cast ring, size 12, David and Mary Woolaway, $240
NO.40, opal triplet and sterling silver cuttlebone cast ring, size 9, David and Mary Woolaway, $270
NO.41, lapis lazuli and sterling silver ring, size 9, David and Mary Woolaway, $230
NO.42, rhodonite and sterling silver ring, size 9, David and Mary Woolaway, $195
NO.43, tigers eye and sterling silver ring, size 8, David and Mary Woolaway, $207
NO.44, opal matrix and sterling silver cuttlebone cast ring, size 9, David and Mary Woolaway, $330
NO.45, carnelian and sterling silver ring, size 11.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $172
NO.46, turquoise and sterling silver ring, size 8, David and Mary Woolaway, $270
NO.47, tigers eye, brass and sterling silver ring, size 9.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.48, turquoise and copper ring, size 11.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $270
NO.49, malachite and copper ring, size 8.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $171
NO.50, malachite and copper ring, size 8.5, David and Mary Woolaway, $162
NO.51, green aventurine and copper ring, size 7, David and Mary Woolaway, $162
NO.52, turquoise and sterling silver ring, size 12, David and Mary Woolaway, $195
NO.53, lapis lazuli and cuttlebone cast sterling silver ring, resizeable, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
NO.54, apache gold stone, brass and sterling silver ring, size 12, David and Mary Woolaway, $175
NO.55, apache gold stone, brass and sterling silver ring, size 13, Davd and Mary Woolaway, $180
TERRA MEMORIA SAXUM, framed raku fired tile, 35cm x 42 cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $210
TERRA MEMORIA DESERTUS PSAMMOS, raku fired ceramic, 10cm x 40cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $210
TERRA MEMORIA SANGUINEM TERRAE, raku fired ceramic, 30cm x 34cm x 19cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $498
TERRA MEMORIA EQUUS CAPILLUS SANGUIS, raku fired ceramic with horse hair, 35cm x 19cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $375
TERRA MANUS PICTA MEMORIA, terracotta, white raku and iron slip, 29cm x 22cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $450
TERRA MEMORIA MANUS ARTIFICIS, raku fired ceramic, 5cm x 35cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
TERRA MEMORIA EQUUS CAPILLUS FERRUM, raku smoke fired ceramic with horse hair, 30cm x 29cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $550
TERRA MEMORIA LEBETEM, raku fired ceramic, 17cm x 31cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $310
TERRA MEMORIA PLUVIA, raku fired ceramic, 11cm x 32.5cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $238
TERRA MEMORIA INTERITUS, raku smoke fired ceramic, 27cm x 18cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
TERRA SANGUIS MEMORIA, raku fired ceramic, 70 cm x 29cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $165
TERRA MEMORIA AQUATILIS FOSSILIA, raku fired ceramic, 50cm x 35cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
TERRA MEMORIA NATURALIS PULCHRITUDO, raku fired ceramic, 13cm x 38cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $248
TERRA MEMORIA METALLICUM, raku fired ceramic, 17cm x 31cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $258
TERRA MEMORIA OCEANUS, raku fired ceramic, 10cm x 36cm, David and Mary Wooolaway, $189
TERRA MEMORIA CUPRUM VENA, raku fired ceramic, 11cm x 30cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON VESTIGIUM, raku fired ceramic, 5cm x 36cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $189
TERRA MEMORIA AQUATILIS FOSSILIA, raku fired ceramic, 5cm x 37cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $230
TERRA MEMORIA NIOBI, raku fired ceramic, 30cm x 13cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $168
TERRA MEMORIA CUPRUM, raku fired stoneware, 30cm x 12cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $258
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON SEXTUS, oxidation fired terracotta, 34cm x 17cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $420
TERRA MEMORIA MONS, saga fired ceramic, 24cm x 18cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
TERRA MEMORIA PATERA MAGNUS, raku fired ceramic, 26cm x 38cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $590
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON QUINTUS, raku fired ceramic, 36cm x 21cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $498
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON QUARTUS, raku fired ceramic, 25cm x 10cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $390
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON TERTIUS, raku fired stoneware, 33cm x 12 cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $298
TERRA MEMORIA NEBULAS, saga fired ceramic, 26cm x 16cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $278
TERRA MEMORIA RUPTURA TERTIUS, raku fired obvara, 30cm x 15cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $268
TERRA MEMORIA PROFILE, oxidation fired stoneware, 32cm x 12cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $250
TERRA MEMORIA PLUMA, rakufired ceramic, 23cm x 14cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $198
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON SECUNDO, raku fired ceramic, 34cm x 13cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $350
TERRA MEMORIA NOVA, oxidation fired terracotta, 34cm x 30cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $550
TERRACOTTA MEMORIA RUPTURA, oxidation fired ceramic, with lapis lazuli, turquoise and malachite glaze, 34cm x 20cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $490
TERRA MEMORIA HORIZON, raku fired stoneware, 38cm x 13 cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $375
TERRA MEMORIA EX-LAPIDE, oxidation fired stoneware, with lapis lazuli, turquoise and malachite glaze, 9cm x 16cm, David and Mary Woollaway, $145
TERRA MEMORIA NATURA, raku fired ceramic, 9cm x 13.5cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $86
TERRA MEMORIA FLUMEN, raku fired ceramic, 10cm x 35cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $220
TERRA MEMORIA INITIUM, ‘BIG BANG’, raku fired ceramic, 15cm x 35cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $330
TERRA MEMORIA RUPTURA, raku fired ceramic, 21cm x 21cm, David and Mary Woolaway, $189