Ellie Hannon
LATE & LIGHT
21.10.2022 ~ 06.11.2022
Late & Light explores concepts of memory and time, and the way that light, movement, shadows and reflections transform our perception of space. Temporary traces become moments reimagined, captured here as the visual echoes of a place, communicating the passing of time.
These works are based on intuitive sketches from my time spent on the road, out bush in Australia, throughout 2022. They capture contemplative, intimate moments of moving through a landscape at dawn or dusk. These paintings invoke the moon and the sun as channels for shared narratives – beacons that become a poetic presence in the sky.
I am intrigued by the way that darkness can alter the experience of our surroundings and shift the way our inner and outer worlds meet. As the sun sets, the fading light shapes and reshapes a tree, a movement, a sound, or a shadow down a pathway. The ensuing darkness bends our perception and imagination, testing our trust in what we see with our own eyes. All that is solid dissolves with the light and becomes something new.
These are the moments in which I slow down to notice the wax and wane and remember that everything in this world is cyclical and transient. Nothing remains still.
- Ellie Hannon
