'Flights of Fancy'
new paintings and three-dimensional works by
FERN PETRIE
MARCH 7 - 21
You and a guest are warmly invited to the
OPENING NIGHT 6 - 7.30 pm THURSDAY 7th March
PREVIEW WEEKEND 2ND & 3RD MARCH
Flights of Fancy is a whimsical peek into the world of childhood imagination, unfettered by science or logic. In childhood we reach beyond reality until imaginary friends share our dreams, pets take on human characteristics and a simple box of costumes can transform a child into a Knight Templar or the Tsar of Russia.
Through the use of Victorian and Edwardian children’s books, reclaimed toys and, as the inspiration for my paintings, cabinet cards of Victorian children, I have strived to speak of moments in life where dreams seemed possible and our fantasies were close enough to touch.
Fern Petrie, February 2013
  
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In 2001,New Zealand born artist Fern Petrie graduated from Te Toi Hou; the Maori Arts department of Auckland University, where she studied under two iconic New Zealand artists; Brett Graham and Selwyn Muru.
In March 2004 she held her first solo exhibition outside of University; Second Skin which explored her interest in recycling found objects and extending their life. Memory, loss and growth were represented through reworked dolls, many of which she owned as a child.
After moving to Australia she exhibited at the Moores Building [2009] and it was then that she began collecting cabinet cards and her first large scale painting in this style ‘Forget Me Not’ was chosen as a finalist for the 2010 Albany Art Prize. Many solo exhibitions followed each delving into the two dominant interests in her life; her Maori and European ancestry. |
