Tarli Glover is well known at Boom for her beautiful, textured landscapes in pastel and acrylic paint. She depicts the vast countryside surrounding her home town of Ballarat. More recently, in times of isolation and restricted access to places far and wide, Tarli has been exploring her more immediate surroundings and documenting her findings. This... Read more
Boom Artist Shelley McKenzie took some snaps of her beautiful home studio and let us know how she is going in this current climate. Here are some images of home that inform my practice. I revisit this interior space as the light and shadows always turn and I find the interplay of form and pattern... Read more
Our Gallery Manager Dylan sent through some interview questions to Ariana, expanding on her art making, ideas, process and how she is coping in isolation. DF: Firstly, How have you been coping with this strange time we are in currently? AL: I think that making art every day has really helped me cope quite... Read more
What have you been up to in your iso time? Nothing majorly has changed except for my husband and two teens who are now in ‘my’ space 24/7. So for the first few weeks there was a sense of frustration in the house and I found that my creative flow and focus were disrupted. The... Read more
Emily uses her work to explore line and gesture. A mark alone, or repeated rhythmically, creating movement and texture. This frequently results in quite organic pieces with naive strokes forming a hypnotic momentum, flow and lines forming pattern and motion. Milly forms many of her tools and experiments with the unique textures created by different... Read more
What have you been up to during my isolation? Eating lots of delicious food that’s for sure. Believe it or not, I have been super busy with my time. I have 4 children that I have been ‘trying’ to help with their schooling, which takes most of my time actually and often leaves me utterly... Read more