Cath Johnston 2018 Mixed Media $3200

Locked in an endless gaze of contemplation, mirrors to each other’s souls, these two women share the cramped and confronting close quarters of a small but luxurious stone bath. There is a powerful connection in the silent space between them… heavily charged with energy yet strangely calm and meditative. Washed clean of the outside worlds dogma, the pure light of love within gives a pearl like luminescence to their skin. Are they sisters, lovers, friends or strangers? They are souls… and their connection gives strength and love and calm. There is peace in this moment in the otherwise hectic and harsh reality of this world… long may they soak.

Artist Cath Johnston had her rainbow love installation piece at the Rainbow Families Qld launch—attendees will have the opportunity to add their own rainbow ribbon or get a photo in front of her artwork, which was created to advocate for same sex marriage reform. Read More

Collaborative Sculpture Painting installation of molded leather bags

‘Bag Snatcher’ is a culturally collaborative installation of 5 molded leather bags, life size representations of a baby, child, mother and father, each depicting painted stories of the stolen generation. The work toys with the symbolism of ‘baggage’; hiding the contents, the person within, so that all tangible individualism and personality is obscured and ultimately lost. This work comments on the objectification of an entire race of people, to be passed around, moved on, overlooked, and ultimately stolen. The use of leather as a medium has a direct connection to notions of skin or ‘surface’.

Resin eggs containing watches, hospital bed

We enter and leave the world alone (single hospital bed) on the clinical facade of expectation. Time bomb represents the personality within life’s limitations, the passage of time towards death, and the social constraints defining our experience. The scars of births, menstruation, sex, celebration and violence leave marks of living on the dirty bloodied sheets, the detritus of a life lived on the blank canvas of our lives.

Individual Eggs $150 each (personal choice of favourite egg), Complete Sculpture $35 000

Large format photographs - series of 3 images

The modern day Madonna and Child. The spirit of life flickers as the child dances with death. Spectral and elusive, the child is neglected by all bar the televisions soothing lullabye. All hope is lost, the world is undefined and any tangible reality blurs at the edges. Is anybody out there? Please?

Price: Limited edition prints 2/20 sold. Dimensions: 101cm W x 68cm H each. $2100 framed or $1500 unframed. Price for set of 3 is $5800 framed or $4200 unframed.