Napoleon Hill, 2010
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artist & Flinders Lane Gallery 2010 Australia
Oil on linen
William Breen
New Landscapes
Flinders Lane Gallery
Tuesday 28 September 2010 to Saturday 16 October 2010
William Breen’s latest series of works take us on a languid road trip through the rolling landscape of the Yarra Valley. As deep skies brood with the promise of rain, horizon lines fade away to present us with a birds eye view of the valley’s verdant winter colours. Best characterized by his use of soft focus and subtle veneration, Breen’s landscapes are testament to his skills of observatio
Breen has been included as a finalist for the Geelong Art Prize and the Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize. His work has just been shortlisted for the 2010 John Leslie Art Prize. His paintings can be found in several important collections, including Gippsland Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie Group, National Australia Bank, Loyola College, La Trobe University, and Whitehorse City Council.
Artist Statement:
The images echo a state of suspended animation, when everything slows down to a point where one can appreciate the contemplative nature of a world in balance, a world where everything is in its right place: an ideal vision. Although each painting is an intuitive “moment of clarity”, there is also a nostalgic quality, a half remembered past. The scenes are suspended in time and space in an emotive architectural landscape. Bathed in a diffused atmospheric light, the meditative nature of the urban image transcends the banal or familiar, into something sublime.
