She was like a bull with two heads
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Hickey, S. 2011. 125cm x 91cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
Shamans and Horned Lace Idols
Exhibition of new work by Sarah Hickey
White Canvas Gallery
Thursday 29 September 2011 to Tuesday 11 October 2011
Opening Saturday 01 October 2011 6pm
Hickey’s new series of horned female idols are inspired by images of women from a variety of contexts, histories and worlds. The complex layering of decorative motifs and patterning emblematize beauty, spiritual iconography and the feminine.
After completing bachelor degrees in fine arts and education, and then five years of teaching art in Queensland high schools, Sarah Hickey started to produce art professionally after a long hiatus from her own creative practice. She attributes her ‘creative recovery’ to New York artist Julia Cameron, who has mentored artists through a successful series of workshops and books.
In three years, Hickey has held seven solo shows and participated in thirteen group shows. A featured artist in Curvy magazine and The Bookery Cook, the 2009 Goddess series was chosen as the brand identity for Barossa Belle wines.
Though pretty, she had the heart of a baboon and the determination of a bull
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 120cm x 140cm, oil and mixed media on canvas
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 120cm x 140cm, oil and mixed media on canvas
Horned Mystic and Purveyor of Taste
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
In blissful reverie, she could see clearly...
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
Vera ignored naysayers about the weight of her Impala necklace...
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
She was a holy, wild trinity...
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 140cm x 100cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
Seductive glances, tassles and lace stockings
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey. S. 2011. 125cm x 91cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey. S. 2011. 125cm x 91cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
She lounged on the notion, the tiger had her back...
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 125cm x 91cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.
© All rights reserved Sarah Hickey 2011 Australia
Hickey, S. 2011. 125cm x 91cm, oil and mixed media on canvas.