Industrial imagery series 1991 - 2015
The series reflects a revived interest in figuration.
While industry is an appropriate subject for painterly methods and techniques it evolved primarily from Gordon’s own experience living in Newcastle with sever respiratory problems and it is a protest against toxicity and contamination in the environment. The plumed smokestack is heavy industry’s symbol of bad air, fouled air and banal and gritty suburbs.
The Industrial Images series was developed from local research and was exhibited in Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Canberra.
Industrial Sublime 1990 reworked 2014 mixed media on paper on board 120cm x 260cm
Industrial Heritage 1999 mixed media on canvas 130cm x 180 cm
Summer Glow c2000 mixed media on canvas 140cm x 190cm
Rust in Peace 1987 reworked 2015 mixed media on canvas 151cm x 116cm
Industrial Eden 1990 mixed media on board 92cm x 92cm
Open Cut 1988 mixed media on canvas 95cm x 95cm
20/20 2013 acyrlic and oil on canvas 124cm x 95cm
Industrial Eden #2 1990 acrylic and oil on board 92cm x 92cm