MELINDA BLAIR PATERSON
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2017 - 2018  |  how little needs to be said to know nothing  |  selected works
abstract mixed media paintings on paper

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027-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #27 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
036-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #36 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
037-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #37 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
028-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #28 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
035-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #35 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
032-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #32 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
040-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #40 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
034-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #34 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
031-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #31 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
049-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #49 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
045-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #45 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
046-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #46 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
030-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #30 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
047-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #47 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
055-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #55 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
056-Melinda-Blair-Paterson-2017
Untitled #56 2017, mixed media on paper, 61x86 cms
Entitled ‘How little needs to be said to know nothing’ this body of work explores my inquiry into the direct experience of form (the body, thoughts and emotions) and formlessness (silence, stillness and spaciousness) through daily contemplations and meditations for nearly two years (including the  'Uncontained vessels' series).​

With a keen interest to understand the human experience of consciousness I wanted to take the simplicity of a piece of paper, showing up with a brush in hand, and surrender to whatever the moment created. I wanted to just paint and paint and paint and see what would be there at the end of a hundred paintings. So far I’ve painted 70 works, most of which have not been edited, or gone over, but rather completed in one or two sittings, put to the side, moving onto the next. In this way I felt I was better able to stop the mind from jumping in with conceptual ideas of what ‘should’ be on the page, or allowing overt self-criticism.

As the months rolled by I began to see themes emerge. One of them being “how little can I express onto the paper for it to still engage and meet me in some way?” In this way the title ‘how little needs to be said to know nothing’ quietly came into my awareness one day, and the curiosity as to whether it is read as a question or a statement.

All works are on 290gsm paper, mixed media, 61x86cms.

A small selection is shown here of a beautiful series of works which are now available online through Bluethumb Art Gallery.
how little needs to be said to know nothing - exhibition - BSA Gallery Mullumbimby - 2018
Melinda-Blair-Paterson-exhibition-2018
Melinda-Blair-Paterson-exhibition-2018
Melinda-Blair-Paterson-exhibition-2018
Bluethumb Art Gallery
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Byron Bay   NSW   Australia
melindablairpaterson@gmail.com
All images copyright of the artist  ©  2010-2022
  • work
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2017-2018
    • 2016-2017
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
  • about
    • bio
    • exhibitions & cv
    • artist talk
  • contact