2020 - 2021 Canberra Turnaround - Wildflowers
The ‘Turn Around - Canberra Wildflowers’ series celebrates the amazing wildflower season Canberra has had in 2020 and 2021. Cunningham has created a series of images using geometric forms referencing the parliamentary flagpole as a symbol for Canberra and coloured with a palette derived from diverse Canberra Wildflowers. Cunningham focuses on the joy and hope that comes from finding exquisite wildflowers on her daily walks. She has used this process as catharsis to deal with personal and collective anxiety - the act of hunting for these ‘treasures’ has increased the artist’s mindfulness whilst exercising and reflects the changes in the outdoor habits of the daily walks taken (or not) by the community during the bushfires and the COVID-19 shutdown; and the artists indomitable attraction to colour.
A selection of small prints of these works will be exhibited at the Gallery of Small Things in October 2021.
