Tags for This Work

• Black and white
• Demolition
• Realist

• Built environment
• Drawing
• Redevelopment

• Decay
• Landscape
• Urban renewal

Inspiration for This Work

Urban renewal is an ongoing transitional process that has had a massive impact on societies all over the world throughout history. As each generation attempts to leave its stamp on society, we see buildings constructed, used, and then demolished to be replaced by something else. In this triptych of black conté pencil drawings, I wanted to document the demolition and construction process, capturing the built environment during its transitional phase.

Student Biography

After an initial interest in portraiture and figurative works, I was recently inspired my parents' decision to replace our family home with a pre-designed kit home, or "McMansion", to engage in several bodies of work exploring the urban landscape and its ephemeral, ever changing appearance. As each generation attempts to place its own stamp on the community, we see buildings constructed, demolished and replaced in a continual cycle of regeneration and rebirth, whether it be to meet the demands of an ever increasing population or to minimise the impacts of urban sprawl on the environment. With a preference for the drawing and painting mediums and a realist style, I have used examples from around Sydney, including the urban renewal project at the old Prince Henry Hospital site at Little Bay, in my efforts to capture and explore this transient characteristic of the urban environment within my paintings and drawings.

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