BE WATER
Sophie Gannon Gallery
27 Aug 2024 – 14 Sep 2024
I keep telling myself “This one will be different.
THIS ONE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
THIS…ONE…WILL…BE…DIFFERENT…”
And it always is, and it never is.
I dive into the water. An intangible dance, a fluid existence, submission to a force greater than yourself. An explosion of sound, an entire orchestra of emotion and cleansing, moving through the contours of life, shaping and re-shaping. Ever adapting and evolving. Flowing through the crevices of uncertainty.
Comfort in a rhythm of change.
The process seems simple when I start thinking about it more.
Over the years I had been increasing a natural input in my work, allowing it to be more personal; could people tell I was splitting myself in two?
A profound moment on a secret beach, alone, crying, holding a stone in one hand and a piece of sea glass in the other.
I shaped a surfboard recently, it felt like art. A material potential, a movement towards form and shape and colour. A finished object as a residual to the performance of making. An object with open interpretation, emotional experience, a place where I could meditate.
A cyclical arrival.
I am thinking about different surfaces, transparencies, forms, and my speed. How painting is the manipulation of light, you take different materials that absorb or reflect and use them as a way of manipulating the light. Where are the edges of this process? Where is the edge of my comfort zone?
A collection of work begins to emerge, like a collection of seaside ephemera; rocks, sea glass, shells, coral…. Some familiar things too, reimagined. Moments in time, paintings in the sky and light dancing over the water, references that I have been coming back to for some time.
In the introspection I find ripples from the deeper currents pulling me towards the unknown.
A fire starts in my belly.
Like the water carves away the rock, these other inputs shape me. I flow between my worlds, between passions and ideas, blending the boundaries until they blur into nothingness. I embrace the ebb and flow of emotions (in this process I have many), in the fluidity of being is freedom. As I dive deeper into a more fluid existence, embracing change, embracing movement, embracing life in all its unpredictable beauty, I realise I have become water.
Ryan HoffmannThe answer is the question #1 (Moon shimmer) 2024Aluminium leaf, varnish, gilding milk, enamel, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannUnsure of what you are (SGS-14-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment77 x 54 x 10 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannThe tongue is powerful, be careful it doesn’t speak something into existence, 0741 0706202433, Jan Juc, VIC 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, gilding milk, copper leaf, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel115 x 115 x 15 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannDappled light on morning water (Moon shimmer) 2024Moulded acrylic polymer, wax, pearl pigment, gilding milk, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm$5,500.00
Ryan HoffmannMother-Mother Mary-The mother-My mother-Our mother, 1531 1806202433, Port Douglas 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, aluminium leaf, gilding milk, varnish, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel100 x 100 x 12 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannShifting light in your hand (SGS-10-24’) 2024cast artist resin and alcohol pigment75 x 53 x 5 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannThe search (SGS-02-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment78 x 45 x 6 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannAll I can do is continue, like a snail (Moon shimmer) 2024Enamel, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannYou always end the call “I better let you go” but it doesn’t feel like you were ever holding on, 1143 2106202433, Port Douglas, QLD 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, Copper leaf, gilding milk, varnish, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel100 x 100 x 12 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannThe Breath (SGS-09-24’) 2024cast artist resin and alcohol pigment75 x 53 x 5 cm$4,500.00
Ryan HoffmannI didn’t see that coming (SGS-01-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, powdered pigment, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment54 x 35 x 6 cm$2,500.00
Ryan HoffmannBaby’s breath [Dogs head] (Moon shimmer) 2024Enamel, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannEverything grows stronger in the light (SGS-12-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment112 x 53 x 6 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannLove is made for watering, 1533 2006202433, Cape Tribulation, QLD 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, aluminium leaf, gilding milk, varnish, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel115 x 115 x 15 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannThe answer is the question #2 (Moon shimmer) 2024Enamel, aluminium leaf, gilding milk, varnish, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel149 x 46 x 6.5 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannBeach Foam (SGS-11-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment106 x 53 x 9 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannEveryone fears different things (Moon shimmer) 2024Pearl pigment, fixative, gilding milk, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm$5,500.00
Ryan HoffmannBe delicate – You must be delicate – Be gentle – Please be gentle – You must be gentle, 0920 2006202433, Mackay Reef, QLD 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, Copper leaf, gilding milk, varnish, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel100 x 100 x 12 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannRock in one hand, sea glass in the other – hands in pockets (SGS-08-24’) 2024cast artist resin and alcohol pigment75 x 53 x 5 cm$4,500.00
Ryan HoffmannTerrifying but mostly beautiful (SGS-13-24’) 2024Moulded artist resin, surfboard cloth and alcohol pigment147 x 58 x 10 cm$9,000.00
Ryan HoffmannA butterfly wing on the forest floor, 1420 1906202433, Mossman Gorge, QLD 2024Moulded oil paint, acrylic polymer, wax, Copper leaf, gilding milk, varnish, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel100 x 100 x 12 cm●●
Ryan HoffmannUntitled 2024Enamel, moulded acrylic polymer, CSM, gypsum, aluminium, timber, and stainless steel113 x 38 x 6 cm●●
