VENUS IN THE SHELL

Auckland Old Folks Association hall, 8 Gundry Street, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
18 & 19 November 2022

Venus in the Shell

Victoria Wynne-Jones

Rigorously painting with a dry brush, Hill makes repetitive marks. These traces are vibrational, resembling electrical currents, energy. There is an intensity to coloured strokes that have brushy edges, they seem to glow intensely when surrounded by white canvas outlines. Volcanic lightning can be seen in the upper panel of Vesuvius (Venus in the Shell) (2) (2022). All four acrylics bear lines of force, they are gestural, one can see where Hill has swiftly pushed the dry brush back and forth, all around. Hill follows her instinct, painting in a gestural, rhythmic way. There is a strong sense of physicality to the acrylics.