Hanna Petrick

This work investigates the folding and entanglement of forms, around which my internalisation pushes the composition of the painting forward. Carried out over a period of four months, the painting is a space that has been consistently revisited and reworked, threading together several strands of thought. Throughout this time, all of the different states of the painting have been photographed at 15-minute intervals and with a frame that follows my own focus as it shifts around the painting. In leafing through the book, the sequential unfolding of the painting’s structures and overall composition allows the dwelling to be re-projected.

The subject matter within the painting stems from the contemplation of different types of structures enfolding one another; including architecture (vaulted ceilings, arches, windows, rafters, bricks, pillars and stairs), mushroom gills, petrified wood – from which the colour palette of this work is drawn, a forest edge, insects, stones, wood grain, rock formations, skulls, stalactites, and close-up images of seeds.