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Gillian Richards

Working with language and material to navigate the tensions of contemporary life — moving between quiet noticing and sharp critique, between tenderness, anger, lament, and play.

RAMIFICATIONS

Ramifications traces the consequences of how we live, exploring the fractures, entanglements, and contradictions that bind us to each other and the natural world.

Beyond unease and structural weight lies disruption: linguistic play, irreverence, non-conformity, and fragments of time where we reclaim ourselves.

Layered marks and shifting forms strip away illusion, exposing our absolute and inescapable interdependence.

Artist's Intent

I work within the tension between what holds and what slips away. Each piece is a negotiation between clarity and distortion — shaped as much by wrestling as resolution, as meaning unravels and reforms.

Carrying babies and hope, 2020 – Gillian Richards

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Studio notes

I’m easing my way back into the studio after losing my mother.
Grief has reshaped my days in ways I didn’t expect, and even finding words has felt heavy.
Retracing her story, tracing family lines, and slowly reconnecting with my practice are helping me return.
My next work will begin with a biographical portrait of her, not in likeness but in essence.
This is where I begin again.

‘To walk this Earth more gently yet …To bravely love without regret…’

from You ask of me  – Gillian Richards

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gillianrichardsart@gmail.com

Gillian Richards Art acknowledges the Bullongin People of the Yugambeh Language speaking nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which this art is created. I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present, and honor their ongoing connection to the lands, waters, and culture of this region.
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