Belinda Birchall

My work explores this simple way of seeing the world with a specific focus on the beauty of the small and overlooked marine life found washed up along our shoreline. These paintings and drawings, of the unremarkable along the tidal edges in Geographe Bay, are inspired by my memories of a childhood living beside the beach in another place and time. They aim to remember a child-like attitude, to paint and draw the things underfoot and immediately before me, as a child would experience it. They are small, simple offerings recreating a child’s sense of curiosity and wonder.

Featured Piece

Specimens of Love across time
- Graphite on Gesso boards
AUD $3,000
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11 Boards, overall size (individually framed) - in this arrangement 68 x 76cm.

Artists Statement:‘Specimens of love across time’ are graphite drawings of rocks which I have exchanged with my daughter, who lives overseas. They are tangible mementos of our time together. In this collection of drawings are the rocks my daughter has collected in England and the rocks I have collected along the beaches in Geographe Bay. During this exchange between us I have thought about the meaning of deep geological time compared to the fragility of fleeting and precious moments we all share in the here and now. Each of these rocks tells a story, not just of geological evolution, but also of love, connections and the passage of time.