Call of the Coast
Alexander Beech
13–28 July
Call of the Coast is a series of paintings based on getting away from it all and being immersed in a region on Tasmania’s north-east coast for six months. Making drawings and studies ideas developed into paintings about forms and space in the landscape.
Nostalgic shacks contrast with the architecture of the natural environment, exploring expanses of sky and water. Light perpetually changes, the symphony of the ocean is ever-present, and brief epic moments intertwine with the prevalence of the everyday. Amid shoulder seasons, the offseason, and between occasional heavy weather events, a muted eeriness pervades.
While the subject matter of these works concentrates on the external environment, each work filters through an inner world. The resulting paintings in this exhibition are formed from multiple experiences, responses embedded in paint to the call of the coast.
Please join us for a drink to celebrate the opening of CALL OF THE COAST on Saturday 13 July (6–8PM)
exhibition collection
Alexander Beech is a painter based in lutruwita/ Tasmania. Alexander’s practice explores landscapes in paint with drawing as the fundamental basis. He immerses himself in the landscape reflecting on events past and present, synthesising connections between the subject matter and refining what is laid down in paint. Alexander holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours and a Master of Fine Art and Design (Painting) from the University of Tasmania. He has exhibited work nationally and has been shortlisted for several significant art prizes including The Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, The Glover Prize, Hadley’s Art Prize and the Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize. His work is held in private collections and the Macquarie Group Collection.
