Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne VIC
May 26 – June 12, 2021
Alchemy, 2019, oil on canvas, 122 x 91.5cm 
Morning poem, 2020, oil on canvas, 122.5 x 91.7cm 
Bowl and cup, 2019, oil and oil stick on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm 
Dimly downed sun, 2019, oil on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm 
But love is the sky, 2019, oil on canvas, 152.6 x 101.8cm 
Horizon’s tooth, 2019, oil on canvas, 152.6 x 101.8cm 
Early watches, 2020, oil on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm 
House to hold, 2020, oil on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm 
To take what we love inside, 2020, oil and oil stick on canvas, 61 x 50.8cm 
My inside and my outside, 2019, oil and oil stick on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4cm 
Under the rock are the jewels, 2020, oil and oil stick on canvas, 122 x 91.5cm 
We overwinter, 2019, oil and oil stick on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4cm 
Threshold, 2021, oil on canvas, 101.8 x 152.6cm
Fear not the harsh winter is a series of paintings about my experience of darkness over the winter solstice, while on a residency with my mum in Glaziers Bay, Tasmania. These works observe the enveloping advance of night through interiors, exteriors, and in between spaces. Using expressive marks and moments of colour on a black ground, I show darkness as a space rich with possibility, forming a threshold between real and unreal, conversation and silence, disconnection and communion. The shifting silhouette of my mother has become the main character, moving from space to space, forming around her the keys to surviving a winter.
– Sarah Fordyce, 2020
SARAH FORDYCE 