Marie Salinger, The Harvest of Night. Courtesy: the artist and Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury.

Underpinned by the central theme ‘Solas’, Gaelic for light, these works by Marie Salinger are deeply personal delving into places where art, nature and healing intersect.

Influenced by the environments of North East Victoria this body of work investigates the idea of thresholds and in between spaces such as the crevices in granite rocks, the etched lines created by scribbly gum moths under the bark of gum trees and the fine spider web like mycorrhizal fungi that penetrates the soil. The works explore the notion of transience, liminal spaces and the interconnectedness of all life forms. In tandem with these states is a sense of chaos, chance and loss – the ebb and flow of the life journey we are all on.

Solas attempts to shed light on the incredible power of art and nature that can provide solace, hope and healing in times of darkness and despair.

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