During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic most of us in the Macedon Ranges were on the other side of the ‘ring of steel’ to some of our friends.
It was during this time that Candice Boyd started posting photos of flowers from her garden on social media, hoping to share a little bit of regional life with those she cared about in locked-down Melbourne. This was much appreciated.
When the ‘ring of steel’ was lifted and she stopped posting, these friends asked Candice to bring back her cheery posts. So it has continued each year since, from September to May, as a weekly post called ‘For a Monday’.
Each of the works in this exhibition comes from one of these social media posts but has been transformed from a basic digital print by hand distressing the surface of the image with an artist’s rubber, revealing the texture of the handmade paper underneath. This process allows these works to ‘blur the line’ between digital and non-digital art.
With 12 works in all, these images represent Candice’s favourite exotic plants from her garden. Originals and calendars are on sale and on display from Tuesday November 4 to Sunday November 30 at The Gallery Mount Macedon. There is an opening event on Sunday, November 9 at 2pm.
The Gallery Mount Macedon is at 684 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon, next to The Trading Post. Opening hours: Friday to Tuesday from 10am to 4pm.
