Marion Gordon-Flower

For Marion Gordon-Flower something new began during the period of Covid lockdowns, "where we were living under national and global threat.  I found myself returning to the earlier foundations of my artmaking and building upon these in a new way.  Foundational influences were those of Eva Hesse, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, Colin Mc Cohan and Ralph Hotere.  Andy Goldsworthy, Martin Hill have inspired me in the environmental, and Kirsten Kurtz in the bringing earth media to the canvas. The space between painting and sculpture has been long term experimental interest in my artmaking and this has been further extended in my latest work."

Pūmanawa / Intuitio: Artistic Passport Aotearoa has presented as an opportunity for further refinement of notions related to my own bicultural Tūhoe and European background, which continues to move and grow relevant to surrounding environment.  The Matariki season is the focus and inspiration behind the artwork, a time when ngā whetu, the stars, and marama, the moon come into closer relationship with Papatūānuku, mother earth.  It presents as a time of drawing in, becoming closer, and of deep reflection.