Muriwai Arts Trail 2009
Gaylene Earl
Land subdivision, and the differing perceptions of appropriate land use, are ideas that have been strongly debated in the community recently. My love and concern for the forested New Zealand landscape seeks expression in the “Landscape Subdivision Series.” Referencing early settler and the current ubiquitous subdivision and land use/abuse of ; subdivide, clear, burn, bulldoze, lay bare - farm and lifestyle I have used a montage grid format to underscore the continuing dissection of the land. In these intense works I attempt to offer the viewer a variety of ways into the landscape to discover beauty or desolation, a grand or an intimate view.
