Entrant to the Wynne Prize - Art Gallery NSW
Artist's statement by Jacqueline Tiepermann:
Refuge Bay
Oil on Linen - 122 X 220cm
“Refuge Bay” is personal, a large painting, a lightbulb moment painted feverishly one Sunday.
It tells the story of family holiday memories on the Hawkesbury River. Whilst painting I was totally transported to those times, so many childhood anecdotes, I could actually hear my brothers & parents voices during the long hours hovering over the canvas. We always moored at this glorious bay with a natural waterfall, majestic rock formations and a cave behind that we played in and around. I remember only too well looking through my cabin’s porthole at night, a mesmerising waterfall with a sound that lulled me to sleep. Painting with an open smile, whilst tears fell freely.
As I climbed into bed late that night, completely spent, there was a call to notify me that my father had passed away.
It is at times like that, I wonder, what subliminal messages are sent from the spirit world…
2023 Wynne Prize entry - 'Refuge Bay' - Oil on Linen 122cm x 220cm
'Refuge Bay' - Section of painting
Jacqueline Tiepermann