Ingrid Daniell is a Victorian Surfcoast artist who lives and works along the local coastline that she loves so much. Her connection to and appreciation of this special part of the world is evident in her most recent body of work - The Endless Now.

This is Ingrid’s eighth solo exhibition with Boom. Ingrid’s work is much loved and admired with many collectors holding multiple pieces by the artist. The Endless Now is a celebration of Ingrid’s practice and we are excited to share her exhibition here at Boom.

ARTIST STATEMENT
 

“I have spent this past year walking on Wadawurrung Country; scorched in dry hot wind during summer; dwarfed by ancient crumbling cliffs in Autumn; bathed in gold through winter under the wattle and awakened through the fresh life of Spring. The Endless Nowexplores the infinite moments we experience; observing how the past, present and future can exist simultaneously as we move through life; painting within this meditation has kept me in a state of endless now. This body of work was painted through each season; in mindful conversations with the landscape as nature; light and flora shift. In every observation in awe that is experienced; time passes and so onto the endless now.
 

My paintings start long before I enter the studio. They begin in the moments I spend immersed the landscapes of my homeland on Wadawurrung Country on Victoria’s Surf Coast, I actively avoid working from plein air or photographs as I’m not trying to mirror what I am engaging with; rather, I aim to capture how I feel when I am in the environment; taking this energy back to the studio with me and responding to the experiences with a sense of immediacy within the stillness of memory.
 

Throughout The Endless Now,I explore the paradoxical nature of awe: the ephemeral, sublime moments in nature that simultaneously inspire hope and fear, strength and fragility, insignificance and transcendence.
 

Immersed in the experience of time spent dwarfed under the cliffs at Jarosite Reef; pressed with layers of sediment and shells drifts of deep time. These moments full of overwhelming awe; are entangled with emotions of climate anxiety and provide constant reflection on the paradox of awe.
 

I explore the form of the cliffs, using colour and texture to create a dreamlike and surreal landscape. Using fluro pigment I aim to amplify the vibrant feeling of the raw energy that exists in the cliffs fragility. Rich intricate brush strokes articulate the drift of seashells; a marker of deep time. The fossilised shells pressed in the cliffs contrast against the daily collection of weathered plastic washed ashore.
 

The bursts of life gifted through the seasons with the flora has also played an important muse in my current body of work, the Iron Barks dusty pink blossoms of Autumn, the lush gold of the wattle during Winter, the ever present Xantheria Australis on my daily walks, the dry crisp air on the Stringy Barks in Summer and the burnt tang of the remnant wattle as new life begins in Spring.
 

Ultimately, my work seeks to evoke awe as a transformative emotion; one that offers space for reflection, belonging, and connection to the now, the past and the future all in one. It is a call to remember our place within nature’s intricate and fragile web, to hold both the heartbreak and the wonder, and to find meaning in the moments where time, memory, and the land converge.
 

I am fascinated with themes of deep time, awe, spirituality, and our need to connect with nature. Painting for me works to serve as both a meditation and a response to the world we live in; finding hope in the midst of the environmental crisis.”

BIO

Painter and visual artist, Ingrid Daniell is inspired by the landscapes that shape her life experience; in particular luturwita /Tasmania and Wadadwurrung Country / Surf Coast, Victoria; where she divides her time living. Spending time immersed in these places allows her to pay close attention to their unique nature and to observe and connect with the natural rhythms and energies of the environment, translating these experiences from memory into her paintings.
 

In 1993 Ingrid Daniell completed a Bachelor of Art in Textiles and Fashion, majoring in Costume Design at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Daniell shifted her art practice to painting in 2014 extending her love of colour, texture and drama onto the canvas and has since been exhibiting regularly in group and solo exhibitions.