Family creates art together
AN INVERLOCH family of artists is now exhibiting works showcasing environmental and humanist concepts of lost and found worlds at Meeniyan Art Gallery.
Robert and Jen Manhal and their daughter Genevieve opened Water and Earth on Sunday, February 28.
Jen and Genevieve created work in textiles, printmaking and sculpture.
“Our work is very colourful and created with the hope to make the onlooker think about their environment and their place in it,” Jen said.
Genevieve’s biggest piece is called the 100 Lost Worlds and consists of 100 individual textile landscapes, created over the past 12 months to create one coherent piece, exploring colour and the many possible images of the world.
Jen said, “A lot of my work references Ediacaran fossils, refugees and also the environmental impacts the human race is having with rubbish and plastic use.
“In particular, my 37 Babies sculpture, made very recently references the refugee crisis.”
Robert’s photographs – The Found Series – show natural found objects at the beach, and are non-altered images, strikingly beautiful in colour and composition.
The opening was a great success, supported by friends, family and fellow artists.
Inverloch artist Susan Hall opened the exhibition.
All relative: Robert and Jen Manhal and their daughter Genevieve (centre) are now exhibiting their show Water and Earth at Meeniyan Art Gallery.
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