Helga Salwe 'Unfinished Paintings' romantic

Helga Salwe 'Unfinished Paintings' romanticHelga Salwes documentary photography draws attention to the beauty in the mundane of everyday people, places and communities within Australia. Unfinished Paintings is a sepia toned Gicle print that captures the intimacy of her then husband, Michael Leunigs studio. Her use of direct light creates shadows that form a natural vignette; featuring two canvas paintings, an empty frame and a table scattered with brushes, palettes and rags. Her documentation

There is also something mysterious about ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’

Signed: in plate David Boyd (not hand signed)

the water’s presence is not realistic but an artistic decision

but may show some small signs of surrounding wear or age to paper

Signed: Signed and numbered in margin in pencil below image

Mavis Lymburner

and invokes an instant sense of calm - as if there is a friendly energy watching over you

but for me

A delightful embodiment of whimsy and colour

‘Alone on the Rocks’ offers a new perspective

of extinction

Signed: Signed and dated with initials lower left: AB