Mandy McGuire Artist

Sunday, 10 July 2011

BRIDE, oil on board, 90 x 60cm
What light through yonder window breaks? (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)

Posted by Mandy Lee McGuire at 18:07

Mandy Lee McGuire: Mandy McGuire grew up, one of seven children, the daughter of a timber-cutter, in rural South West Queensland and has spent most of her adult life raising a family and making a living which included a career in hospitality until completing a teaching degree in 1991. Her life is punctuated with an art practice that demonstrates a love of both the landscape and the narrative. In 2005, she was artist in residence for ten weeks at Julalikari Art Centre in Tennant Creek. This experience encouraged her to uproot her family and move to Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, to manage Mangkaja Arts, an aboriginal owned art centre. As a self-described Symbolist, much of her imagery has mythological references and is deeply personal. Recent art practice of the last five years or so, reveals an interest in the limited way one recalls the past. She is particularly interested in creating imagery, from selective memory, about her personal experiences of place.

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