Michaye Boulter
Artwork title: Towards Elsewhere
Medium: Oil on hand-beaten steel
Size: 51 x 57 cm
About the Artwork
There is a point along a familiar shore where a large belly of water flows out to the open ocean. Two trees lean out from the bushland against an inexplicable glow. Looking out towards elsewhere, there is a feeling of being embedded in place whilst harbouring a yearning to leave… I am not sure if this is remembered or imagined or of the stretch of time. In my uncertainty, I paint, a duet of sorts, between the prompts of the outer world and the untethered mind.
About the Artist
Michaye Boulter’s landscapes, though undeniably Tasmanian, have a universal quality. Inspired by a deep appreciation of the Tasmanian light, her work creates a shared dream, an imagined, internal place that dissolves the sense we are separable from our surroundings. Boulter has exhibited extensively around the country and has been a finalist in several prestigious art prizes. Her work is held in various public and private collections throughout Australia, including the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Parliament House, Canberra.