A solo exhibition
by
Joanne Power Cotton
at
The Milk Factory Pop-Up Gallery
Water in the landscape comes in many forms determined by how it moves and places itself in its surroundings. Through its range of movement, from the vast ocean’s crashing waves to a still or rippling puddle, water uses the sun’s light at various times of the day and conditions to give us a kaleidoscope of colours through its ability to reflect and refract.
This solo exhibition, The Shape of Water in Pastel, explores the nature of water and how it embraces the sun’s light in all its shapes and forms using the vibrant, velvety, and versatile medium of soft pastels.
Opening hours
10am-5pm Mon-Sat
10am-4pm Sunday
The Exhibition
 DolcissimoPastel on sanded paper Image: 48.5 X 48.5 cm Framed: 58 X 58 cm $745 SOLD |  On the CuspPastel on sanded paper Image: 86.5 X 115.5 cm Framed: 92.5 X 121.5 SOLD |  DropletsPastel on sanded paper Image: 32 X 32 cm Framed: 42 X 42 cm |  SognantePastel on sanded paper Image: 49 X 49 cm Framed: 70 X 70 cm $745 SOLD |
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 Rollin InPasted on sanded paper Image: 32 X 32 cm Framed: 53 X 53 cm $495 SOLD |  TranquiloPastel on sanded paper Image: 40 X 29 cm Framed: 58.5 X 48.5 cm $545 SOLD |  RhythmPastel on sanded paper Image: 77.5 X 30.5 cm Framed: 101.5 X 54.5 cm $1245 SOLD |  DiminuendoPastel on sanded paper Image: 29.5 X 22.5 cm Framed: 52.5 X 45 cm $375 SOLD |
 Nella FantasiaPastel on sanded paper Image: 68 X 98 cm Framed: 80 X 110 cm $2495 SOLD |  AwashPastel on sanded paper Image: 32 X 32 cm Framed: 53 X 53 cm $495 SOLD |  In HarmonyPastel on sanded paper Image: 50 X 40.5 cm Framed: 72.5 X 63.5 cm $745 SOLD |  RipplesPastel on sanded paper Image: 32 X 32 cm Framed: 42 X 42 cm $495 SOLD |
 ViverePastel on sanded paper Image: 81.5 X 33 cm Framed: 105.5 X 57 cm |  Reflections on Halong BayPastel on sanded paper Image: 28.5 X 39 cm Framed: 48 X 58 cm |  AdentePastel on sanded paper Image: 39 X 29 cm Framed: $545 |  BerceusePastel on sanded paper image: 20 X 25 cm framed: 41.5 X 46.5 cm |
 BravuraPastel on sanded paper Image: 65.5 X 45.5 cm Framed: 91 X 72 cm $995 |  AdagioPastel on sanded paper Image: 29.5 X 39.5 cm Framed: 49 X 59 cm $545 |  FinalePastel on sanded paper Image: 20 X 25 cm Framed: 41 X 46 cm $345 |  GlissandoPastel on sanded paper Image: 51 X 21 cm Framed: 70.5 X 41.5 cm |
 Molto VivacePastel on sanded paper Image: 69.5 X 52 cm Framed" 109 X 92 cm |  Indian Head from Champagne PoolsPastel on sanded paper Image: 67 X 39 cm Framed: 91.5 X 63 |  CrescendoPastel on sanded paper Image: 43 X 28 cm Framed: 61.5 X 47 cm $525 SOLD |  GraziosoPastel on sanded paper Image: 67 X 46.5 cm Framed: 100.5 X 80.5 cm |
 RitonelloPastel on sanded paper Image: 48 X 34 cm Framed: 70 X 56 cm $595 |  SerenadePastel on sanded paper Image: 28.5 X 25.5 cm Framed: 47.5 X 46 cm $425 |  RubatoPastel on sanded paper Image: 48 X 42 cm Framed: 70 X 66 cm $595 SOLD |  AllegrettoPastel on sanded paper Unframed with mat $345 |
 DuskPastel on sanded paper Image: 24.5 X 19 cm Framed: 46 X 41 cm $345 |
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Artist's Statement
The artist, Joanne Power Cotton, is a textile and garment designer who discovered soft pastels 5 years ago and has never looked back. “Soft pastels are the purest form of pigment offered in all the mediums for painting fine art and their vibrancy and layering capacity have inspired me to search my most creative heart and soul when interpreting the beautiful world around us.”
“I have chosen to paint a series of my interpretations of ‘the shape of water’ in the landscape to celebrate the importance of water in our world – in our environment - and to reflect upon all its beauty, purity, and strength – in a time when we are all to painfully aware of how humanity can destroy what is pure, unique, and beautiful... please enjoy and celebrate with me…”