Bruce Vinall
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That Which is Past1984, Acrylic on canvas, |
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Wild and Delicate1992, Oil, oil stick and enamel on linen, |
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The Hour After Midnight1992, Oil on linen, |
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Left Panel: Sounds from the River Cutting1994 Oil on Linen,
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Little Autumn Painting2008, Oil on linen, |
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Left - Autumn Improvization 12008, Oil on linen,
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Journey Through Space, Light and Time1999, Oil on linen, |
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Currents of Hope2006, Collage and Mixed media on linen, |
Paintings
For more than twenty years Vinall has lived in southwestern Victoria and this environment infuses his art.
The artist is a dedicated walker and is inspired in particular by the rugged coast, the wetlands and the extensive, coastal dune system near his studio in Merrivale, an outer district of Warrnambool. Merrivale also has suburban, rural and industrial aspects and these too are an influence. An important group of paintings that was first exhibited in 1997 was called the 'Merrivale Suite'.
After working on paper for several years the artist has returned to canvas, linen to be precise, producing new mixed media works, including Volcanic Inscape 1 and Volcanic Inscape 2, which were derived from plein-air studies made at Tower Hill, an extinct, volcanic caldera on the plains near Warrnambool. The two 'inscapes' are technically complex works. Materials include acrylic, ground silica, oil pastel and pigmented ink. In 2008 Vinall began to work in oils and he is currently working on a major suite of paintings, inspired by the ancient and beautiful, Vedic Hymn of Creation.
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Volcanic Inscape 12007, Mixed media on canvas, |
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Volcanic Inscape 22007, Mixed media on linen, |
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Gethsemane2008, Oil on linen, |
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Hymn of Creation 12008, Oil & Acrylic on linen, |
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Hymn of Creation 22008, Oil on linen, |
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Hymn of Creation 32008, Oil & Acrylic on linen, |