The Point
Simon Buttonshaw

These marks made on rock speak to a process that opens a door to the very heart of why we wish to make a mark. Coming into contact or face to face with the mystery of why.

Title of artwork: Mapping memory: Lorne theolithic 2021-22

Black Senellier oil stick on canvas, laced on to metal frames crafted by David Graham.

Canvas dimensions: 1380cm W x 1720cm H

Single canvas $8,000 unframed, $10,000 framed

Double canvas in frame (as exhibited) $17,000

This work is a record and memory of a site-specific encounter between the artist and the timeless presence of the Point. In this meeting, the Point is a collaborator and sculptor.

Through making contact with form, the geological memory and imprints of deep time are felt and drawn. A lifting up occurs in which the geological moments come into focus, their form outlined, their dynamic presence made tangible.

Since meeting on the Point, Simon and collaborator Philomena Manifold’s shared interest in geological process and their felt sense of place have woven together through conversation and practice. Each mark is made from a personal, felt choice that reaches into the timeless and touches Gondwana. The work is immersive, non-figurative, anamorphic and enigmatic, as is memory itself.