EXHIBITING a limited preview of LUMO WABI SABI at Ocean Grove Uniting Church Hall this weekend as part of the Arts Trail, Stanley Spargo\u2019s creative vision has been focused this year on compositional photography: monochrome perspectives drawing on an elegant simplicity of style gleaned from journeys in Japan.<\/p>\n
A year of work deepening this vision culminates in a final whirl of activity, refining the format that best honours the work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve used grainy images as a homage to time passing (the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic), and printed them as large scale, luminous metallic prints: this creates a unique contrast which I hope communicates what I\u2019m trying to show, which sometimes makes one look twice to understand the image,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
After last year\u2019s prolific foray into colour and canvas it\u2019s an interesting direction for a creative mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like the challenge of exploring new horizons, and often come back renewed to both painting and photography, such complementary forms of expression.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago I had a creative fast for 12 months to \u2018bottle up the juice\u2019 and allow pressure to build that was released as last year\u2019s impressionist landscapes in oils\u201d.<\/p>\n
These are currently on exhibition in a rather special home in Ivanhoe currently on the market. That\u2019s certainly unique and characterises Stanley\u2019s \u201cwhy not? Let\u2019s keep it exciting\u201d attitude to the world. It\u2019s a skilful perspective.<\/p>\n
Stanley\u2019s work can be seen permanently at the Portarlington and Brunswick studios.<\/p>\n
For more information, head to stanleyspargo.com and @stanleyspargo on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EXHIBITING a limited preview of LUMO WABI SABI at Ocean Grove Uniting Church Hall this weekend as part of the Arts Trail, Stanley Spargo\u2019s creative vision has been focused this year on compositional photography: monochrome perspectives drawing on an elegant simplicity of style gleaned from journeys in Japan. A year of work deepening this vision […]<\/p>\n