Bleakley said some of these recent creations were inspired by the building itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually started them while I was sitting in the front window of the building,\u201d she said. \u201cI was observing the combination of the interior of the building and the outlook out of that window.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wrought iron across the front of the building, which is one of the original features, is something that I then abstracted and used to create five new mixed media pieces.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re actually quite site-specific to the space and now they’ll be able to be seen back in the space where they were begun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bleakley is a sculptor and mixed media artist crafting lush, colourful artworks.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy pieces are heavily detailed and have lots of textural layers,\u201d she said. \u201cThey play with lots of levels of detail for people to find and I think that that means that everybody sees different things.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s almost like a little bit of hide-and-seek.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said it was interesting to see how it they were interpreted in her January show.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a really great experience to have the local community come through,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have feedback on my work and to hear the pieces were resonating with people in the way that I had anticipated, and also in ways that I hadn’t when I was making them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that’s the beauty of art, that everybody takes something different away.\u201d<\/p>\n
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