Marriage

2022 Photomontage on 310gsm cotton rag No. 1 in edition of 5 plus 2 artist’s proofs 38 x 50cm / 57 x 64cm framed In ‘Eurotipodes - Colonial Capsize’ a semitransparent horse hangs upside down, merged with a kangaroo in a red colonial landscape. The diaphanous layered landscape reimagines colonial paintings from the Mitchell Library, referencing time, ecological and cultural change. Two iconic creatures are joined. In this work Glynn is reflecting on what is an ‘Australian’ landscape?

2023 Archival photomontage on cotton rag paper Edition of 7 plus 2 artist’s proofs 100 x 84cm / 103 x 87cm framed This work includes references to ‘Sydney Harbour Looking West’, 1848, by Jacob Janssen. From archives and public collections Glynn digitally captured colonial paintings, furniture, sculptures, flora and fauna. Combining these images with contemporary nature photography, Glynn creates multilayered imagery. A world of fantasia, a place on the cusp of reality and imagination.

2020 Pencil and watercolour on Stonehenge 250gsm paper 95 x 62cm unframed / 120 x 80cm framed 'Extinction Game - Norfolk Island Kaka’ reimagines a historical portrait of an extinct Norfolk Island Kaka, surviving in captivity until 1851. The parakeet perches, a losing player. The black and white chess board expresses the ‘game’ of survival.