Cleona Bin Dol

Artist Statement

Hi my name is Cleona and I love creating and experimenting with art. I do Paintings, Drawings, Stained Glass, Pottery, Sculpture, Homewares, Jewellery and Accessories. I can also do private commissions.

I have two art styles in which you will find that I sign them differently.

First is my fine art style of Interiors. This is my exploration with shapes, colours, textures to create visual sensations of depth and projection. This reflects my fascination with the interior space in which we live. A captured moment in time.

The second is my cultural art style. I dedicate these artworks in memory of my mother who was a proud Torres Strait Islander woman and to my family. My family originated from Badu Island and our Totem is the Mangrove Shark. In these art works I explore my connection with nature and culture. This is an unique art style for me as I can see the images on paper. These works I capture the flow in the water, the shadow of the light on the land to show movement in the sand and the shapes of rain on water. Creating these works I have found give me peace within and fill me with the joy of creation.

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Dragonflies At Night

Purple Turtles

Underwater Life

Dragonflies At Night

Interiors

Cultural Designs

Interior Studies

My Interior Studies: I try to capture the feel of a three dimensional space on a two dimensional surface. This in an exploration of light and shadow.

My Cultural Designs

These works show the progression of my cultural art style and explorations in design.

The Clown

The Serene Clown (watch detail)

The Clown

Projection

Creating Depth and Projection

As the image on the left will show a second point of focus ‘the watch’ projects outwards off the canvas. The background is made to look flat and you can see the glossy shimmer on the canvas.

It is this projection of the watch that will surprise and may even cause double takes when people are walking by.