Prudence Flint was recently included in the 30th Birthday Celebration exhibition, a group show of new work by artists who had been awarded prizes in the Linden Postcard Show. Prudence paints subtely detailed figures in psychologically charged environments enveloped by fields of colour and light.
We recently caught up with Prudence in her studio to find out more about her practice and the work she has been making recently.
I work in oil on linen. I am a figurative painter and I produce about six paintings a year. I paint mainly women in interiors. I want to
create a recognisable intensity and intimacy.
I have kept a detailed journal since I was nineteen. I write and draw many pages a day. I am interested in early renaissance painting,
psycho analysis and philosophy. I am an avid reader of fiction. I love a female protagonist.
My paintings start out quite loose and free. I have an idea and draw a small drawing in pencil. I then draw the image up free hand onto the
linen in willow charcoal. I make up the space and the composition and then I set about setting up a friend to model for the pose.
The craft of oil painting requires patience. I have an idea of what I want but then I have to surrender to the process of painting. I put on
layers and wait for them to dry, slowing refining and focusing the shapes, colours and tones. The painting will become itself often separate
from what I had imagined. It takes a while to see and enjoy the painting with any objectivity.
I am working to complete nine paintings to be crated and sent to London for a show at motherstankstation. My painting process is slow so
this will be almost two years work. I’ve so far finished three and have five on the go and another one ruminating in my mind.
Photographs: Theresa Harrison Photography
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the Postcard Show 30th Birthday
Dr Marion Piper's essay Creating Certainty explores her response to seeing art in real life in
January, when she visited the Linden Postcard Show 2020-21.
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Stunning studio photographs by Theresa Harrison accompanied by a series of reflections from the artists, providing new insights into their practice.
I see death and the passage of time as a natural part of life and want to engage in ideas about the power
of loss ..
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Often my work draws upon nostalgia to playfully engage with the mundane every day .+ Read more
My creative process becomes a meditative act in itself…drawing me into the moment of self-forgetting ...
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I paint mainly women in interiors. I want to create a recognisable intensity and intimacy ...
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I hope viewers experience Joy in the sensuality of the elaborate and boldly theatrical, and surprise at
the allure of this artifice ...
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In 2020 I decided to use the strange year and lockdowns as an opportunity to experiment with textures and
mark making which I had long been hoping to find time to explore ...
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I very briefly studied fashion and considered it as a career, which certainly shaped my approach to making
work ...
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My work responds to both the domestic and to natural environments, often looking for a point where these
two areas collide or come into conflict
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22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
To Feed your Oracle
Ruth Höflich is an artist and filmmaker, born in Munich, Germany, and currently based in Melbourne. In an
installation of video, photography and site intervention, To
Feed Your Oracle will
explore how we might understand, or predict, things that we can’t see and how our expectations might affect how we experience the
unknown.
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Wellness Deity
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist. This exhibition will present the Wellness Deity Project,
which Srivilasa undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative, community-driven project invited people to submit a
drawing of their Wellness Deity, a being that has a special empowering or protective power.
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Natasha Bieniek is best-known for her miniature oil paintings. Bieniek’s paintings are meticulous in their
execution and demand close inspection. They link the ancient tradition of 16th century miniature painting with present-day image culture.
This exhibition brings together a suit of recent works that have not been seen together before, including Bieniek’s stand out painting, Biophilia,
which was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2015.
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Things to explore in our Local Neighbourhood to enhance your next visit to St Kilda and the gallery.
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A recap of recent Linden Contemporaries adventures exploring some of the best private art
collections in Melbourne.
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We look forward to welcoming you at the gallery soon to see our latest series of solo exhibitions by leading
mid-career artists.
> Troy Emery's Sonder
> Nicholas Folland's Burn Down the House
> Ash
Keating's Duality.
If you would like to find out more about these exceptional artists, book into a Meet the Artist
session to hear from them what drives their practice and what inspires their creativity.
I would like to offer my thanks to Creative Victoria for the additional funding to support this new initiative and to the fabulous team at Linden who have worked behind the scenes to create Linden Extra.
Melinda Martin
Director
March 2021
Q&A by Juliette Hanson | Editing: Juliette Hanson & Chloé Hazelwood | Design: Mathieu Vendeville
