JILL PAYNTER-O’MEEHAN
15 – 21 July
JILL PAYNTER-O’MEEHAN
An intuitive explorer of colour, light, texture and shape, Jill Paynter-O’Meehan skilfully harness’s the craft of crochet combined with eclectic collections and recycled everyday objects to create her sculptures and installations. Inspired by hidden treasures and unique discoveries of her everyday life, Paynter-O’Meehan creates joyful immersive experiences that range from “hold in your hand” micro landscapes to full gallery sized installations. Paynter-O’Meehan graduated from Curtin University in 2015 with a BA in Fine Arts where she has since worked on a multitude of arts projects and collaborations, including her recent participation in the Strange Festival two years in a row; creating installations in the empty spaces of Perths CBD, embracing Paynter-O’Meehans love of the weird and macabre. Paynter-O’Meehans solo practice has also previously seen her exhibit with the local Albany artist group MIX between 2014 and 2023, with exhibitions previously held in the newly renovated Albany Town Hall, the Vancouver Arts Centre, and The Painted Tree Gallery in Northcliffe.
Seeded, Jill Paynter-O’Meehan, Albany Town Hall Gallery for MIX Artist Group Exhibition, 2023, mixed ceramics, crocheted yarns, latex, found beach sand and plywood, dimensions: Variable, Photo Credit: Jill Paynter O’Meehan.
Podding, Jill Paynter-O’Meehan, Albany Town Hall Gallery, MIX Artist Group Exhibition, 2022, Crocheted yarns, gold paint and found gleditsia branch and seed pods, Dimensions: Variable, Photo Credit: Jill Paynter O’Meehan.
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Neon Lagoon, Golden Wattle Hookers (aka Jill Paynter-O’Meehan and Holly O’Meehan), Animaze exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre, 2018. Various crocheted yarns, various textiles, pine board, house paint, foam and projection, Dimensions: Variable, Photo Credit: Fremantle Arts Centre.
Mother and daughter duo, Jill Paynter-O’Meehan and Holly O’Meehan, work both collaboratively and individually, with their seperate art practices developing into rather opposing bodies of work, but with both heavily focused on process and materiality with there most common thread being working repetitively. The duo have previously worked collaboratively under the name the “Golden Wattle Hookers”, a homage to their connections to farming and country living, the Country Women’s Association and the Golden Wattle Cook Book. Under this name they have exhibited in large spaces such as the Fremantle Arts Centre for their 2019 “Animaze” exhibition, developed large scale outdoor community engagement works for several local Perth councils during 2021 and 2022, and have lended their skills to large scale commissions such the two uncanny and oversized sheep titled “Pair” by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah.
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