Rochelle Summerfield: A Wayfarer on the Nepean

Featuring drawing and animation works resulting from the artist’s recent Summer Studio Residency at Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest

Autumn Exhibition Suite 2017

Rochelle Summerfield examines female experience and our human need for connection to nature through her work, which explores the rich riverscapes of her local area – the Clarence River in rural Grafton, north-eastern New South Wales. While in residence at Penrith she considered the Nepean as a riverscape – a cultured and gendered space – all with a darkly humourous nod and a wink.

Working between classic media such as drawing and collage; and new technologies including photography and digital media, Summerfield irreverently reinvents her landscapes in a decidedly contemporary, Australian and female character.

(please note these are indicative images to give an example of Rochelle Summerfield’s work – the works in the exhibition are currently being completed)