Empowering women - the emergence of women's legislatures

Blurb

This collection documents a global shift in the status of women, from assimilation with men to self determination.

A deconstructive approach, consistent with the artwork, identifies the emergence of women’s legislatures.

That's what the people in the paintings are celebrating.

Bio

Philip Arts [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Australian Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who’s father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865], was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61. Philip grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip’s mother befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district in their early years.

Following an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney during 1971/2, Philip has studied, painted and exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US, drawing upon a paternal Tasmanian heritage to identity with Australia’s first peoples.

A resident of Redfern for many years while editing the website http://2mf.net, what started as landscapes in a local park has become a series of Original Artist Stretched Canvas Prints entitled: "Empowering women – the emergence of women’s legislatures".

Paintings

Original artist stretched canvas prints, 40 cm x 50 cm (16” x 20”).

Mirror wrapped, printed with Epson Stylus Pro 11880 printers and Epson K3 inks on high quality cotton matte canvas, mounted on kiln dried stretcher bars 3cm in depth, ready to hang.

$A129.00 each, includes delivery within 30 days.