These large works on paper are in essence a memento mori.  From their vivid beginnings to their inevitable fading, it is a documentation of process.

The gestural manner reflects a fall
A death in a moment

Hand and mind in motion
Both tender and abrupt

A constant keening gives way to whispered laments
As fruit dries and fades.

Shayne O’Donnell is a practising artist currently living and working in Perth, on Whadjuk Boodjar. O’Donnell graduated from Curtin University with a Masters in 2011, and has shown at institutions such as PICA and John Curtin Gallery.  O’Donnell has work held in multiple private collections as well as Artbank Sydney.