Phoebe Stone.
Phoebe is a self-taught Sydney based artist working predominantly in oil pastels to explore the beauty and delight to be found in a well balanced coming together of composition, colour, pattern and texture.
Scenes of the domestic, whether food or the accoutrement of daily life, are drawn and drawn again in her signature urgency; impatient to see their pleasing forms and arrangements take shape on the paper.
Her current works, whilst an exercise in pleasing compositions and colour stories, are also pieces created to capture and revel in memories of travel, meals shared and to savour particular emotional responses embedded in objects that are scattered throughout her home.
Previous Works
Select Past Works 2023 - 2024.
2024 - Thoughts Of Feasts
Show Notes
For her latest show, Phoebe Stone created works whilst musing on the idea of a ‘feast’. What shapes they take, what emotions they evoke. The word ‘Feast’ can make us automatically think of a table draped in linen, laden with food and drinks, beautiful serving wear, glowing candles… but there are also those times when a simple slice of bread with some butter feels like an absolute feast. A fresh crisp apple picked straight from the tree!! We often speak of visual feats, feasts for the senses - those moments when your eye catches a beautiful arrangement of flowers and it takes your breath away, or to look out and see the beauty of the ocean and to feel nourished. Conversations with family and friends, often over a meal, at a table; feasts for the mind. These works explore feasts in all their forms and in all the ways they can sustain both mind and body.
2023 - A Long Lunch . Busta X MCM
PREVIOUS SOLO EXHIBITION 2023
As autumn swiftly approaches, it's hard not to notice how quickly time passes. The warm, sun drenched afternoons spent with friends during summer have ended, giving way to the crisp chill of fresh autumn air. As the seasons change, many of us find ourselves swapping bittersweet Spritzes for warm wine. If you're anything like us, the prospect of hearty, comforting meals is a saving grace during the colder months. There's a certain joy that comes with spending nights in the kitchen, despite the pesky splashes of red wine that can stain tablecloths. But even those stains can serve as a reminder of the cozy moments spent wrapped in wool, savoring bread dipped in rich soups and sauces as butter slowly drips down.
There's a natural connection between food and art, as both have the power to evoke emotions and memories. In fact, they can even become intertwined and indistinguishable from each other. In this week's journal, we're featuring a heartfelt memoir from two masters on the subject: HAKE artist, Phoebe Stone and the culinary experts at Busta in Manly. Through their perspectives, we'll explore the intersection of food and art and the memories they create.
Words by Venn Miles, HAKE
