18 Feb - 18 April 2011 Jean Bellette Gallery, Hill End NSW28 Sept - 9 Oct 2011 Barometer Gallery, Paddington NSW17 Nov - 17 Dec 2011 Craft ACT : craft and design centre, ACT4 May - 17 June 2012 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery NSW
Julie Ryder's solo exhibition, Companion Planting, is inspired by a 2009 Hill End residency in Murray’s Cottage, the former home of Donald Friend and Donald Murray. The complex relationship between the gregarious well-known artist, (Friend) and the reclusive, introverted gardener (Murray) is explored through watercolours, textiles and objects that are sourced directly from the cottage garden.
'Companion Planting' 2012 at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Photography: BRAG
'All my days follow all your nights – all your yesterdays are all my tomorrows', 2011Textiles and threads dyed with plants from Murrays Cottage 3 textiles 10cm x 300cm; 3 textiles 40cm x 300cmPhotography: BRAG
'Me, Here, and You, There' 2011Wood, thorns, rose petals, hemp, silk thread, stitch Approx 100cm
'Hill End Diary 1' , 2010' Watercolour on Arches paper (Jarrah frames)50 x 70cm
Wishbone (Series of 12), 2010Watercolour on Arches paper (Jarrah frames)35 x50cm ea
'Be careful what you wish for' (Series of 12), 2010Bone, rose thorns
'Hill End Diary ', (detail) 2010Watercolour on Arches paper (Jarrah frames)50 x 70cm ea
Companion Planting at Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, 2011