By Kath Gannaway
Ryan Tews’ ‘Elucidation of Worlds’ is currently on show at Warburton Arts Centre.
The exhibition is an artistic collaboration with nature and geometry, exploring deep into subjects and beyond the apparent.
An artist and musician, Tews presents a collection of large, detailed photographic explorations that investigate the facets of nature’s mechanics to discover a realm smaller than we can see.
Featuring high-resolution scanographs which reflect astounding complexities, ordinarily inaccessible to the human eye, the works invite the viewer on a contemplative journey of texture and tone, abstract and real.
Tews has been exploring the photographic power of the flat-bed scanner, and has come to appreciate the minute details able to be captured, otherwise remaining unseen.
Through scanning, he has discovered surprising and interesting details in his abstract ink and oil paintings. Such magnified depictions conjure imaginings of biology, astronomy, chemistry and physics.
This had led to exploring texture in found objects, such as resin, butterflies and shells.
In a further elucidation of his musical and artistic talents, he will perform original compositions and improvisations on piano at the Arts Centre on Saturday, 11 March, responding to the artwork on display, and will be available to discuss his work.
Elucidation of Worlds is on until Sunday, 12 March.
