Elizabeth Doidge, Australian Artist

NEW WORK

I am an Australian Artist, living and working in the Mid-North of South Australia. Over the years I have frequently been asked to produce an 'artists' statement'. Now I just put that my work is the statement but, when pushed, trot out the following which I wrote many years ago:

"Although it has always been essential that my work is accessible, in order to prevent superficial interpretations of the `pictures’, their realism is disciplined by form and composition, there are no obscure alternative meanings, each object represents only itself, and the temptation to use surrealism, obscure symbols or portentous images is avoided."