Damian Showyin
On acquiring a work by Damian Showyin for his personal collection, Justin Paton, took to Instagram to air his praise: “Damian Showyin is a wonderful builder in colour, constructing his intensely satisfying paintings from softly brushed blocks, stacks and windows… And they also hint at something bigger, about how things in any setting – a city, landscape or community – must accommodate each other to get along. ‘In paint and textiles, I have developed a personal language; one of patterns and braided shapes. I delight in the teeming and tight harmony of the buildings, fences and gardens I’m surrounded by. Perhaps this is why my art resonates so well when installed in public, in places of getting along’.
Damian Showyin has produced a new body of paintings and textile work inspired by time spent in Kandos with Diane Pirotta informed by her cultural and creative lens as a Wiradjuri woman. Working on site in Kandos with a blue sky studio Damian has responded directly to the environment.
The artist acknowledges the contribution of Diane Pirotta
My paintings are like abstracted windows, where oblong shapes of deep, layered colours seem to hold whispered secrets.
