The timed auction ends Thursday September 17th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Emilie Syme-Lamont
The Interval, 2018
Oil on Canvas
Height 61 cm x Width 76 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $600
'The Interval' reflects a moment of pause before taking a new step. The painting depicts a child looking back towards a guardian, capturing a fleeting yet familiar moment in childhood—the gradual movement away from the safety of a parent and towards the wider world.
I was interested in the emotional space of this transition: the brief hesitation between dependence and independence, reassurance and uncertainty. It is a universal experience, one that often lingers more vividly in memory than the event itself.
Painted loosely and in vivid, surreal colours, the work evokes the quality of a remembered moment or a dream. Rather than documenting a specific scene, The Interval explores the emotional resonance of childhood, where memory, imagination and lived experience become intertwined.
Artist Bio: Emilie Syme-Lamont graduated from The National Art School in Sydney and holds an MFA in Drawing and a BFA in Painting. She has held solo exhibitions at M Contemporary (Sydney), Edwina Corlette Gallery (Brisbane) PINCE projects (Budapest) and Incinerator Gallery (Melbourne). Her body of work includes painting, drawing, ceramics, and more recently, sound, silicone, and bookmaking. Her work is held in private collections in Australia, the USA, and Europe, and in the National Art School Archives in Sydney.
Dimensions:
61 cm x 76 cm