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Landscape is never really about the actual land, it’s about what the viewer wants or expects to find in that particular place. It’s about the lure and mystery of a blurred horizon and the onlooker’s speculation over what some undefined shape in the distance may actually be.
Mark Rodda creates both abstract and figurative paintings. This work often features combinations of both painterly and geometric forms. His recent non-representational work employs handmade synthetic polymer 'tiles' in conjunction with the manipulation of synthetic polymer liquids to form an ultra-flat and unique painting surface..
Mark Rodda's figurative paintings usually take the form of a Romantic or Magical Landscape. These fabricated worlds, although often uninhabited, sometimes become a stage for interactions between people, animals, or enchanted entities.
Mark Rodda was born in Tasmania and lives and works in Melbourne. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at the University of Tasmania, Launceston, in 1994 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) at RMIT, Melbourne in 1999. He has held 19 solo exhibitions since 1995 and participated in numerous group shows in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious Glover Prize (for landscape) in Evandale, Tasmania.