Art lovers can expect to see a little of the outside environment captured for indoor appreciation at the Orange Regional Gallery this week.
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Thomas Pearson said this is no accident, as the years he spent in Orange had a big impact on his latest exhibition.
“I love the idea of time and landscape and how those two things influence who you are and who you become,” said Mr Pearson.
“The colours are largely inspired by the Orange landscape – something that I consider part of my narrative.”
Orange Air: An Object Collection comprises more than 20 hourglass pieces which the Adelaide-based artist created using a traditional Venetian glassblowing technique.
Mr Pearson said his interest in the 2000-year-old art form was sparked as a year 11 student in Orange, when he was selected to attend a national art initiative in Canberra.
A week of introductory art lessons at Australian National University inspired the high school student to apply for a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the university.
His latest collection of work was first contrived more than two years ago, when a collaborating artist Tom Moore trialled the use of glass beads from line writing on roads.
Mr Pearson utilises the beads in place of sand within the hourglasses, the sound of glass on glass an unexpected audible treat to match his visual offering.
Orange Air: An Object Collection opens at the Orange Regional Gallery on June 22.
Mr Pearson, will give a floor talk at 6pm prior to the opening by gallery director Bradley Hammond at 6:30pm.