ANNA-CARIEN GOOSEN
 
IN THE COOL OF THE GARDEN, 2024
oil on canvas
70 x 86 cm
 
Showing in: Acte 3 Lingerie
 
About the Artwork
My work is layered, figurative, and portrays an ambiguous space where interior and exterior reality merge. I observe the physical and emotional space around individuals, fascinated that our minds shift seamlessly between various physical, virtual and emotional realities. I play on the border between dream and reality, strength and fragility, control and abandon.
 
About the Artist
Anna-Carien takes joy in the messy alchemy of oil paint, the dirty abandon of charcoal, and secretly filling sketchbooks with drawings of strangers. Based in Sydney, she lives near bushland with a handsome Environmental Planner, three boisterous boys, and a menagerie of wildlife destroying her precious garden.