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ROBERT DOBLE Robert Doble's new paintings explore symbolism, mythology and folklore. Aglow with gold and silver, these paintings take on a new colour palette. The introduction of gold references the original Latin 'luculence', meaning bright, shining or glowing. Its form and engagement represents sanctity, ceremony, purity and currency as Doble references his deep respect for both Western and Eastern religious and spiritual foundations. Icons adorn his work; the owl, the horse, the skull, the snake – all part of Doble’s visual language telling stories of both the past and present. Through the combination of colour and iconography, Doble comments on the current state of politics and religion in the world. A serpent slithers along side a religious icon, a skull is positioned close to an owl. Doble comments on civil and human rights in a world that is governed by leaders pushing their agendas; greed, corruption and human poison rear their ugly heads. Drawn to the physical and emotional process of painting, Doble's work is gestural and layered. Most important is the mark-making upon these dense surfaces. Intrigued by scars, tracking, wounds and the exposure of what lies beneath, Doble's work brings forth pluralities: darkness and light, religion and politics, histories and the present, as a means of education and generation of discussion amongst his viewers. Robert Doble studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London. In 2006 he won the Ergon Energy Central Queensland Art Award and was a finalist in the 55th Blake Prize for Religious Art and the Williamstown Tattersalls Art Prize. This year he was asked by Hermes to paint their infamous life-size "in-store horse" as part of the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Doble is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria with a painting from his Gravity series of 2000, as well as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rockhampton Art Gallery, The Botanical Restaurant, and private collections in Australia, Japan, UK, USA, Italy and Spain. Contact: Representation: Site design by: Simon Strong
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