Finished ceramic banksia cones in safety cone holders
Carving and refining one of my banksia cones. See my store to purchase my ceramics, paintings and prints.
Lynden Stone artist
I am a multi-disciplinary artist currently working in painting and ceramics. I am also an arts educator and researcher. I am based in Naarm, Melbourne, located in the Dandenong Ranges, in the outer east of Melbourne. Prior to that I was in Northern NSW and Brisbane.
I have pursued many themes in my works over the years from: commentary on social media; the weirdness of quantum mechanics; the idea that consciousness may the primary force; and the multi-media project "Sacred Gaia Healing" - an hilarious parody on exploitative capitalism in the New Age industry.
My current painting practice explores the theme "The Artist's Collection" - real and imagined objects collected by me. Within that theme, I'm playing with materiality, pretence and illusion, painting still lifes of collectable objects made of plastic, wood, metal, etc. These objects give the illusion of something else - eg birds made of wood or ceramic, fish made of plastic and metal, and ceramic.
In my ceramics practice I am exporing “Cones of Safety” where ceramic safety cones act as actual and metaphoric areas of safety for ceramic people and flora.
I have taught painting and drawing at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane. I've also taught at QUT, South Bank TAFE Brisbane and TAFE NSW Murwillumbah. I currently teach art history online for TAFE Murwillumbah and painting and drawing through the Victoria Government's Learn Local scheme.