In the Top Paddock: 'Ground Water Flow' Touring South Australia, Country Arts SA

'In the Top Paddock', Touring South Australia, Country Arts SA 2008-2010

Co-exhibitors: Margaret Worth and Toyotaki Yamauchi

In the Top Paddock comprises 2 and 3 dimensional artworks by the established South Australian artist Margaret Worth and the Japanese designer Toyotaki Yamauchi. They share a passion for plywood as a metaphor of life. Strength is derived by crossing fibres/experience in layers. 

Worth uses the wood grain to re-present structures of sub-surface water, overlaid with imagery of catchment and dispersal. They make reference to land forms, land practices and animal systems - their geographic and cultural imprint. They offer meditations on connectivity in systems of land, animal and plants – all life forms.

In 2007 the exhibition opened at the Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier and later toured South Australia over two years. Anne Keast, Country Arts SA wrote "Worth uses the wood grain and overlays imagery of catchment and dispersal that has been described as ‘bold’ and ‘original’."


In the Top Paddock:  Artist talk,  Mt. Gambier +Touring South Australia, Country Arts
'In the Top Paddock': Artist Talk, South Australia, Country Arts SA
Artist talk
In the Top paddock: The Blood of the Land Runs in the Veins
'Blood of the Land Runs in the Veins'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Ground Water Flow - Fragile Land
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Ground Water Flow'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Cycles + Reversals
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Cycles + Reversals'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Waterways - Aquifer
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Waterways'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Brain Waves
Cathment & Dispersal: 'Brain Waves'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Catchment
'Catchment'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Water Into Life
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Water Into Life'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Water into Wine 1
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Water into Wine 1'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: So Many Raindrops
Catchment and Dispersal: 'So Many Raindrops'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W) x 0.4cm (D)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Water into Wine 2
Catchment & Dispersal: 'Water into Wine 2'
120cm (H) x 120cm (W)
Acrylic paint on plywood
In the Top paddock: Riddoch Art Gallery installation
'In the Top paddock' Riddoch Art Gallery installation
In the Top paddock: Installation
'In the Top paddock' Riddoch Art Gallery installation