For Ballarat artist Petra Rodgers, timber has become her chosen material for carrying memories. Many drawings on wood came together as the Song in the wood series.
The subjects rendered on the timber boards, sourced from old photographs and archives, are symbols of the artist's life experiences.
The drawings, paintings and assemblages explore aspects of her life, ranging from picking cherries as a child to current affections for folk music and textiles.
In a digital and increasingly plastic age, the artist celebrates timber as a medium into a more tacit and analogue present.
