Janet Laurence
Multiple Works
arkadian loss - our tarkine, 2017
NSW, AUSTRALIA
C Type on Metallic Paper Mounted to Dibond 7 Panels 90 X 120cm Each Approx 630 X 120cm Total Length
Edition Of 5
In Arcadian Loss - Our Tarkine, Janet Laurence immerses us in the profound fragility and majesty of Tasmania’s ancient Tarkine rainforest - a landscape at once lush, sacred, and endangered. Spanning seven luminous panels, the metallic sheen of the photographic surface mirrors the fleeting glimmers of light through dense canopies, evoking a haunting dialogue between presence and absence.
This expansive work threads nature’s resilience with loss, inviting reflection on our impact and the urgency of conservation. Laurence’s subtle layering and materiality conjure the textures and silence of a forest both alive and under threat - a poignant elegy rendered with breathtaking stillness and reverence.
in your verdant view, 2010
NSW, AUSTRALIA
Artist Proof, Studio Condition, Face Mounted in Duraclear, Toughened Low Iron Glass
anet Laurence’s In Your Verdant View invites you into a suspended space where art and nature quietly converge. Botanical fragments appear preserved within layers of glass, creating a delicate interplay between translucency and reflection. The work captures a sense of time held still - offering both the intimacy of a pressed specimen and the expansiveness of a living landscape.
Studio-perfect and crystal clear, it embodies Laurence’s meditative approach to our relationship with the environment. Poetic and archival, it invites slow looking and quiet contemplation, drawing the viewer closer to the fragile beauty of the natural world and the urgent need to protect it.