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	<title>Penelope Riddoch</title>
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		<title>ME/CFS Awareness Day May 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This drawing is a protest at the failure of the medical profession &#8211; with a few notable exceptions &#8211; to care for the needs of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Words are powerful and they have been used to trivialise the suffering and diminish, and disguise, the impact of the illness. This acts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/mecfs-awareness-day-may-12/</link>
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		<title>Biodiversity: Brunswick Street Gallery October 21 &#8211; November 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This exhibition explores the artist’s interest in biodiversity and conservation. Biodiversity encompasses the variety of life forms present on planet earth. It includes the macroscopic (plants, insects and animals) and the microscopic (e.g. bacteria and viruses), and the ecosystems that support them. Major threats to biodiversity in Australia include habitat loss, fire and introduced weeds. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/biodiversity-bsg-gallery-october-21-november-3/</link>
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		<title>A rainbow of chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Extract:
What could be his goal? It could only be coherence &#8211; a brace against dissolution. He had a lyrical dependence on oneness. But there were no points of reference. Time did not pass in recognisable units. Could the blink of an eye become a cockroach? They could exist anywhere. He felt that he was caught [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/a-rainbow-of-chaos/</link>
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		<title>Shadows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Investigating concepts dealing with emptiness, space and the void may lead to dark and shrouded places. Those shadowed recesses that contain doubt, anguish, loss and the fluidity of chaos. Colour itself is suggestive. Black may create a feeling of space, void or chasm in an artwork. It can be solemn and mysterious, with both positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/shadows/</link>
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		<title>Human/Animal Bond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The archetypal motif of man and beast reappears throughout art history and in many different cultures. The human/animal bond is deep and instinctive – we are interdependent for survival and companionship. Studies have shown definite physiological health benefits may result from pet ownership. Yet we have a tendency to anthropomorphise our pets – to project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/humananimal-bond/</link>
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		<title>Cats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She arises fresh from sleep &#8211; fair, bright and brilliant. Though solitary by nature she is a kind and gracious friend. She can taste a scent on the breeze and unlock its secrets. There are eyes everywhere and they are all on her.

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		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/cats/</link>
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		<title>Autumn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Autumn suggests change and the passing of time. Autumn leaves fade and the colours blur at the edges. Colour is expressive of meaning, and expression is the end result of thought. It’s about forming images and ideas in the mind and getting lost within the imagining. Art can find beauty in decay, and poetry in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/autumn/</link>
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		<title>Sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Artists have a history of responding to the issues of their time. Perhaps this is inevitable. Seeing something in all its complexity and detail forces a confrontation with reality. Goya responded to his horror of war with graphic images. Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ was a visceral response to the devastation of war and it’s effect on innocents. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/sustainability/</link>
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		<title>Balance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Balance and unity are important elements to consider in an artwork. Balance may create a sense of formality, or informality, as required by the subject matter. Radial balance establishes symmetry around a central point, such as a spiral. Unity within a work of art relates to the wholeness achieved through effective use of all parts. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/balance/</link>
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		<title>Hidden Ground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cicada’s crisp chant shatters the silence yet
Takes small part in the running of thought’s dark stream.
Which flows past blindly as consciousness bends double
And finds no peace in chatter, or in things.
These merely distract from the fractured self
Struggling to find meaning, and to disclose
The sad foetal burden; it is as though
To fight some destiny – for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://riddoch-art.com/archive/hidden-ground/</link>
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