IMBUE continues Van Eimeren's ongoing investigation into the intersections of nature, memory, and the quiet traces left by lived experience. Working with a mindful appreciation of her environment, she gathers plant materials from her surroundings, guided by the changing seasons. This slow process of foraging becomes a meditative act, inviting moments of stillness, reflection, and discovery.
Each collected specimen is a fleeting treasure, preserved in time through pigment and imprint. Transferred onto delicate silk panels, these botanical impressions form luminous, layered works that envelop the gallery in an atmosphere of reverence and contemplation. The installation of this work offers a sanctuary-a space where the natural world and the inner world gently converge. The silk, both fragile and resilient, captures the subtle presence of lives witnessed and remembered, much like the quiet acknowledgment of those who have navigated complex emotional landscapes.
Through this evolving body of work, Van Eimeren invites us to consider how we hold onto what has passed-not just in memory, but in gesture, in fabric, in colour. The work honours the impermanence of nature and the enduring marks left by experience, allowing each print to speak of recognition, care, and the silent strength of renewal.
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Michelle Van EimerenLichen Logs II, 2025Botanical Contact Print, Natural Plant Pigments and Tannins on Silk, Framed102 x 86 cmCourtesy of CBDGallerySYDCopyright The ArtistCBDGallerySYD - Michelle Van Eimeren, Lichen Logs II, 2025$ 1,800.00 -
Michelle Van EimerenPaperbark, 2025Botanical Contact Print, Natural Plant Pigments and Tannins on Silk, Framed77 x 55cmCBDGallerySYD - Michelle Van Eimeren, Paperbark, 2025$ 1,200.00 -
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