About the artist:

David Milne, born in Scotland in 1946 has presented over 21 major solo exhibitions and over 18 group exhibitions, including a 2 man show with John Perceval, an Australia-wide touring exhibition with Museum Victoria (1993-1996), and the Australian Embassy, Tokyo. The ABC Sunday Arts program presented a feature segment on Milne, in June 2006. David Milne paints a powerful universal commentary of the current global human condition. Milne utilises the early symbology of 17th century alchemy, as methods of understanding our contemporary planet. With this entirely unique abstract symbolism, Milne has devised a new language by which to communicate through his art. David Milne is the ‘Contemporary Alchemist’. As early alchemists experimented with metals and compounds in an attempt to define the world around them, Milne’s alchemic symbology represents and allows us to contemplate the consequences current technological advances in scientific endeavour may bring. Bio-engineering, the human genome project, genetic modification of foods, the sustainability of our natural resources and primary industries, the global conglomerations of financial powerhouses; our planet is unquestionably racing toward an alchemy of rapid change. David Milne’s art presents this very awareness to each viewer. Hundreds of hours are poured into each of his paintings, from their conceptual research and preparation, to the painstaking execution of detail, technique and skill. The layers of acrylic paint, glazes, fine architectural pen-work, and the countless processes of sanding, working, and re-working of his canvases, form exquisitely rich paintings like hand-crafted fabrics. David Milne’s paintings are as aesthetically bold with textures, depth and colour, as they are conceptually complex. David Milne’s paintings speak definitively of today, and present the questions of tomorrow. In all that, his paintings carry with them the theme of the ancient alchemists