Wayne Youle | You should of been here yesterday: {Suite} Ponsonby

Wayne Youle’s new series of text-based paintings serve as an artistic diary. Reflections and meditations on daily life sit alongside art historical and literary references, as well as snippets of words and phrases that jostle for space in Wayne’s busy mind.

Originally trained as a graphic designer and typographer, Wayne has had a long standing interest in text and fonts, liking his word- based work to convey ideas through lexical fragments rather than visual imagery. Against a background of white, rendered immaculately in subtly different layers of paint, Wayne’s stencilled, vinyl lettering in Times New Roman font grant power and strength to the typography of simple phrases that speak to the joy of creating and being an artist.

After returning from Brisbane in March 2020, Wayne was required to self-isolation in his studio. A period of great productivity also led to a chance discovery of a book about Mondrian, found buried at the back of Wayne’s bookcase, which has since led to a self- described Mondrian obsession. Some paintings inspired by this obsession are included in the exhibition, his own interpretation of a floorplan with walls, windows, and doors, designed in signature Mondrian colours of yellow, red, dark blue and black.