Microcosm 5
Florence Steel

Microcosm 5

$500 AUD
AUD $500 AUD

2026 – Original

Oil on canvas, framed.

34cm x 44cm

Artwork statement
Originally designed to represent the microcosm along-side Macrocosm (2025), this rotating hand composition is a recurring motif I use to explore colour relationships and approaches to transparency. In the work, the figure-ground relationship becomes unstable by subverting assumed light and value relationships, making the work appear to oscillate in space. 

As human beings we are literate in the language of hands. They are gestures of emotion, of communication, touch and intimacy. They are symbols of creation. They can be used for good and for evil. The colour choice and fragmentation indicate a multiplicity of worlds invisible to us, and within them carry the trace of the hand of the artist.

Description: 
An oil on canvas painting in a blackwood frame depicting a fragmented rotating hand in a dark colour scheme.

Learn more about Florence Steel

Florence Steel is an emerging visual artist working predominantly on Ngunawal/Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country (Canberra).

Through symbolic oil painting and multi-media installation, Florence explores personal and cultural relationships to the universe. Their work sits at the intersection of art history, metaphysics, and cosmology, referencing both historical and contemporary iconographic languages. Through their practice, Florence examines how knowledge is constructed through symbolic and material processes.

Florence holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Art History & Curatorship from ANU (2025), and has work in public and private collections.

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