I’m thrilled to share that my work Scarred Land has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Lethbridge Landscape Art Prize.
I rarely enter art prizes. Mostly because I miss the cut off date, and I often feel that the work I want to produce for an award is quite different in style to the work I’m making on a more commercial level.
Scarred Land is part of series I’ve been developing for close to two years now. In these works, I’m experimenting with blending photographic imagery of landscapes with layers of painting and mixed media — a process that allows me to physically work into the surface, disrupting and transforming the photographic base to create something entirely new.
The subject matter I choose is often marked — by weather, time, and human intervention. Scarred Land is both a place and an idea: it reflects how land holds memory, history, and harm. Through layering, scraping, painting, and revealing, I’m interested in making visible the emotional and ecological scars that often go unseen. The resulting images are not just representations of place, but meditations on how we relate to the land and what we impose upon it.
This series is still unfolding, and I’m excited by the possibilities it holds. It’s a shift in my practice — more tactile, more integrated, and more intuitive.
Close to my heart.
I’ve been very slack when it comes to entering art awards over the years. Lack of time , missing deadlines, the costs for shipping, etc etc. and generally I’m just not an overly ambitious person. Comfortable in my own skin.
But when it happens, and it happens in my home town, that’s something to celebrate. So, If you’re in Brisbane or nearby, the finalist exhibition opens on May 10 at Lethbridge Art Gallery and will continue
Exhibition Dates
Lethbridge Gallery
9 – 24 May
Tattersall’s Club
2 – 6 June
Riparian Plaza
7 – 20 June
Thank you to the Lethbridge Landscape Art Prize jury, and to everyone who continues to support my work and growth. I’m looking forward to sharing more from this series soon.