I am so happy I was able to travel to Tasmania a few months ago. Since then, it’s been VERY LOCAL.
This painting, “Tassie in June” is on paper and framed in Blackwood. Now available. Images below of Robbins Island. Available for purchase.
When ever I travel I take note of all the elements of the landscape. Texture, line, shape etc. However it is colour that I like to recall the most. Because colour dictates the feel of the landscape, the climate, the season, the wild untouched hills to the farmed pastures.
When I get the chance I like to look back through all the photos I have taken and collate a photo montage of the colours that really resonate with the land so that in time I can use this palette to make decisions when painting. From walking across plains high up in the western parts of Tasmania,(Tarkine region) to Robbins Island then to the east to Binalong Bay or as the local Indigenous people call this land, Larapuna.
ABOVE: WATER
ABOVE: WATER and SKY
ABOVE: EARTH, FOLIAGE, ROCK
ABOVE: WATER, MUD, EARTH, BURNT FLORA
ABOVE: GRASSLANDS, PASTURES
For those of you who have still got a a job, and have recently looked at your credit card statement and seen how much you have saved whilst being in lockdown because you haven’t been spending your money on random stuff you don’t need, or long lunches with friends….I have news for you.
Boom Gallery in Geelong, Vic have recently updated their online profile to support all the artists they represent. I recently send them some new works, all very affordable and at a size that will happily found its place in any home or home office, or a present for someone who is just having a terrible time.
Above: “Blue Trees 1” and “Blue Trees 2”
Above: “Old Man Gum”
Above: “Unchartered Landscape 1”
Above: “Water and Earth”