GALLERY 6
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Ancient Symbols
Acrylic on 2 Canvases
120 X 120 cm
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Deep Cleft
60 X 90 cm
Acrylic
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Looking for Bradshaws
25 x 30, 60 x 120
Acrylic and Mixed Media
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Rock Art - Kimberley
25 X 30 cm
Mixed Media
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The Old Telegraph Track
Acrylic on Canvas
60 X 120 cm
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Grassy Hill - Cooktown
Acrylic on Canvas
75 X 120 cm
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Rainforest
Oil on Canvas
120 X 90 cm
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Windy Day
Acrylic on Canvas
120 X 100 cm
Australian Landscape
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Watching the Water Fall60 X 90 cm
Acrylic
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Exploring the Gorge
25 X 30 cm
Mixed Media
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Bradshaws?
30 X 45 cm
Mixed Media
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Endeavour Rivermouth - Cooktown
Acrylic on Canvas
100 X 120 cm
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Corrugations Cape York
Acrylic on 3 Canvases
75 X 180 cm
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Giant Termite Mounds
Acrylic on Canvas
120 X 90 cm
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Boats in the Mangroves
Acrylic on Canvas
120 X 90 cm
Like most Australian Artists a trip to the Red centre, Kakadu and the Kimberley areas was a must in my evolving artistic journey. The vastness of this ancient land, and the impressive red rock escarpments silhouetted against the clear blue skies, has left images that will influence my work for years to come. Some of the monolithic rock shapes rising steeply from the flat sandy plains have strong totemic shapes, dwarfing any human habitation, and alluding to the civilisations that have passed this way before. The many layered landscape - often resembling some enormous sculpture - has deep gorges and steep canyon walls with cool shady pools hidden below reflecting the intense colours and sunlight filtering through the chasms.
Exploring the Kimberley region was, for me, a quest to see the ancient Bradshaw rock art and marvel at the delicate brush strokes and dainty figures and wonder at the artists whose work has endured for over 20,000 years. My new interpretation of the Austalian landscape has glimpses of mysterious figures and marks that personify the patterns, textures and colours of this vast and remote land.
Cape York
My new studio in Cooktown, in Cape York in far north Queensland, has given me new challenges. The isolation and vastness of the never-ending coastline and the intensity of light in the far, far north is an on going challenge. The clean clear air gives a great clarity to the views both during the day and at night when the stars and moon seem so close. Using strong emotive colours, the canvases vibrate with vitality and life.