My art work reflects the foothills of the Strathbogie Ranges in north central Victoria, a landscape dominated by granite rocks and sloping hills.
The work sits in a space between abstraction and representation. It is a filtered gaze reflecting the patterns and shapes of the land and the life it supports. I make rubbings and impressions from plants and rocks which in turn form the structure and rhythm of the images.
Ground I, 51 x 78 cm, 2024
Strathbogie Rocks, collagraph, 2024
Strathbogie Hills V, 2024
Granite Range Vll, 47.5 x 70cm, 2020
Granite Range l, 57 x 76 cm, 2020
Granite Range ll, 57 x 76 cm, 2020
Granite range Vl, 46 x 75 cm, 2020
Trees on the Ridge l, 51 x 78 cm, 2021
High Summer ll, 39 x 28 cm, 2019
Summer - High Heat V, 36 x 39 cm, 2020
Volatile Summer Heat, 39 x 36 cm, 2020
Thinning of the Grass ll, 39 x 36 cm, 2020
I acknowledge the traditional lands of the Taungurung people and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and future.
As part of depicting Taungurung lands I acknowledge the generations of Taungurung ancestors, the people of the rivers and the hills of the region who walked these lands as speakers of the first words and songs, who lived in harmony with this country managed and venerated the land and all it contains over thousands of years. Today Taungurung Country is enriched with a spirit of Taungurung culture but tainted with absence and removal of its first peoples.