Landscapes, Skies and Other Settings
I've come quite late to these kinds of subject matter: perhaps something about the immensity of the landscape here in Central Australia means that I find myself intimidated by the process of 'framing' it or representing it within the four edges of a painting. I'll occasionally kid myself by saying, "I'm just painting a tree, and some other things . . . not a landscape at all . . ." or I'll try to look at things from odd angles, or things that do not normally constitute a traditional landscape of foreground, background, skyline. I notice that there always seems to need to be some kind of human mark or presence in most of them: even the grasses are Buffell Grass, an introduced species that carries a fair bit of controversy in Central Australia. While the cloud studies might seem to be the exception, the point of view from which they're seen implies the presence of the 'manmade'.
Incremental - Ormiston Gorge: ink on paper: 57x76cm
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Ilparpa Study III: oil on linen: 40x51cm
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Ilparpa Study I: oil on board: 23x31cm
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Ilparpa Study II: oil on board: 20x36cm
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Coming Home: oil on linen: 61x41cm
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Towards the Bungle Bungles II: oil on linen: 76x5cm
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Ilparpa Morning: oil on linen: 46x122cm
Towards Simpson's Gap: oil on linen: 56x102cm
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Morning Flight I: oil on linen: 61x91cm
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Kata Juta Quietness: oil on linen: 61x35cm
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Study for Aerial V - The River: oil on board: 37.5x30cm
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Study for Kata Juta Quietness: oil on board: 30x30cm
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Ilparpa Morning II: oil on linen: 50x35cm
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Study for Aerial IIb: oil on linen: 20x39cm
Study for Aerial IIa: oil on linen: 36x22cm
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Towards the Bungle Bungles: oil on linen: 2 of 41x61cm
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Ilparpa Trees I: Oil on Linen: 41x31cm
Fireseaon IV: oil on board: 2 of 45x30cm
Fire Season I: Oil on Board: 45x30cm
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Fire Season II: Oil on Board: 30x37.5cm
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Fire Season III: Oil on Board: 30x37.5cm
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On the Wire: Oil on Linen: 41×91cm
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Casa Nostra, Alice Springs: Oil on Linen: 40.5×51cm
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A Break in the Clouds: Oil on Board: 30×30cm
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Grasses II: Oil on Board: 45×30cm
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Grasses: Oil on Board: 30×37.5cm
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Dust Storm from Honeymoon Gap, Ilparpa Rd, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 30×45cm
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Heatwave, St Kilda Beach, Melbourne: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
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Hermannsburg, NT: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
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Cloud 23: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
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Cloud 12: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
Cloud 76: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
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The Longer Way Home, Greatorex Rd, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 37.5×30cm
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Leaving Home, Greatorex Rd, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 60×30cm
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Cloud 114: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
From the Small Claypan I, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 30×45cm
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The Lakes: Oil on Board: 30×30cm
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From Anzac Hill II (Diptych): Oil on Board: 2 of 30 × 60cm
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Towards the Claypans II, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 30×30cm
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Towards the Claypans I, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 30×60cm
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Leaving Home III, Ilparpa Rd, Alice Springs: Oil on Board: 30×30
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Pilbara II: Oil on Canvas: 81×68cm
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Pilbara I: Oil on Canvas: 60×45cm
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