August 24 - September 14, 2009
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Harbour Light
122 x 90cms
Oil on Canvas
$5,200 |
Omen of the Crows
122 x 90cms
Oil on Canvas
$5,200 |
First Day of Autumn
72 x 45cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,500 |
Stormy Moods - Artist Statement
The landscape a takes on a dynamic form when it is effected by the moods of the seasons. From wild tempest to calm serene - cloud burst, a sudden storm, a period of violent disturbance, then returning to a peaceful silence, washed out and waiting for the next event.
Nothing is ever static, but there is always balance, a harmony that returns at the conclusion of the event. Where there is black there will always be white, where there is turbulence, there will always be a return to peace.
Then there is the transition, the time between calm and storm, an integration between the two, where elements of both can be contained within the same image.
It is this I have tried to capture. |
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Break of the Southerly
70 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,200 |
Passing Deluge
55 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,300 |
Five Minutes of Grace
70 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,700 |
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Test of the Southern Cross
80 x 50cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,300 |
The Calm Before
50 x 110cms
Oil on Canvas
$3,300
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The Red Dress
50 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,300 |
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Winter Twilight
55 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,300 |
Season Break
80 x 50cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,400
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Circular Quay Drizzle
50 x 35cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,300 |
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Slippery Climb at Bellbrook
80 x 50cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,400 |
Grandeur of Toms Creek
84 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,400 |
Hunter Valley Front
80 x 42cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,200 |
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First Hint of Clear Light
72 x 42cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,600 |
Morning After the Flood –Clarence
60 x 76cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,600 |
Fleet Warning
67 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,300 |
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Last Day for the Shed
70 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,100 |
Morning
67 x 80cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,800 |
Twilight and Rain on the Hastings
76 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,200 |
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Legacy of the Wet Season
70 x 40cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,400 |
Passing Wrath
67 x 80cms
Oil on Canvas
$3,200
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A Difficult Tack
80 x 50cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,800 |
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River Foreboding
80 x 50cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,500 |
After the Tempest
60 x 80cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,700 |
Rainy Season
57 x 42cms
Oil on Canvas
$1,300 |
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Safe Haven in Question
90 x 70cms
Oil on Canvas
$3,800 |
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From the West
37 x 90cms
Oil on Canvas
$2,600 |
Storm within the landscape will always provide a scope for change. There is the anticipation, the event and the aftermath. All of these phases can be as dramatic as the other. There is a nervousness with the oncoming threat of storm, the landscape and it inhabitants all reacting in different ways.
Over the past twelve months, we have had no shortage of storms, I felt like at times I was chasing them, one was coming over and I would be out observing all the phases, and in the process, getting wet or blown away
Some times the lead up or the aftermath can be as exciting as the event, “The Calm Before” could have been called “A Red Sky in the Morning” – it all paints the mood of the setting before the arrival of storm. “After the Tempest” – this was down at Harrington, the rain had past over night and the air had been washed, eveything was still recovering but overall there was a distinctly different atmosphere.
“Season Break”, “The Red Dress”, “Break of the Southerly” “From the West” -
All represent a snapshot in time, it could be momentary, there is a tension, a violence nature venting its fury at it inhabitants, it may last for hours or it may be momentary but the atmosphere remains the same.
Drizzle at Circular Quay and Passing Deluge – the feeling when the rain sets in and there is a general close down, there is almost a security that wraps around you giving the feeling that nothing can touch you when you are protected by the blanket of water.
Five Minutes of Grace.
I was in Newcastle earlier this year. There was a front coming and one going, however in the middle was a hint of peace. It was as though you could take a breath and relax for a moment until the onset began again.
Omen of the Crows.
Omen of the Crows is the view from my studio at Herons Creek. There are nests of crows in the distant hills and this particular morning they were on the move. There was a major front coming and they new it. The air was beginning to mutate into something twisted and they became part of it. The crows are not visually a very important part of the composition but they embody the intelligence in the landscape and whether though fear or excitement they take to the sky and become a part of what is happening.
Last day for the Shed.
I thought a dozer had come through and cleared the landscape until I saw the remnants of the shed in the grass. One blow and it was gone. |
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