"Promise of Blue" oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2013
A newly finished work, intended for the Perth Royal Show for the Royal Agricultural Society of WA. This will be entered in the RASA Art Award which is open to all Western Australian Artists.
The work, "Promise of Blue" depicts the passing of a storm and restful period of after bad weather when land is peaceful, no birds sing, and the sun is still not appearing. The fictional landscape is inspired from the farming area I grew up in - where most storms were were fierce, dry and usually at harvest time.
"Scrub Fire, Eneabba" oil on canvas, 61 x 122cm, 2012
I'm fortunate enough to have a second entry in the RASA Art Awards this year. The above painting "Scrubfire, Eneabba" last year won the Morawa Art Award. As a winner of a rural art award, the organisers chose to submit my work to the RASA Art Awards, a different category to the Open section.
The painting is a childhood memory of a scrub fire in early evening on the way back to Perenjori from Perth. A rather dramatic interpretation of the actual event, however as a young 6 year old it was quite awe inspiring. It is one of those emmories which may reappear in other works.
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