This piece was a FINALIST in The Doyles Art Award for 2025
It will be on exhibition (and available to purchase) from the 3-13 July and is free to view.
Mudgeeraba Community Centre, Firth Park, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba.
(This is the community centre near the netball courts at Firth Park, NOT the hall in the village.)
In this piece, I tried to convey themes of time, abandonment, and the transformation of the Australian Outback. The weathered cattle fence, no longer taut or functional, stands as a solitary witness to the past.
Its crumbling form cuts through a vast, earthy landscape, where dark browns and blacks mingle with the soft, creamy tones of a fading sky. The fence is a quiet marker of an era now gone—the absence of cattle and the slow reclaiming of land by nature speak to the passage of time and the inevitability of change.
Through this piece, the viewer can reflect on the delicate balance between human presence and the wild expanse of the Outback, offering a meditation on memory, loss, and the enduring presence of the land.
The earthy palette and abstracted landscape evoke a timeless connection to the land, while the fence—once a boundary—now serves as a poignant symbol of both separation and continuity.
I think this piece beautifully captures the essence of the Australian Outback.
Artwork will come framed in solid mid brown timber (Meranti)
