I'm about to post some work from early 2010, paintings from black mountain. This is quite fresh and something of a challenge in terms of my art practice. The painting was reseached by taking the digital camera up to an area near my home called Black Mountain. During this shoot I was intrigued by the graphic nature of the Australian trees,mostly gums so characteristic of this area. So I have set about limiting the colour in the compositions and working with cross hatched lines rather than areas of tone or colour. This painting was selected by Australian art critic John Macdonald and included in the Stanthorpe Art Festival
I do love this painting. It photographs really well too!
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