‘Confluence’ - November 2022
This exhibition of paintings and ceramic forms is a narrative of the Murrumbidgee River. It starts at Long Plain with the image of Tantangara, not far from my childhood home in the Snowy Mountains, and with no indication of human habitation. As the paintings follow the river downstream, the impact of European settlement becomes obvious, where as for thousands of years indigenous people made very little change. Farming and cropping practices have radically changed the natural landscape and it is this intrusion by western settlers that has created the most dramatic contrast with the natural meanderings of the river. The journey ends with the image of Confluence where the Murrumbidgee meets the Murray River.
Images courtesy of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Confluence, 2022, Oil on canvas, 152cm x 61cm, SOLD
Confluence, 2022, Earthenware, 12cm x 29cm SOLD
Maude, 2022, Oil on Canvass, 41cm x 51cm SOLD
Maude, 2022, Earthenware, 34cm x 26cm, SOLD
Mulberrygong, 2022, Oil on Canvass, 41cm x 51cm SOLD
Mulberrygong, 2022, Earthenware, 20cm x 23cm, SOLD
Bringagee Creek, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 76cm x 91 cm, POA
Bringagee Creek, 2022, Earthenware, 33cm x 27cm, SOLD
Tantangara, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 76cm x 91 cm, SOLD
Tantangara, 2022, Earthenware, 18cm x 24 cm, SOLD
Matong, 2022, Earthenware, 13cm x 30cm, SOLD
Matong, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 92cm x 61cm, POA
Willow Isles, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 92cm x 61cm, POA
Willow Isles, 2022, Earthenware, 21cm x 25 cm, SOLD
‘Illogwa Creek’ 2021 Oil on canvas 60x152cm, SOLD
Walbrook Creek, 2022, Oil on Canvass, 122cm x 122cm, SOLD
Gogeldrie Weir, 2022, Oil on Canvass, 41cm x 51cm, SOLD
Fiddlers Creek, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 76cm x 91 cm, POA
Confluence series #1, 2022, Earthenware, 22cm x 16cm, SOLD
Confluence series #2, 2022, Earthenware, 11cm x 13.5cm, SOLD
Confluence series #3, 2022, Earthenware, 13cm x 13.5cm, SOLD