The road South to the Hills. Watercolour. 40x100 cm. Marralam 1998
On the edge of Keep River. The last light reflected in the last of the ebb tide across the mud.
Playing among the anthills
The strangest thing I
remember about this one it the fact I was listening to BBC on the shortwave and heard the sudden
interruption to usual programming to announce that
Dinah has 'been hurt in an accident and companion killed'.Watercolor
This really happened; A huge willy-willy a bushfire and heaps of cockatoos. Watercolor 1995
Watercolor 10 Cm square 1996
The waterhole near the house
The crows follow the
firefront as it flushes out food.
Dawn in the the heart of the cool dry season. The endless delicate blue sky etched the features of the horizon.
(detail) The crows lived always just out of arms reach. Arguing among themselves and watching always for an opportunity to steal something
(detail-of below)When the waters flow settles after the first rain
Barramundi move in from the sea.
(main painting; 60x40 cm) This painting follows the journey from the sealed highway to the outstation.
(detail)On the flat near the house a straw man was made and ceremonially
incinerated.
(detail)The big
Boab at Sandy Creek Crossing.
(detail)The generator shed. I spent many hours communing with this beast in the hot little shed while the fridges thawed and everyone waited
patiently.
(detail)This hill next to the house was called
Jibbiggung, this is the
Mirriwoong name for quail. This is the creation site for this bird.
(detail)The distant hills to the South shrouded in rain. Once the country was wet the
only way to traverse it is on foot. The hard earth opens up.
The
Marralam studio. This painting was done here
12x15 CM watercolour on paper. The first clouds bringing the rains catch the early light. Black Cockatoos cry out as they tumble south.
Marralam East Kimberley 1996
The road South to the Hills. Watercolour. 40x100 cm. Marralam 1998
On the edge of Keep River. The last light reflected in the last of the ebb tide across the mud.
Playing among the anthills
The strangest thing I remember about this one it the fact I was listening to BBC on the shortwave and heard the sudden interruption to usual programming to announce that Dinah has 'been hurt in an accident and companion killed'.Watercolor
This really happened; A huge willy-willy a bushfire and heaps of cockatoos. Watercolor 1995
Watercolor 10 Cm square 1996
The waterhole near the house
The crows follow the firefront as it flushes out food.
Dawn in the the heart of the cool dry season. The endless delicate blue sky etched the features of the horizon.
(detail) The crows lived always just out of arms reach. Arguing among themselves and watching always for an opportunity to steal something
(detail-of below)When the waters flow settles after the first rain Barramundi move in from the sea.
(main painting; 60x40 cm) This painting follows the journey from the sealed highway to the outstation.
(detail)On the flat near the house a straw man was made and ceremonially incinerated.
(detail)The big Boab at Sandy Creek Crossing.
(detail)The generator shed. I spent many hours communing with this beast in the hot little shed while the fridges thawed and everyone waited patiently.
(detail)This hill next to the house was called Jibbiggung, this is the Mirriwoong name for quail. This is the creation site for this bird.
(detail)The distant hills to the South shrouded in rain. Once the country was wet the only way to traverse it is on foot. The hard earth opens up.
The Marralam studio. This painting was done here
12x15 CM watercolour on paper. The first clouds bringing the rains catch the early light. Black Cockatoos cry out as they tumble south. Marralam East Kimberley 1996
3 comments:
I love this later style of painting that has evolved since you moved to the north.
To me, it is so much more evocative and captures the beauty and colours of the northern australian landscape.
Do you have a dealer in Melbourne?
Sam
Love this one Tom.There was a time when you did a lot of these menacing/circling kites as watercolours and Pen/Ink.They are amongst some of your strongest works.Like the screen-printed poster you designed for your show at the old Artspace in Darwin 1998 (?) There is a copy of this poster at the National Gallery of Australia in their permanent print collection.
I agree with the other blogs, the work you did at Marralam is your best. You really capture the true colours and harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.
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