Oil on reclaimed timber - 50cm x 58cm

This study in painting water and reflections is a challenge to and a meditation for me.  The transience of this scene belies the delicate beauty of nature. Serene yet ever changing, the floodwaters always recede.

My deliberate choice to emphasise the contrast of light is intended to evoke the movement of water as it flows through Wilsons Creek.

Using a reclaimed timber drawer as a surface to paint on is a choice to remind myself to use what’s at hand, while also speaking back to the history of place.

Even after many years living in the northern rivers area, I am still enamoured by my surroundings.  This painting is a testimony to the endless inspiration I find in this landscape.