Tamar River No. 1

This piece started out as a study for a series of works inspired by the Tamar River, Northern Tasmania. The Tamar is a wide slow river which meanders around Launceston where I was making frequent visits with my partner to visit family. The reed like growths in the river are called 'Cumbungi'. Whilst they have a wafting beauty, they are in reality a pest weed, quietly killing the river. Darkness and beauty combined.

Artwork is painted on canvas and stretched, no frame. D-ring and wire on back, ready to hang.

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I had always wanted to study art, but as many have found, found excuses to put it off. Finally, in 2004 I made the decision to make a sea change and moved to Hobart, Tasmania and commenced a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania. I followed this on with a Masters in Fine Arts and Design.

My practice centres around landscape painting, plus drawing and printmaking, using a variety of mediums, but principally pastels and acrylic paint. I am inspired by the landscape and light in Tasmania and the jewel box of colours that nature provides. I am also inspired by the built environment and the tension that is created between cold hard concrete and the majestic Tasmanian landscape, drawing on the romanticism that this landscape provides . I seek to continually challenge myself and express my thoughts and emotions through responding to what I see, feel and experience around me in my art.

I can also be contacted via my website www.adamfisher.art