The Lie of the Land

A surrealistic landscape‚ third in a series of ominous‚ sepia-toned scenes featuring puzzling ruins. The main feature is an optical illusion‚ an impossible cube rising up from stone pillars. On the right‚ a digger sinks into the sands‚ and other ruins and structures dot the landscape.

It is a painting to dwell upon‚ mysterious and engaging. Who built these structures‚ and where are they now? What has befallen the machine? Is it a metaphor for mankind's attempts to understand the laws of nature‚ laws which seem to defy common sense? A warning? A welcome? The composition was not planned before I painted the picture‚ the impossible shape only roughly sketched‚ and the painting seems to flow from the subconscious (as surrealism should!)

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Painter from the Blue Mountains. I've had paintings in the Sulman Prize 2012‚ Mosman Prize 2012‚ Calleen Art Prize 2013‚ Gallipoli Art Prize 2014 & 2016, Gosford Art Prize 2018 & 2018, the ANL Maritime Art Prize 2018 and the 2019 Hawkesbury Art Prize (winner). In the last nine years I've had a lot of success with abstract paintings, drawing inspiration from the covers of 'Popular Penguin' paperback books, from the classic Monopoly board, Uno cards, and other pop culture icons. The paintings are distorted representations of the subject matter, transformed with thick brushstrokes and often random lettering, retaining the essence of the original but also becoming something new. I have had sell out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. My art has been featured in Art Edit magazine, The Grand Designs Australia Sourcebook and the Financial Review. PLEASE NOTE - commissions now closed for 2024. Thank you!