Ironbark Ridge

This is a painting of the landscape along the Nogo River in the Upper Burnett, Queensland, where scattered trees and open country stretch towards a distant horizon. Expressive brushwork and traces of underpainting layers gives the work an abstract quality while capturing the warmth and character of the Australian outback. It is an oil on canvas, finished with a gloss varnish and white edges, intentionally left with actual and simulated paint spills to enhance the visual impact, signed and ready to hang.

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The nickname was first used by my uncle when I was a youth. The years of that young stockman and dozer driver are now a distant memory.

I was born in country Queensland and spent my early childhood on a cattle property situated along the Nogo River. As a child, I would often go out into the paddocks with my father and I've felt a strong connection to that landscape ever since.

I'm a mainly self-taught artist working in oils. I now paint as ‘Greybeard,’ exploring that harsh country that is so familiar to me. The sands of the Nogo and the black ironbarks of the surrounding expanse carry a strong sense of place and personal identity.