Painted en plein air at Humpybong Park in Redcliffe, this original multi-panel urban landscape was quite literally shaped by the storm it depicts.
As dark weather rolled across the Humpybong Creek, the approaching downpour drenched my painting panels mid-session. What might have been a disaster became a meteorological ready-made: the far-right panel bears the physical trace of the storm, its surface partially washed out by rain. This spontaneous “weather happening” is permanently embedded in the work.
The scene captures the energy of a long, dry Queensland summer, right before a storm breaks the heat. Under brooding skies — it reveals a distinctly Queensland moment where atmosphere, place and process collide. Balancing observational plein air painting with an element of chance, the work sits between landscape tradition and contemporary environmental gesture.
Ideal for collectors of Australian urban art, expressive landscape painting, and works where material process becomes part of the story.