Remains to Be Seen 2 Ed. 1 of 5

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84.1cm (W) x 84.1cm (H) x 0.1cm (D)

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Artwork Description

Remains to be Seen #2 is a brooding, meditative nightscape that distills the quiet weight of the land after dusk. The photograph, made on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, dissolves the horizon into a soft, velvety darkness where two trees stand as shadowed sentinels—silent, watchful, and deeply rooted.

The sky above is mottled and luminous, its textured folds glowing faintly as if holding the last trace of fading light. The work’s gentle blur and low tonal register lend it a dreamlike stillness, evoking the sensation of standing alone in the vastness of country at nightfall—when the world is suspended, and sound thins into breath.

Using intentional camera movement and long exposure, the image moves beyond documentation to become a sensory impression: part memory, part atmosphere, part quiet invocation of place. Remains to Be Seen #2 invites viewers to sink into its shadowed tones, to listen for the low hum of the night, and to recognise the presence of the landscape even in its darkest hours.

Artist Bio

I am a photographic artist from the Central Goldfields of Victoria, Australia.

In 2014, I relocated from Melbourne into regional Victoria, to a rural property outside of Castlemaine. I think that living in the country has changed the way I look at and connect with the natural environment. So many of us are disconnected from nature; and we are damaging the environment at a terrifying rate. At some level, many of us are grieving all this, and through my work, I am trying to honour that grief and to create a deeper connection with the natural world around me.

From a young age, I imagined a working future in the arts, but ended up being sidelined by an international career in law and social impact. Initially working as a lawyer in top-tier firms in Australia and Hong Kong, I went on to work in the offices of State and Federal members of parliament, founded an education not-for-profit, got involved in documentary film-making and set up a social impact consulting firm.

For me, the “gift” of COVID was to make the long-overdue decision to commit to developing a full-time art practice.

I haven’t looked back.

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Marylou's studio is in Melbourne, Australia