This piece feels like an excavation of place, memory and identity. I made it using found materials, maps, local images and collected fragments from around Mogo and the South Coast, layering them into something that sits between landscape and relic. I was interested in how a place can live inside you through objects, textures and half-forgotten details, and how those fragments can hold personal and collective histories at once.
The work draws on the gold rush history of Mogo, the surrounding bushland, waterways and small traces of human life that gather over time. I used collage, paint and embedded materials to create a surface that feels weathered and unearthed, as though the story has been buried and is slowly revealing itself. There are maps, photographs, old printed matter and tactile elements that invite the viewer to keep discovering new things the longer they look.
I hope it lifts a room by creating a sense of richness and curiosity. It is a piece that changes depending on how close you stand to it. From a distance it reads as a vibrant abstract landscape, but up close it reveals intimate details and hidden references. I want it to bring warmth, texture and a sense of wonder, like holding a fragment of a place that is both familiar and mysterious.