An artist residency in 2024 to Broken Hill, NSW, provided an incredible opportunity to explore a desert landscape very different to my Tasmanian home.
The colours, textures, shapes and lines reminded me very much of my time in Central Australia.
TITLE Sturts Desert Pea Glory
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 60 cm x 75 cm
DATE 2025
DESCRIPTION
From the soils of Broken Hill up pop Sturts Desert Pea demanding your attention!
TITLE Broken Hill is full of colour
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 50.5cm x 60.5 cm
DATE 2025
DESCRIPTION
The landscape surrounding Broken Hill, while often thought of as stark and barren is full of colour, shapes, textures and tones. The light shimmers off the mineral rich soil and the rocks, creating a kaleidoscope of rich earthy tones. The vegetation bursts with blooms in the winter seasons as plants quickly come to seed and disperse before the summer heat and dryness overcome them. As a desert landscape overshadowed by mining which defines the town and those in it the Broken Hill landscape holds an abundance of natural beauty.
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TITLE The Darling
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on board
SIZE 28cm x 35.7 cm
DATE 2025
DESCRIPTION
Snaking its way across the landscape the Darling River brings life when flowing. At times the Darling spills over and floods the country surrounding it. At other times the Darling is dry and life struggles.
TITLE Round Hill in Orange
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 50.5cm x 36cm
DATE 2024
DESCRIPTION
The soils of Broken Hill change in the light with their mineral rich properties they sparkle and shine in the midday shine. At times highlighting their orange hues or at other times reds, purples or blues. Round hill so aptly named sits as a sentry breaking up into the skyline.
TITLE The reds of Silverton Hill
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 50.5cm x 36cm
DATE 2024
DESCRIPTION
Silverton just outside of Broken Hill shares the same rich earthy reds, oranges and mauves pushing through the sparse vegetation. The undulating landscape creating shapes and ridges across the skyline.
TITLE Silverton Plains
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 50.5cm x 36cm
DATE 2024
DESCRIPTION
The view from the Mundi Mundi lookout just outside of Silverton stretches for miles and is awash with great swatches of colour.
TITLE Silverton Views
MEDIUM Acrylic/pencil on paper
SIZE 50.5cm x 36cm
DATE 2024
DESCRIPTION
Just outside the township looking down into the wash aways remnants of mining still survive amongst the diggings and hills.