Walking in Campbells Creek

There is a curious uncertainty, a wondering, a stillness, and yet, in the atmosphere of the bush as the wind ripples through the leaves, creating various movements, a feeling of being on this ancient land. I am fascinated by the changes in light, creating deep shadows between the trees emphasizing the intense layered density of the land. I experience an awareness of being a settler and mindful visitor on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. I acknowledge my deep respect and honor for their connection to culture. I feel a sense of peace when entering Dja Dja Wurrung Country absorbing the varying spaces around my feet connecting to the stoney clay ground. I express my encounters in the bush not by portraying a landscape as a space set in the background but a feeling of being immersed within dense bush, engulfed by foliage either side of me as I walk along Campbells Creek stoney pathways, it is an in-my-face experience. I want to convey this sense of immediacy, as I reach out to touch leaves and bark, to reach down to the ground to pick up leaves to explore their colors. My painting practice is a multilayered experience of my observations, perceptions, emotions, and understandings of a tangible expression of place through the sensation of color, which is perceived whilst walking and further expressed through my drawing practice where I explore varying shapes and textures distilled from memories and photographic documentation before being transferred onto canvas. I collect fallen leaves and textured bark which are then incorporated as source material in my drawing and painting process. I seek to portray invisible and visible phenomena (through forms, shapes, color, and texture) to create works that filter the different way I sense my experience of the bush. I also work with collage, pushing different forms, and shapes together in my drawing process

Carols exhibition will run from 22nd Feb – 23rd March. And we will have an artist talk on the 16th at 3pm.
Our hours are Tue-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-4.