As a researcher and visual artist I take great pleasure in painting researched areas of the environment. This I have done in my recently completed PhD. These paintings are from a mapping viewpoint as I 'map' a local cultural landscape closely connected to the First Settlement of Australia and of my own area: the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.The colours I use are of this part of this beautiful Australian landscape. Whatever else they are, my paintings are sensuous responses to the places I love. You can see it in the rich, deep earthy reds and muted greens and...more
