These works are from a series that has been evolving since I moved to and established a studio in bush land north of Goulburn. A particular focus is the Turrallo Creek, its path through surrounding tussock flats and the steep ranges that form a curtain like back drop to the setting. More though than the structural form of the place, it is it’s fabric, the temporal changes that take place and it’s presence that is the real subject.

The medium is egg tempera. For many years I worked in acrylic but gradually became dissatisfied with the synthetic nature of the medium and the range of pigments. It seems right that most of the pigments in these landscapes are soil derived.