Textures of the Outback
Artwork Details
76 x 76 cm (unframed)
Oak floating frame with wax finish.
Impasto acrylic with impasto medium, sand, and crackle paste applied with a palette knife, brush, and piping bag on 100% cotton canvas. Finished with two isolation coats and one coat of matte polyurethane varnish.
Created with Australian-made, eco-friendly, zero VOC, and cruelty-free paints, impasto medium, and matte varnish. The canvas is made with FSC-approved sustainably sourced Swedish pine.
Artwork Description
This painting isn’t based on a single memory but draws from my fascination with the natural textures of the landscape from an aerial perspective. It combines elements from drone photographs of dams and salt lakes I’ve taken, focusing on the intriguing aspects of the images. I loved observing the grains in the soil and the way sunlight texturises the semi-arid vegetation. The unique shapes of water bodies and the transitions from dry to moisture filled areas captivated me. Painting this was particularly enjoyable as it allowed me to experiment with replicating textures and imagining the composition based on typical landscape patterns and colour transitions seen from above.
Additional Information
Framed by Angela Coombs Matthews, located in Temora NSW.
All of my original art and art reprints are signed with an ‘S’ logo. This logo was the Storey family brand used by my Great-Grandfather, on what is now my Grandparent's cattle farm. The farm has been in the Storey name since the mid-19th century however the brand was only in use from roughly the 1930s to the 1960s on sheep. After shearing, the brand was dipped in dye and pressed to the sheep’s hind quarter. It would stain the wool for quite some time and be used to identify the sheep if they strayed.
I have immense pride in my origin, and I love that I am able to attach a piece of family history to the art that I create. I strongly believe that when purchasing art, it is incredibly important to feel a strong sense of passion from the artist through the painting. I hope that combining my lineage with my art expresses this connection.