Before the leaves turn
Exhibition with SCAPE Public Art at Studio 125 Gallery,
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I watch the birds circle outside through the gap in the curtains
what colour is the sky, what colour are the mountains
always changing
cloud is never far away
There’s a pocket of sun across the lake
deep, green
a space between landforms
bordered by golden grassed mounds
like oceans of blonde hair
billowing in the wind
Every year I visit Wanaka to spend time with my family, usually it's early in the new year. This year it was a little later, the beginning of Autumn, when the landscape was on the precipice of preparing for winter.
Golden 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 125 x 155 cm
Sometimes they're blue 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 40 x 30cm
The birds, they circle 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 70 x 55 cm
Glacial once 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 155 x 125 cm
Sometimes clear 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 70 x 55 cm
Deep 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 125 x 100 cm
A blanket of cloud 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 125 x 100 cm
For a brief moment it was raining and sunny 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 125 x 100 cm
Suddenly Autumn 2019 oil and pastel on linen, 70 x 55 cm
