Exhibition - "On Reflection"
A display of acrylic painting on canvas and oil stick on French handmade paper.
120 x 100 cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
112 x 98 cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
100x120cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
150x100 cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
100x120 cms by Denise Campbell- Available
100x100cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
60x50cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
60x50 cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
120x70cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
60x50cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
120x100cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
120x70 cms by Denise Campbell- Available
150x100 cms by Denise Campbell - Available
50x50cms by Denise Campbell - Sold
50x50cms by Denise Campbell- Available
Acrylic painting on canvas
Artist's statement
If we go there
If we go there and listen
We will hear the voice of the eternal
The eternal says that we are at the beginning of time
David Ireland - A Woman of the Future (Penguin, 1980)
When reflecting on my travels―in particular on the aerial flights I’ve taken throughout Outback Australia―I have always been drawn to landscapes of arid, red dust. However, a recent field trip to Kakadu and the Far North has prompted me to reflect upon both the seasonal and unusual changes in the nature and beauty of our landscape. The transformation comes courtesy of torrents of water flowing over the land, when rivers run, waterholes and billabongs fill and, following rain, red sands mirror a huge blue sky.
It seems our Outback land is either desert or deluge. The landscape can burn one moment and, seemingly in the next, weep to overflowing.
The landscapes in this exhibition are an expression of my reflections and my response to the transformation of landscape. I see the land as a sanctuary with special places for meditation—even the meandering pace at which the water flows offers itself for contemplation. In another time and place, the land appears confronting and mysterious.
The effect nature can have on us is so well expressed by poet James McAuley: ‘the wattle scatters pollen on the doubting heart’. Of course, the voices of the landscape speak differently to each of us but, for me, they deliver a peace that is powerful, precious and inspiring. Listening can lift the spirits and refresh the soul.
Denise Campbell, 2010
Oil stick on French handmade paper
In pastures green 124 x 73 cm
I will follow you 124 x 73 cm
Spinifex walk 124 x 73 cm
The way home 124 x 73 cm
Jamberoo 142 x 73 cm
Through red sands 124 x 73 cm
Tanami Grasses 124 x 73 cm
Heading north 74 x 56 cm
Spring 73 x 124 cm
Wildflower walk 73 x 124 cm