Australian Artist of May 2021

Creating a 'Sense of Place' 

Robert Juniper established a reputation for landscape, particularly desert, painting that used surface & colour in a vivacious way. His own 'sense of space' goes beyond the landscape into the figurative to make the landscape human. 

                                        

                                         'The River Dies in January' 1977

                Robert Juniper's landscapes have a relationship to those of 

         John Olsen (recent news post) & Fred Williams ( next news post )

                                   

                                         Robert Juniper VIDEO link

All three painters play with the lateralness of the picture plane

and the illusionistic space that lies behind it

Juniper uses marks and materials scattered across the surface ( see video)

Both abstract and naturalistic forms create a sense of place 

My experiments with inks & oil sticks on Kitakata paper reflect 

colours used in some of Juniper's paintings

Often my paintings becomes the land & sea while I am the sky 

This ink on rice paper is reflecting the warm sunny climate of 

Far North Queensland and is only the beginning of what is to come 

I too am discovering my sense of place 

Abstract Australian Artist

 Australian artist this month is John olsen 

who has been one of the biggest inspirations for my art Journey

quote "to be an Australian artist is to be an adventurer"

                 HE IS SAID TO BE AUSTRALIA'S  GREATEST LIVING PAINTER

                            John Olsen keeps an open eyed innocence of a child

                                       

                                             A tribute to John Olsen here

       A journey into You Beaut country series is a landscape of the mind

One of my favourite works here "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" that he borrowed from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' 

It reflects on the country life in Clarendon, South Australia linking the land, light, people and attitudes of Australians. 

A big attraction for me is John's use of strong colours that creates a joyful sense of place while his curvilinear style makes us feel so alive.

This flowing energy is essential to maintain my belief that "art is the process"

                 

     My 'Dragon' Encaustic Wax painting is a typical example of John's influence

  

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Encaustic Wax paintings turn into Canvas prints

Painting with a torch & Encaustic Wax on a board first 

Originals are turned into high detailed quality canvas prints  

In studio unrolling Giclee canvas print 196cm x 104cm 

' FLOW  ON ' Limited Edition (10) Framed 200cm x 108cm see  Online shop

Fluid Collection 'Flow On' Limted Edition Giclee Canvas print  in-situ 

Hand signature on each print from original painting