Description
‘Respect for the Big Fellows’ is a vibrant contemporary landscape painting that celebrates the rich colour and history of Australia’s tropical northern regions.
It is a painting that began its life up north in the beautiful Tweed Valley. These lands are so fertile in this area, bursting with sweet juicy colour, the air is filled with the scent of lemon myrtle and mangoes.
I never know where a painting will take me when I begin but this one felt like I had a little guidance from those that had come before me. Wollumbin is the “big fellow mountain” that has great Aboriginal significance in the area. A sacred site to the Bundjalung people it is now protected. I do not know the stories it tells but it has such presence in the landscape I always felt it was trying to tell me something.
Everyday I would watch its many moods as it played caretaker to the weather and the fauna that travelled through its terrain. There was a gentle connection between time, the landscape and its visitors. A joyful harmony of the elements.
This painting connects past and present. It explores the concept of family, elders and nature and how our respect for those who came before us and how it can enriched and empower our own paths.
FROM THE ‘LAND OF AUS’ COLLECTION
Respect for the Big Fellows (better viewed from a distance)
$4,200
Original artwork ready to hang.
Oil on Stretched Canvas
91 x 122cm
Tags: australia, colourful, contemporary art, country, dreamscape, expressionism, impressionism, kangaroo, Kristine Ballard, landscape, mobsters, nature, oil painting, sunshine, warm tones
Description
‘Respect for the Big Fellows’ is a vibrant contemporary landscape painting that celebrates the rich colour and history of Australia’s tropical northern regions.
It is a painting that began its life up north in the beautiful Tweed Valley. These lands are so fertile in this area, bursting with sweet juicy colour, the air is filled with the scent of lemon myrtle and mangoes.
I never know where a painting will take me when I begin but this one felt like I had a little guidance from those that had come before me. Wollumbin is the “big fellow mountain” that has great Aboriginal significance in the area. A sacred site to the Bundjalung people it is now protected. I do not know the stories it tells but it has such presence in the landscape I always felt it was trying to tell me something.
Everyday I would watch its many moods as it played caretaker to the weather and the fauna that travelled through its terrain. There was a gentle connection between time, the landscape and its visitors. A joyful harmony of the elements.
This painting connects past and present. It explores the concept of family, elders and nature and how our respect for those who came before us and how it can enriched and empower our own paths.
FROM THE ‘LAND OF AUS’ COLLECTION
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