This exhibition presents a series of large-scale oil paintings inspired by my journey along the
Overland Track in Tasmania — an iconic 65 kilometre trail that winds through some of the most
remote and ancient terrain in Australia.
This track weaves through a strikingly diverse range of environments: from alpine plateaus and
glacial valleys to dense, prehistoric rainforests cloaked in moss and with an air of mystery. What
struck me most throughout the journey was the sense of immersion — the way the land seemed to
absorb us as we walked; the trail unfolding like a quiet, wordless story. These paintings aim to
capture that sense of being enveloped, dwarfed, and transformed by wild nature.
The rainforest sections in particular left a deep impression. Among the Myrtle and Sassafras,
beneath canopies dripping with lichen and filtered light, the forest felt sacred and alive with
presence. There’s a hushed energy in those places, as though time slows down and everything
softens. I worked to echo that slowness in the painting process, building up surface and texture to
mirror the density of the forest floor, the multicoloured peeling bark, the shifting greens, and the
delicate play of light in the shadows.
Throughout the journey, I didn’t make sketches or notes; instead, I let the landscapes imprint
themselves upon me. I carried the memory of them back into the studio; the sound of wind moving
across the plains, the glint of tarns under heavy sky, the scent of wet earth and bark. The paintings
are, in many ways, constructed from these remembered sensations — filtered through the body,
translated through the brush. There is a quiet intensity to the Tasmanian landscape, a tension
between beauty and rawness, softness and stone. I hope that tension carries through in the work.
Ultimately, this exhibition is a reflection on connection — to land, to memory, and to the quiet
transformations that unfold when we journey on foot through wilderness. I invite viewers not to
look at these paintings, but to step into them, to experience the weight of mist, the hush of moss and
the tall stature of the trees.
