THE HIGH PLACE

Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne. 5 November - 23 November 2008

THE HIGH PLACE

A response to recent travels to the Bogong High Plains, the assembled suite of paintings focuses on the interface of land and sky.  A place where light dances and the sky exults, the high plains are a Horizon. The destination of storms, the nursery of mists, mountains and sky are entwined and inseparable. Enmeshed In elaborate conversation, they revolve in intricate arabesques about an axis of the transcendent. Ever changing, ever transforming, from one moment to the next the volatile balance of land and sky shifts from one limit to the other.

Entranced by the spectacle, one is enveiled by instants of profound silence where one is suspended, lost in a moment, yet ever mindful of the coming beginning. The peak is a mound and the vapours are a mountain. Perception of scale is reversed, the familiar is different. Sky and Mountain are dependant yet distinct, circling as creators and created, forever embracing within the horizon of this High Place.

The Gates of Longing

THE GATES OF LONGING

112 x 244cm | oil on linen | 16 May 2008
Finalist in the 2008 Fletcher Jones Art Prize
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The Traveller Lingers

THE TRAVELLER LINGERS

102 x 198cm | oil on linen | 24 August 2008
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The Place of Suspension

THE PLACE OF SUSPENSION

97 x 198cm | oil on linen | 27 May 2008
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Tomorrow Comes

TOMORROW COMES

102 x 152cm | oil on linen | 10 June 2008
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The Place of the Veil

THE PLACE OF THE VEIL

122 x 122cm | oil on linen | 5 July 2008
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The Perception of Silence

THE PERCEPTION OF SILENCE

66 x 210cm | oil on linen | 27 September 2008
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The Wanderer Moves Amoungst Us

THE WANDERER MOVES AMOUNGST US

77 x 152cm | oil on linen | 14 August 2007
(winner Viewers Choice 2007 Heysen Prize for Austrlaian Landacape)
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The Sun Will Pass

THE SUN WILL PASS

102 x 102cm | oil on linen | 11 June 2008
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No Time To Rest

NO TIME TO REST

84 x 122cm | oil on linen | 30 July 2008
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The Day Will Be Different

THE DAY WILL BE DIFFERENT

84 x 122cm | oil on linen | 5 August 2008
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The Moment of Opportunity

THE MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY

92 x 92cm | oil on linen | 9 September 2008
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Nothing Lasts Forever

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

92 x 92cm | oil on linen | 11 September 2008
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It's Higher Than It Seems

IT'S HIGHER THAN IT SEEMS

61 x 102cm | oil on linen | 8 August 2008
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The Horizon Remains

THE HORIZON REMAINS

61 x 102cm | oil on linen | 9 August 2008
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The Wind is Coming

THE WIND IS COMING

61 x 102cm | oil on linen | 27 August 2008
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The Light Will Soon Return

THE LIGHT WILL SOON RETURN

61 x 102cm | oil on linen | 1 September 2008
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TheOrigin Of Storms

THE ORIGIN OF STORMS

76 x 76cm | oil on linen | 15 August 2008
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The Promise

THE PROMISE

51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 9 March 2008
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Here It Comes

HERE IT COMES

51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 10 March 2008
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Almost There

ALMOST THERE

51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 18 August 2008
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The Gates Of Longing

THEY WON'T BE HERE LONG

51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 6 September 2008
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