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Escarpment at Dawn |
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Artist Comment: Brief from the client on this work was to simply recreate the beauty of our Blackall Range, including lots of animals and colour.
Inspiration was gained from visiting 3 of my favourite spots on the range - the escarpment overlooking the Sunshine Coast & ocean (at dawn), the "bottom" falls at Kondalilla Falls, and the "middle" falls also at Kondalilla (seen in order from left to right). A lot of the individual elements were inspired by what I saw at the time I was there, but I also received some unexpected inspiration from actual visits from the various animals to the studio. For example, while I was working on the Catbird, a live one flew into the studio & lodged itself behind a cupboard. In the process of rescuing it, I was given the the chance to look at him close up, and express what I saw in the artwork. A wonderful experience, but one that was repeated several times in different ways during the construction of the work.
The entire work took 3 months to create, and involves 17 local species of animals & many different local plants. Drawings, preparation and pre-cutting alone took almost a month (including two 8 hour days on the grinder!). There's at least 75 different coloured tiles used including 23 different greens. Even with this many colours, I found it very challenging to achieve some of the contrasts and blends over such a large area.
The work can be viewed at the "Mayfield on Montville" shopping/restaurant/artgallery complex at Main St, Montville.
Click here to see closeups of "Kondalilla"

"Kondalilla" in place.
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