Brigalow Creek - landscapes of change and continuity.

This show follows the recent sale of a property near Goondiwindi which was my family home for three generations. 

It is a closely observed but very personal interpretation of the landscape involving memory, loss and the desire for transformation. The theme of change is contained both in my lifelong relationship to a specific place but also to changes and growth within my enduring art practice. 

The creek itself is a wide brown watercourse that runs the length of the property and beyond. It has an unreliable beauty - of changing water levels and shifting light, a complex scribbly randomness that has become part of my imaginative experience along with dreams of its dark, cold toe-nibbling depths.

The exhibition is comprised of 24 works in gouache, oil, pastel and other dry mediums - painted en plein air along the shady banks, and works painted in my Maleny studio using my Goondiwindi sketches and my sensate memory.

Marvene Ash, November 2023