Canola Fields
Location: Floral Craftsman
ARTIST: Rowen Matthews
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 38 x 38cm
ABOUT THE ARTWORK:
For me, land is not passive. It responds to me as I paint; it lets me in, allows me to know more, as I immerse myself. It openly displays its history and health. Land speaks with wind and heat and light and colour and texture and so many other voices; as a result, I experience painting as having a conversation with land, a dialogue, so I can both feel the land and feel the painted mark concurrently. In this painting, environmentally contentious canola fields present as vivid yellow against the blue glow of the Liverpool Range in the late afternoon light.
Value: $1,000AUD
Reserve: $700AUD
Dr Rowen Matthews is a respected land painter. His recent work has been collected by several public collections including The University of New England, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Cowra Regional Gallery, and The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.
ABC TV aired a concise documentary in 2020 on the production and covid-safe presentation of his landmark exhibition Land is Emotional at Tamworth Regional Gallery. This exhibition was short-listed for the National Award of Best Temporary Exhibition at an Australian Public Gallery.
In the past 3 years, he has held 4 solo exhibitions including 2 ‘sold-out’ shows at Day Gallery.
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