Absence of fenceline 122 X 122cm Oil on linen framed landscape artisti I took some cuttings before

I took some cuttings before the autumn took hold and arranged them as best I could on my old battered orange work chest

and the dense foliage

It looked to manicured - a state I don't really identify as typical of the Australian landscape

This work was inspired by a painting trip to Tasmania and the “killing fields” in the North

After the studies

Absence of fenceline 122 X 122cm Oil on linen framed landscape artisti I took some cuttings beforeI'm sure this presents as a curious title for a painting, but it refers to the journey the work has had in the making. Originally conceived as a view across pasture cut off by a fenceline, I decided I didn't like the finished work. It looked to manicured a state I don't really identify as typical of the Australian landscape. I liked some of the trees and so I retained those, but set to work to make it a forest. And I removed the fence!