Highly Commended Pilbara Landscape
Judge’s comments:
This is not simply a highly skilled pencil drawing, but a meditation on the relationship between the form of the landscape around Cossack and the openness of the sky above.
ARTWORK ID: 5006
CATEGORY: Pilbara Landscape
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Depicting sunset over the grassy hill bordering the ghost town of Cossack/Bajinhurrba, this graphite drawing uses thousands of fine strokes and eraser marks to capture flickering dusk light across the grass. The work reflects the quiet stillness and peaceful atmosphere that settles over this historic place each afternoon.
MEDIUM: Graphite on Paper
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 700mm x 900mm
WEIGHT (approx): 3kg
ARTIST LOCATION: WHITE GUM VALLEY, WA
Highly Commended Pilbara Landscape
Judge’s comments:
This is not simply a highly skilled pencil drawing, but a meditation on the relationship between the form of the landscape around Cossack and the openness of the sky above.
ARTWORK ID: 5006
CATEGORY: Pilbara Landscape
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Depicting sunset over the grassy hill bordering the ghost town of Cossack/Bajinhurrba, this graphite drawing uses thousands of fine strokes and eraser marks to capture flickering dusk light across the grass. The work reflects the quiet stillness and peaceful atmosphere that settles over this historic place each afternoon.
MEDIUM: Graphite on Paper
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 700mm x 900mm
WEIGHT (approx): 3kg
ARTIST LOCATION: WHITE GUM VALLEY, WA