2022 Artwork

A week at Fowler’s Gap, September 2022.

The Research Station at Fowlers Gap, established by the University of New South Wales in 1966, usually occupied by scientists, was where we stayed in September this year. The artist workshop led by Nicole Kelly and Ash Frost, gave a good handful of artists a rich experience to be able to paint directly from the landscape.

Located 112 kilometres north of Broken Hill, the 39,000-hectare property has been extensively used by researchers from UNSW and other institutions in Australia and overseas. A wide range of research on the birds, kangaroos, reptiles and other flora and fauna has been carried out as well as projects in areas including management of the arid zone, soil conservation, solar energy and astronomy.

 Fowlers Gap is an important site for teaching, with regular field excursions by students from both UNSW Science and UNSW Art and Design. The remote Station, with its impressive landscape, eco-trails and wildlife-viewing platforms, attracts artists as well as local and international visitors. UNSW holds a lease in perpetuity on the property, which is a working farm with more than 5000 sheep.

For this Fowler’s Gap series, I have taken the opportunity to explore painting and printmaking in a way which was different to my usual concerns. Rather than concentrating on a direct pictorial approach, I chose rather to evoke the sense of being in a vast landscape with a seemingly limitless horizon. With a delight in the use of colour and pattern, this place provided an inspiring experience for me.

JSiedleDryCreekBed, Fowler’sGap’, MixedMedia work36.5x28.5cm2022
White Stones in the Dry Creek Bed, at Fowlers Gap
36.5cm (W) x 28.5cm (H)
Mixed Media
Trickle of water in the Dry Creek Bed, Fwolers Gap. Oil on linen. JSiedle 2022
Trickle of Water in the Dry Creek Bed, Fowlers Gap.
35cm (W) x 40cm (H)
Oil on Linen
SOLD
The Shaded River at Ochre House, JSiedle
The Shaded River at Ochre House, Fowlers Gap, 2022.
40cm (W) x 35cm (H)
Oil on Linen
JSiedleFowler'sGapTreesMonoPrint29x20cm2022
Three Trees at Fowlers Gap
29cm (W) x 20cm (H)
Monoprint
JSiedleBirdhide InTheMorning.watercolour_25cmx15. jpeg
The Bird Hide at Fowlers Gap
25cm (W) x 15cm (H)
Watercolours
SOLD
Fowler'sGapMono print29x20cm jpeg cropped
Blue Sky at Fowlers Gap
29cm (W) x 20cm (H)
Monoprint
SOLD
Fowler’sGap.Dry CreekBed_ Watercolour,_36.5x28.5cm2022
Afternoon Sun in the Dry Creek Bed at Fowlers Gap.
28.5cm (W) x 36.5cm (H)
Watercolours



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