My current art practice is the result of many years spent camping, walking and drawing in central Australia. Walking is pivotal to my experience of the country. As I walk my daily treks, the land takes shape like a map. I also study satellite images of the area before and during my time on location.

The work in this exhibition is site specific to the East MacDonnell Ranges, a couple of hours from Alice Springs. It’s the product of a two-week camp at Ross River in August followed by a couple of weeks in the studio. 

The smaller works were started on camp and finished in the studio. The four-metre long work was made after the trip using a satellite image of the terrain as a template. 

The works are resolved through a visual language that has been built up over years of drawing and observing the country.

The contours of the landscape are a focus in these works; I am mainly concerned with the line and light of the place. Everything starts with the line.

Photography by Wayne Talbot.