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a portrait of [country] - part survey

Didthul, Yuin Country [Pigeon House Mountain, Morton NP, NSW], 2023- 2024

Karlu Karlu on Warumungu, Kaytetye, Alyawarr and Warlpiri Country [Devils Marbles, NT], 2023

Corrobree Rock, Arrernte Country [East Macdonnell Ranges, NT], 2023

Rungutjirpa on Arrernte Country [Simpsons Gap, West Macdonnell Ranges, NT] 2023

Yarretyeke, Arrernte Country [Redbank Gorge, West Macdonnell Ranges, NT], 2023

Ghost Gums on Bandjigali, Malyangaba, Wandjiwalgu and Wiljali Country [Mutawintji NP, NSW], 2021

Mutitjulu Waterhole at Uluru, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Country [NT], 2023

Koonalda Cave on Mirning Country [Nullarbor NP, SA], 2021

Barkindji, Ngiyampaa and Mutthi Mutthi Country [Lake Mungo NP, NSW], 2022

Dharug Country [Grose Wilderness, Blue Mountains NP, NSW], 2023

Pandanus on Ninene Country [Western Arthurs, Southwest NP, TAS], 2023

Dordordonga on Taungurung Country [Mount Buffalo NP, VIC], 2024

day01. Gallery view 2024

Melbourne Art Fair2024. day01 Gallery view.

Guugu Yimithirr Country [Elim Beach, QLD], 2025

Wurngomgu Country [Kakadu NP, NT], 2025

a portait of [country] 2019 - ongoing.

These images of country were difficult places to find, to see at all. To be truly understood, they demanded first a prolonged physical exertion, followed by lingering solitude, sometimes for days. A practice in patience. A longing to let go, to shed impediments and false notions cultivated from having lived away from land.

A rediscovered vulnerability and openness. A new receptivity.

Magical places, devoid of colonial presence, are rare. Hence, sadness permeates. All the scars, the disruption and the dispossession, exist in the works. The paddocks, the towns and cities, the underground, the polluted waterways and the air, all come knocking just outside the frame.

Yet, these lands where the earth hums, are all our future, precious and precarious. They still act as if one walks in lockstep on holy land. The terrain feels pure, is pure, and demands respect and reverence.

For any Editioned print enquires, please contact Eloise Hastings at:

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