Nothing to do with Science Fiction, the reason I made this little plein air painting at Kanimbla is that I was attracted to the purple patches of bushes or vines that seemed to be riding the bright green roller coaster hills in the middle ground. They seemed to be stuck on, clinging on .
Waves of mountains and hills catching the last rays from Hargreaves Lookout looking south
Late afternoon sun from Hargreaves Lookout near Blackheath NSW
The Haystack Berambing, 40 x 25.5cm Acrylic on board
The pot shaped hill known to the locals as The Haystack at Berambing painted plein air about 18 months after the record breaking bush fires of 2020
That time of day when the lights come on and cooking smells start to drift out from the kitchen.
Kanimbla is a rural place that lies under the Western escarpment of the Blue Mountains in NSW
Since 2015 I’ve made around five versions of this rock in Kanimbla. I’m lucky enough to have two sets of friends who see this unusual Blue Mountains outcrop every day from their back verandahs. To me it has an appeal as a subject that is probably similar to the way Mont Sainte-Victoire kept drawing Cezanne back to paint it over and over again. There is always something new to see. It’s also a bit David Lynch I think.
Mehi Band of Gold, 40cm x 90cm, acrylic on board, 2021 – sold
After the Painted River Project event at Moree where I was an invited artist I returned a few months later to take more photographs as composite studies for some studio paintings. I arrived late in the day after heavy rain. The Mehi River had been in a huge flood just days before and the Sun broke through under heavy clouds just before sunset. The cast shadows of buildings and clouds left a thin strip of Golden Light across the tree trunks.
Under Cover, 40cm x 40cm, acrylic on board, 2021, sold
This work is from a photograph I took from a boat as we were returning from a day of plein air painting in the rain in the Whitsunday Islands. The clouds were very low and the forms were spectacular. Some people on social media saw an angel. I saw a beautiful abstract form that I knew I would be painting.
Rhett Brewer - Artist 