lori pensini

statement:

A small collection of work inspired by the iconic Australian ‘gum tree’ and my memoirs of riding along the dry river beds on Wyloo station in the Pilbara. The ancient landscape is a ocular extreme, colours and form oppose each other in such a surreal display of diversity it feels almost ‘other worldly’. I wanted to capture the life vibrancy of the ghost gums that cling to edges of the river beds, rising through the baked crustal rocks and pindan up into the endless blue with commanding grandeur