My art is usually about my inner landscape, the seen landscape, and the remembered landscape, reshaped into a unified whole. Except at the moment there’s not a lot of unity.
The world is a bit of a bonfire. Ok, more than a bit. In many ways it more like a giant dumpster fire, with an endless fuel supply. There’s little unity between people, countries, regimes…
What does that mean for my art? I’m still creating semi-abstract landscapes but there’s a chaotic energy about them. The land is fractured rather than peaceful. The landforms are bitsy and broken. I’m testing out using a limited triad colour palette, and that’s helping to create a little unity.
On own land, on the other hand, is an oasis of calm … green paddocks, dense bush, a river, and contented cows. Is it out and out idyllic? No. There’s a lot of work to be done, and that’s ok. We have time, and it feels good to be out in nature away from the chaos of the world.
Cath Sheard Art 
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