As a Western Australian I am drawn to vast, warm, open spaces. Growing up, my Grandparents lived in Broome, a 2300 km journey north of Perth. Pindan, termite mounds, spinifex and the Indian Ocean - childhood places have a way of permeating your core.
Moving to Tasmania as an adult, I encountered hauntingly beautiful landscapes that were alien to me. I felt most comfortable in the open plains and beaches. In the damp forests, one can sense the island’s dark past lurking just below the surface of Tassie’s current veil of ecotourism, gourmet food and MONA.
Feeling overwhelmed by this complex place, I looked to the pragmatist Giorgio Morandi, who said; “The only interest the visible world awakens in me concerns space, light, colour and form”.
Jane Tangney
(right) Midlands Highway II
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Midlands Highway II, 2007, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Cloudy Bay III, 2008, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Brumbys Creek, 2010, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Nabowla, 2012, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Dusk - Macquarie River, 2006, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 cm
Brumbys Creek Series, 2006 (studio detail)
Brumbys Creek Series, #6, 2006, oil on card, 20 x 25 cm
Red Canoe, 2006, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 cm
Squid Ink - Swansea, 2011, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Cloudy Bay I, 2006, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Cloudy Bay II, 2006, oil on canvas, 140.5 x 135 cm
Binalong, 2006, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Freycinet I, 2006, acrylic on paper, 35 x 55 cm
Freycinet II, 2006, acrylic on paper, 35 x 55 cm