Topographies, Gallery view

This work was made as part of a partnership with scientists during a residency at the Australian Museum, Sydney. The landscapes evoke a sense of place/space which can best be described as ‘west of the Great Dividing Range’. 


Virtual landscape #3, 1999
Digital prints on paper, pastel, pencil, 200 x 160cm. The symbols, colours and patterns drawn over the computer prints reference those used on geological maps.

Gallery View

The variety of relationships to landscape was an important factor in developing the work and also the subject of research by anthropologists at the People and Place Research Centre at the Museum - see catalogue essay in link below.


Work in progress and wireframe model
The images are types of landscape rather than specific places and were created entirely with a computer, existing first as wireframe models.

Guerie Bald Hill, Wellington, NSW.

The project also involved a field trip with geologists to the western plains of NSW where they were researching remnants of volcanic activity from over 200 million years ago. ​​​​​​​

Virtual landscape #3, 1999

The clouds, shadows and atmosphere of the images suggest the ephemeral nature of experience and there is a sense of timelessness in the landscape.  

Virtual landscape #5, 1999 - 240 x 200cm

The hand-drawn shapes and symbols, which are derived from geological maps, speak of the system of abstraction which the scientist projects or applies to the landscape.

Catalogue Link

Exhibited at the Australian Museum, Sydney and Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland.
Project funding from the Australia Council
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