Lois Robertson

We all have particular landscapes embedded into our memory from early childhood. The environment has such a huge impact on us that certain aspects of it never leave us. We all remember the landscape we grew up in and the places we went to for holidays as children. Most of us growing up in Australia would have had the experience of sleeping out under the stars in the outback or sitting around a fire on the beach and looking up into the endless space of the night sky with a sense of awe and wonder. What I’ve discovered is that we can have that same sense of awe and wonder when we take the time to look closely at any landscape. I enjoy walking in the mist and rain along the beach and watching how the atmosphere and light changes the appearance and feel of the landscape. The weather patterns, ebb and flow of water, movement of clouds, time of day all give the landscape a very different mood and appearance. This body of work is based on my reflections and memories on changing weather patterns, rising sea levels and the impact this has on coastal landscapes. The constant flux of huge volumes of water flowing in and out of the creeks and lagoons along the coastline and the way that changes the mood and appearance of coastal areas has been the focus of these paintings.