Just as we shape the natural environment, so does the natural environment shape us. For Albury-based painter Edwina Edwards, it is this restless transition between growth and decay, damage and repair, that manifests in her immersive visions of an Australian landscape teeming with colour, texture, and the maternal rhythm of life.
Relocating to regional New South Wales in 2014 for a ‘tree change’, Edwina Edwards found inspiration in the vibrancy and vitality of the local bushland. Describing her work as “an amalgam of sketches, images and memories”, Edwards panoramic paintings portray an ancient landscape moving through time, tracing the shifts between compounding seasons through layers of colour that emerge and recede, revealing new details with every glance.
“My current practice is about my local landscape. Absorbing the surrounding nature when I am walking, driving, even floating in the river. I’m always taking in the hills, the trees, the seasons, the colours, the time of day, the singing of birds, and the wild life around me.”
Edwina Edwards is an Australian contemporary landscape painter based in Albury, New South Wales. Since completing an Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts in 2016, Edwards work has been displayed in several significant solo and group exhibitions across Australia. She is currently represented by Brunswick Street Gallery.
