Absence of fenceline 122 X 122cm Oil on linen framed landscape artisti This was the entry notes

This was the entry notes that I wrote about the painting

This work was inspired by a painting trip to Tasmania and the “killing fields” in the North

but it refers to the journey the work has had in the making

but set to work to make it a forest

Back then I believed that the trajectory would change

Absence of fenceline 122 X 122cm Oil on linen framed landscape artisti This was the entry notesI'm sure this presents as a curious title for a painting, but it refers to the journey the work has had in the making. Originally conceived as a view across pasture cut off by a fenceline, I decided I didn't like the finished work. It looked to manicured a state I don't really identify as typical of the Australian landscape. I liked some of the trees and so I retained those, but set to work to make it a forest. And I removed the fence!