Art on artefacts

We drove some hundreds of km on a dirt road, sometimes a rock road. The landscape dry with grey stick trees and waves of straw grass. Nothing over 2 meters in height. We reached Adels Grove. It was an oasis of deep lush tropical forest adjoining a turquoise crystal clear river. Walking along the river I studied the stones, some of which gleamed opaque ochre and red. Holding them I realised that some were purposely shaped. In this painting I tried to capture the awe I felt when I realised I was holding an artefact once used by the original Australian custodians.

2014   "Artefacts"  25 x 13 cm gouache & pencil on card