Rusted Landscape

This mixed media piece explores surface, material and the passage of time.  Layers of rust form a luscious range of earthy tones, creating an abstract landscape that feels worn, exposed and slowly evolving. Textures are built up and broken back, leaving a rough, uneven surface that suggests erosion and gradual transformation.

Touches of oxidised gold have dulled and reacted with the surrounding materials, settling into the surface while still catching light in restrained, subtle ways.

The work is less about a specific place and more about process; how materials shift, react and settle over time. It reflects the understated beauty of aging surfaces as they develop new textures and character, celebrating change.

The piece holds a relationship between deterioration and preservation, where rust and oxidation create wonder and beauty.  They form a visual language of their own.

Rusted Landscape I
Mixed media on canvas
150cm (h) x 100cm (w)