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Caroline Reid - Opening & Artist Talk
Opening of Caroline Reid's exhibition with talks from Professor John Williams
Time & Location
19 Nov 2022, 2:00 pm
Cooma, 9 Lambie St, Cooma NSW 2630, Australia
About the event
OPENING GUEST: Professor John Williams
Cloud Country is an exhibition featuring recent works that honour and document the rich water resources of the country south of Canberra to the Victorian border, covering the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Wolgalu nations.
The works were painted in 2021 and 2022 during an extended La Nina weather event that brought heavy but replenishing rains to the catchments of the Thredbo, Snowy and Murrumbidgee rivers, rejuvenating the land after an extended drought.
In these works, Caroline records her intense passion for the alpine geography and the opaque and mysterious spirituality of the birthplace of much of Australia’s ancient river catchments. With sureness of touch, she incorporates watercolour underpainting beneath the rich layers of soft pastel to build up stunning colours in the shadows and light-lit areas of the landscapes. Her paintings cover the range of moods of the landscape under a variety of…