Congratulations goes out to Lori Pensini who has been selected as a finalist in the Len Fox Painting Award 2024 for her painting - the big Dry 2#, Oil on linen, 110 x 100 cm.

Artist Statement:

My piece ‘The Big Dry’ is influenced by 19th century French animal naturalistic artist Rosa Banheur and embodies an early English/European view of a fatigued antipodean landscape.

The sombre monochromatic background represents my current lived experience farming through our driest periods on record in rural WA. An unrelenting drought pushed everything to its limits and importantly raised the question of shifting old paradigm thinking around our use of natural resources.

Restricted pindan red highlights within the dress fabric of the drying creek narrative casts focus on the urgency of our environmental predicament, whilst the light accents on the facial expressions of Eloise and the sheep sets a pensive tension encouraging further conversation around their plight...will they make it through?

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