Dusty Horizons
Available at Gallery Fitzmaurice, 95 Fitzmaurice St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650.
Artwork Details
71 x 71 cm (unframed)
Framed with an oak floating frame with a wax coat.
Impasto acrylic with impasto medium, and sand applied with a palette knife, brush, and piping bag on 100% cotton canvas. Finished with two isolation coats and one coat of matte polyurethane varnish.
Created with Australian-made, eco-friendly, zero VOC, and cruelty-free paints, impasto medium, and matte varnish. The canvas is made with FSC-approved sustainably sourced Swedish pine.
Artwork Description
This painting is inspired more by my imagination than reality, reflecting the landscapes I wish to explore. I love painting these because there’s no set direction, just the spontaneity of the moment. The roads and vast open landscapes come from my travels, especially a night spent camping in the Hay Plains. From the drone, the land is flat in every direction, with intersecting roads diverging into the distance. I took this as inspiration and added imagined elements like trees, vegetation textures, and a river. The old abandoned stockyards and disappearing roads invite viewers to let their imaginations wander.
Additional information
Framed by Angela Coombs Matthews, located in Temora NSW.
Email contact@elyssastoreyartist.com.au or message my Facebook/Instagram account if you would like more photos, or have any questions!
All of my original art and art reprints are signed with an ‘S’ logo. This logo was the Storey family brand used by my Great-Grandfather, on what is now my Grandparent's cattle farm. The farm has been in the Storey name since the mid-19th century however the brand was only in use from roughly the 1930s to the 1960s on sheep. After shearing, the brand was dipped in dye and pressed to the sheep’s hind quarter. It would stain the wool for quite some time and be used to identify the sheep if they strayed.
I have immense pride in my origin, and I love that I am able to attach a piece of family history to the art that I create. I strongly believe that when purchasing art, it is incredibly important to feel a strong sense of passion from the artist through the painting. I hope that combining my lineage with my art expresses this connection.
