Euan Macleod paints a sublime and inhospitable world of minerals, rock and ice in this series of works created en plein air on New Zealand’s rugged Haupapa Tasman Glacier, presented alongside studio paintings whose grand scale emulates their site of inspiration.
Climbers (often alone or tethered by a rope to a companion figure or guide) are metaphors through which the connection to and reliance on another human being is amplified. The appearance of these displaced or wandering figures radically alters our reading of Macleod’s paintings as ‘landscapes’.
Drill Hall Gallery
12 September to 3 November 2024
Australian Capital Territory