Nicola Dickson explores the natural world and perceptions of identity with reference to Australia’s colonial history across painting, drawing, installation, printmaking, and ceramics. Retracing the steps of eighteenth and nineteenth century European explorers, naturalists and expedition artists to Australia, Dickson uses archival material from their voyages as a starting point for inspiration.
“I was intrigued by the abundant birdlife and the sudden transition of vegetation from low desert mallee to verdant tangled strips of black box eucalyptus and river red gums that hugged the river,” Dickson shares.
Nicola Dickson, Space for hope and wonder silvereye II, oil on linen, 55 × 38cm. Courtesy the artist and Beaver Galleries, Australian Capital Territory
Beaver Galleries
26 May to 11 June 2022
Australian Capital Territory
