Riverstones II

Candyss has always felt a deep connection with the area of Kangaroo Valley and its a favourite place of hers where her family had a farm for many years.
“I watched the children grow up here during school holidays running around the farm playing hide and seek, playing chasings and riding billy carts down the hill and swimming and collecting tadpoles in the Kangaroo river a two minute walk from the farm. We would always head off down the hill and walk along the riverbank and across large riverstones hopping across the water where we could – it was always flowing and beautiful – rocks, trees and reeds all along the natural riverbank. This painting was created after spending a couple of weeks there and was painted back in the studio while working on other DOWN BY THE RIVER paintings. I sketch my thoughts and inspirations while visiting the land and then I return to the studio gallery where I then allow each painting to evolve spontaneously. I find I can relax and make a lot of mess on the concrete floor of the large warehouse space. These earlier landscapes are from past series where I have painted the land in a more representational approach. I will always hold a special place in my heart for Kangaroo Valley.”