Return of the Red Dust Girl

Part of an on going series of large works.

It’s open for interpretation but like most of the paintings from this series, I guess I am trying to convey the feeling or expression of living in a regional area or a situation far from the influence of a metropolitan city.
I wanted it to reflect a celebration of outback Australia, of the people living there each day of their lives and of the purity or innocence that can be found in such a seemingly baron and harsh landscape.

Painting can sometimes be a very individual pursuit or in my case an infatuation, so I also want the work to express the joy of being alone or separated.. and of the contentment in that individualism. How change or at least as metaphor can be a good thing, and doesn’t necessarily need to change us as individuals.

I knew that having a young girl or woman in the picture would be the perfect vehicle to present this idea. I decided early on that nothing in each of the paintings would touch the ground.
I come from a circus family so the umbrella stripes are a reference to circus tents.
It’s just something that resonates with me. A strange attraction I suppose.