Alex Hansen

After the floods, 2023

102 × 121 × 2 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas

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I have been painting the Australian landscape for many years, and never get sick of it. The work is always new and fresh, and even a barely perceptible shift in light for example, can illuminate a whole new perspective on a landscape I may have already painted numerous times. I suppose in this way the work also becomes an exercise in painting itself, the landscape a path into the exploration of painting as something intrinsic and raw.

In my current work I look at how our connection to landscape and its history informs our understanding of place and how we represent it. Much of this current body of work is inspired by sketches and paintings made on road trips over the last 12 months from Northern NSW to Victoria and beyond. I hold a BFA Hons degree and have exhibited widely in Australia and overseas.