WAY WAY artist Lisa Zanderigo opens her landscape exhibition “Earth + Ochre” in The Studio at Bellingen’s Nexus Gallery on 25 May.
Living in Way Way for a “quieter life”, after many years in Sydney, Lisa’s latest show has a deep connection to nature.
It features a series of oil paintings inspired by a visit to the Red Centre and the West and East MacDonnell Ranges.
“The environment has weaved its way through my life, as it does many people’s lives – inspiring, engaging and relaxing,” Lisa said.
“But our treatment and attitude to it has also inspired anger, frustration and dread for what our future holds, as we arrogantly consume and pollute our way to an environmental dystopia.
“The need to engage with the landscape today is all encompassing with the current climate and environmental crisis, as we consciously let it deteriorate and ‘don’t look up’.
“Landscape painting in Australia is heavily weighted with expectations.
“Historically, few have chosen not to engage with it and its enormity and weight on the Australian consciousness, particularly on… First Nations [peoples] connection to Country.
Lisa Zanderigo is an exhibiting visual artist of 40 years, with a Bachelor and MVA, from SCA, University of Sydney.
In her early career she worked in photomedia and installation, investigating ideas around identity, gender and sexuality.
In the noughties, dissatisfied with photomedia’s shift to digital, Lisa’s mid-career practice shifted to working in painting, collage and mixed media.
In 2010 she completed a diploma in “Painting Like the Masters” at Charlie Sheard Studio and in 2021 completed “Australian Tonal Impressionism” at Pablo Tapia Studio
Earth + Ochre is showing until 20 June.
By Andrea FERRARI
