This work is part of an ongoing investigation into how landscape is encountered, remembered, and held over time. It is derived from the cliffs of the Derwent River near New Norfolk, in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley, where water, rock, and vegetation register deep time through slow accumulation and erosion.

The image is built through drypoint etching, printed onto translucent mulberry paper and mounted on canvas. Pressure and surface carry as much meaning as line, with areas of quiet deliberately left open. Plate tone and subtle variation are used to suggest water, atmosphere, and duration rather than fixed description. An acrylic wash sits lightly on the surface, reinforcing a sense of residue and passing time.

Rather than presenting a resolved view, the work holds the landscape as provisional and vulnerable, shaped by ecological pressure and continual change.