55 cm (w) x 75 cm (h), conté and pastels on acid-free coloured-ground ‘Canson’ paper.
Date produced: March 2001

Drawn on-site, near the foot-bridge that spans the pine forest at Flinders University. It was the impact of the 3-dimensional structure and the imposing band of the footbridge that were the main reasons for this drawing. I’ve used an exaggerated aerial perspective within the colouring, to help express the forms, structures, and hopefully even the ‘breathing’ air around everything.

What I particularly enjoy about this pastel, is that I am using colour as a way of expressing something that colour isn’t usually used for - expressing form and the space around objects or ‘masses’. Visually, it is departing from a truly experienced vision, but the departures are made for the expression of aspects of reality (experiencing the 3-dimensional forms and spaces in the scene).