When the possibility of a downpour meets with a clear blue sky. The long view.

Fields Of Green
Acrylic on board
30 x 40cms

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#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #thelongview #australianlandscape #landscapeartist ##downpour #stormcoming #greenfields #fields #countryside #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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Last light of the day, with the intense sliver of distant sun exposing the template of shapes and flooded tracks. But only for an all too brief moment.

Acrylic on paper
21 x 29cms

#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #thelongview #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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How can there be so many clouds and not a breath of wind? The ‘long view.’ New series.

White Farmhouse
Acrylic on board
33 x 37cms

#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #acrosscountry #memories #solitude #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #thelongview #mikestaniford
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The first in a series of new small works of a big subject. I’m intrigued by the ‘long view,’ the panorama that leads the eye across country to the far horizon. Where the clouds and skyline take over and you breathe a gentle sigh. You know the feeling.

Coming Home
Acrylic on board
30 x 40cms

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#thelongview #acrosscountry #farhorizon #clouds #cloudscapes #cloudpainting #landscapepainting #australianlandscapepainting #australianartist #contemporaryart #contemporarylandscape #journeys #memories #cominghome #mikestaniford
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Thank you to all those lovely folks who turned up at the opening on Saturday and for such a great question time and conversation.

Path Less Travelled
Acrylic on board
87 x 100 cms
Framed in Tasmanian Oak

One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon and now on display @beckerminty in Potts Point, Sydney.

The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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The singularity of trees. One from the Arboretum series looking very smart in its Tasmanian Oak frame. Painting the canopy of foliage is always the biggest challenge; capturing the density of leaves and branches, the many tones of colour and most of all the subtle animation of its very presence in the landscape.

Arboretum 1
Acrylic on board
53 x 43cms

Now on display @beckerminty Hobart, as part of Encounter, my joint exhibition with @debbiemackinnon

Contact joshuac@beckerminty.com for further details on this painting and any others in the show. The link in my bio will take you to the full catalogue.

This Saturday we will be in Becker Minty’s Sydney gallery to talk about our work, show some sketchbooks and share in a conversation about the challenges of pleinair painting. Hope you can come along.

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #trees #treestreestrees #treesofinstagram #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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Now hanging @beckerminty in Potts Point as part of my joint exhibition, Encounter, with @debbiemackinnon

Why not come and hear us talk this coming Saturday 18 November from 2 - 4pm.

Jacaranda
Acrylic on board
49 x 63cms
Framed in Tasmanian Oak

The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #trees #treelife #treework #treestreestrees #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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Oh the diversity of this glorious landscape; mountains, lakes and river estuaries and the beauty of flat sweeps of plains, made more interesting just after the rains have fallen.

Flatlands
Acrylic on board
63 x 63cms

One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens this week on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart. We will both be there to meet and greet and talk about the work, so I hope you can make it along.

The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney #wetlands #aftertherains
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens next week on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com

Tranquil Waters
Acrylic on polycotton
122 x 138cms

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #lakes #bays #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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A fragment of the landscape in this corner of Tasmania. The starting point is always nature. I may start by observing the accuracy and precision of the landscape, even if only through a few simple marks on paper. The golden field catching the light across the lagoon really caught my eye. It didn’t last for long but that’s landscape - an aspect of time.

One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens next week @beckerminty in Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to: joshuac@beckerminty.com

Flaxen Field
Acrylic on poly cotton
64 x 64cms

#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
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The white roads of Umbria, dissecting the vineyards and olive groves. Painted in gouache in a Windsor & Newton 300gsm journal. For me it’s an absorbing composition; it encourages me to visualize myself back in the place. There’s a point at which the figurative structure of the landscape becomes entirely abstract.

#composition #sketchbookart #umbria #umbrianlandscape #whiteroads #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #landscapeartist #abstractlandscape #abstraction #abstractionist #roadsandfields #mikestaniford
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Planning next year already- super excited to announce that @debbiemackinnon and I will be teaching a landscape course in Cornwall with the wonderful @newlynartschool in August 2024. Places strictly limited so don’t delay! All details at link in bio and at the Newlyn School of Art website. This is going to be epic- drawing and painting outside, immersed in incredible Cornish landscapes with tuition and guidance from the two of us. Newlyn provide all materials and a fabulous studio to further explore ideas. Do take a peek- and look forward to seeing you in Cornwall! ...