South Australia Wall Art
Salt, rust and distance. South Australia gives up less green than any other state in this catalogue and the images are stronger for it, working with ochre, white salt crust and hard blue water instead. Forty five prints across panoramic, square and vertical formats.
The driest state photographs as colour, not foliage
Take the trees out of a landscape and what is left is surface. That is the through line in the South Australian work: painted hills, salt pans, rusted iron and eroded rock, where the interest is in what the ground is doing rather than what is growing on it.
Lake Eyre from above
Kati Thanda Lake Eyre is the strongest single group and it is aerial work. Earthen Mosaic, Lake Eyre, SA, The Trident, Lake Eyre, SA and Warburton Groove, Lake Eyre, SA read almost as abstracts, because at that altitude the salt and the water channels lose their sense of scale entirely. Anna Creek Painted Hills, SA belongs to the same aerial group.
The Flinders Ranges
Inland and north, the ranges and the pastoral country have their own collection. Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges, SA, Sunburnt Country, Bunyeroo Valley, SA and Arkaba Woolshed, Flinders Ranges, SA are the entry points.
The coast
South Australia's coastline is underrepresented in Australian landscape photography and there is a small strong group here. Greenly Beach, SA, Dolphin Beach, Innes National Park, SA and Drifting Sands Gunyah Beach, SA cover the Eyre Peninsula and Yorke Peninsula. Ethel Wreck, Eyre Peninsula, SA puts a shipwreck on an open beach.
The relics
Rattlin Annie Cummins, SA, Diesel and Dust, SA and The Old Shed, SA are machinery and buildings rather than country. They sit closer to the huts and homesteads collection than to the rest of the state.
Living with these images
South Australian prints run warm. Ochre, rust and salt white will sit against timber and against warm paint without fighting either. The Lake Eyre aerials are the exception and read as pattern rather than as place, which makes them the most flexible pieces in the group.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Lake Eyre images actually showing?
Salt crust and water channels photographed from the air over Kati Thanda Lake Eyre. Because there is no horizon or recognisable object in the frame, they read as pattern and colour rather than as a view, which is why they work in rooms where a landscape would feel too literal.
Which South Australian prints suit a warm interior?
Most of them. The state set runs to ochre, rust and salt white rather than blue and green, so it sits comfortably against timber, brick and warm paint. Golden Light, Flinders Ranges, SA and Sunburnt Country, Bunyeroo Valley, SA are the clearest examples.
Is there any coastal work from South Australia?
Yes, though it is a smaller group than the outback images. Greenly Beach, SA, Dolphin Beach, Innes National Park, SA and Ethel Wreck, Eyre Peninsula, SA cover the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas.
Are the aerial images available in large sizes?
Sizes across the catalogue run from 18 inch to 100 inch, in the ladder 18, 20, 24, 30, 37, 40, 50, 60, 75 and 100. The set offered differs from image to image, and the sizes available for any given photograph are listed on its own print page. At 40 inch and above, unframed is the usual recommendation.