Rivers

The Rivers exhibition is inspired by a series of trips that Sandra made in 2022, 2023, and 2024 to Corongoro Creek NSW and the Mossman and Hodgkinson Rivers in North and Western Queensland. This exhibition is her response to these places – the stark white of the slender trees against the dark green of forested hills at Hat Head; the cold running waters of the Mossman Gorge in the tropical rain forest; the still waters of the inland rivers as they follow the massive escarpment of interior gorges. The river is a metaphor for life, overriding the idea of one physical space and representing the ever-changing nature of human experience. Sandra was born in Brisbane and graduated from the Queensland College of Art. She has painted continuously throughout her career, professionally for the last 20 years, and currently holds regular outdoor painting workshops in Sydney and in The Hunter Valley. She observes – “The country has an awesome energy which is beyond our ability to control. I would like my work to inspire a love of our unique and beautiful natural landscape, and to encourage others to join in caring for it.”