About Greta Laundy
Greta Laundy, born 1974, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Shifting Sands is a collection of five works exploring my emotional response to the landscapes of my home in South Australia, particularly the waterways of the mid and south coast and hills surrounding Adelaide.
Water, a vital life-giving element, is a personal symbol of emotional resilience and fluidity which I’ve used in these works to suggest multiple levels or viewpoints throughout the compositions. Just like water itself, colours and shapes seemingly shift and dissolve as they move across the canvas in soft, transparent, and luminous glazes. Undulating hills and valleys provide movement, reflecting the inspiration I find in my immediate surroundings of the Adelaide foothills and my rural childhood home of Kangaroo Island. These landscapes are not only physical, but also creative, emotional, and spiritual touchstones.
I always seek to create works which take the viewer on a meandering journey bringing a sense of peace and joy, and ultimately revealing our own true, authentic nature.
