The Watershed Art Prize is an initiative of
the city of Salisbury that encourages awareness of water as a precious resource
and significant environmental management issue. Now in its ninth year the art
prize exhibition has seen its reputation continue to grow amongst the art
community of South Australia with 60 finalists displaying their works at the
John Harvey Gallery. The works on display this year once again represented a
wide range of creative interpretations of the theme of wetland biodiversity and
water sustainability.
The painting I chose to submit was titled
‘Bird Hide’… In the early heat of summer,
we seek waters trapped by winter rains. A wetland sanctuary teaming with life,
yet a place of solitude and the soothing sounds of nature. Birdlife abounds,
trees thrive, their deep shadows providing contrast to native reeds sought for
nesting. We are out of place here, an intruder, yet this is a sanctuary for the
soul. We find a place to bunker down, to observe and reflect in the bird hide.
I was very pleased with this painting as it
seemed to capture the silence, calmness and solitude of the Salisbury Wetlands
and was therefore thrilled to receive first prize for the piece.
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