'rock pool'

'rock pool' /  48" x 36" / semi-abstract / acrylic on hardboard / sold - zurich, switzerland

this painting is from the bottom of the apsley gorge near walcha, new south wales, australia...the river has over time gouged out a large gorge and because it floods periodically all the stones are washed and polished into fantastic shapes...i was trying to get the ancient feel of the area with the shape and forms with a fractured background that is dark and gloomy...it feels quite barren...but the river is teeming with animal life with eels and fish swimming up and down river...it's like a moonscape -  polished and weathered...