I feel that I am pushing forward with a particular direction in my art at the moment. While still painting landscapes, I feel that I am striving for that minimal but intense Australian feeling of environment. Our landscapes are so vast, so stark and so intense. This is my latest piece - Alba. The painting is from a visit to one of my favourite beaches in the Great Southern, Nanorup Beach. I worked the intensity of the sky with a series of glazes to give depth and to achie