Copyright: Sidney Nolan,Fair Use
Sidney Nolan created this painting of Inland Australia, using what looks like oil on canvas, but with a really dry brush. The way he drags the paint across the surface, you can almost feel the grit of the desert. Look at the top of the painting - that blue sky is so thin it almost disappears. The land is where all the action is, with these crazy rock formations jutting out. I wonder if he was trying to recreate the feeling of being lost in the outback. There is one of those rocks, right in the middle, that kind of glows with an orangey colour - it is like he has trapped the light inside of it, using colour. Nolan’s use of earth tones, those reds and browns, reminds me a bit of Gustave Courbet, who was also really interested in painting landscapes that felt real and raw. Ultimately, both of them leave space for interpretation, capturing a fleeting feeling rather than aiming for a definitive statement.
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