A landscape is a series of named locales, a set of relational places linked by paths, movements and narratives. (Tilley '94 conclusion) It's a long way from rural New South Wales to rural n/e France or more precisely the other way around but with the right light and a morning mist and possibly the squinting of eyes, a paddock with a haystack here could be there or there here. Though of course it would …showed first 75 words of 1071 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1071 total…time and emotion. Time passing for the subject, Artist and the viewer. Tokyo, Japan to Giverny, France to Canberra, Australia. I am struck by the language of the landscapes that have spoken over the centuries and have even dared whisper to me on my morning mist drives through the countryside or through the low gold autumnal light that late in the afternoon plays through the turning foliage of a Japanese maple in my back garden.