Tasmania’s rugged coastline has long served as inspiration for artist Robyn Harman. With a life-long passion for sailing and reverence for the constantly evolving coastal environment, Harman represents seascapes through the lens of the Antipodean ideal; bountiful, untamed, and ancient. She achieves this by depicting rocky outcrops and islands in scrupulous detail and often only in black, leaving the viewer to imagine the negative space as parts of these landmasses that are reflecting rays of light. Her work lies between abstraction and impressionism, conveying a brewing storm, or enhancing the reflection of sunlight on the surface of calm water. These monotonal outcrops appear as if from another time, from the prehistoric. Harman has been developing her practice for the past decade, after a career teaching fine art and photography. Her achievements have been recognised as a three-time finalist in the prestigious Glover Prize, a two-time finalist in the Bay of Fires Art Prize and a finalist in the Tidal Art Prize. Last year Harman exhibited at Sidespace Gallery at the Salamanca Arts Centre and she will present a solo exhibition in September 2022 at the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery.
Featured Image:Robyn Harman, Storm Approaching The Friars, 2021. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 81 x 86cm. Courtesy: the artist.