Landscape artist explores Australia’s fragile environment

Toowoomba Region artist Jenny Foxton has drawn on the fragility of the Australian environment as the inspiration for a new body of work, Landscapes of Change, that is on display at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery until February 14, 2021.

Foxton said her solo exhibition reflected the deep layers of humans’ relationships with the landscape, both in harmony and in conflict with nature.

She said growing up in the bush had provided her with a deep reverence for the natural environment.

“My connection with the environment inspires my work, but I now feel it as a deep sense of loss when I witness environmental decline,” she said.

The work examines the beauty, fragility and resilience of the Australian environment that is so frequently devastated by drought, fire and floods. Foxton’s paintings depict both denuded and regenerated landscapes.

Jenny Foxton lives and creates her works in the Toowoomba Region and has been a practising artist for more than 15 years.

She will host her own ‘Meet the Artist’ day at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery on Saturday, 16 January at 1.30pm.

Residents are invited to meet Jenny and learn more about her artistic practice and work.

Bookings are essential for capacity numbers. Please RSVP by 5pm tomorrow (January 15) to Council’s Customer Service Centre on 131 872 or email [email protected] 

For more information, please visit, www.tr.qld.gov.au/events 

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 531 Ruthven Street, is open from 10.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. Admission is free.

Image: Jenny FOXTON / Skeletons 2020 / acrylic on canvas / 61 x 61cm / Reproduced by kind permission © the artist.