Finalist exhibition 29 August - 21 September 2025, Open 10am - 4pm daily

From my studio in Nipaluna/West Hobart, I can see a sliver of Timtumili Minanya/Derwent Estuary—a glimpse that, on occasion, carries me back to stories of the colonial whaling industry’s devastating toll. This painting recalls that view, combining it with the fate of James Bruni Kelly, aged 21, killed by a blow from a whale in 1841. My view is entangled within fragments of a painting by William Duke, which hangs in TMAG - the museum that stands between me and the water. The view is fractured, partial and never wholly grasped; still waiting to be fully interpreted.