HUTT — STEVE BACK ART

Part of an exhibition series titled ‘Terra Incognita’ or ‘unknown land’, a quiet reflection on the interplay between the familiar and unfamiliar. With dramatic composition and finely rendered details, outback landscapes are presented devoid of the usual references to land, sky and sea. The colours, perspective and uncertain scale create a surreal sense of mystery and strangeness, while the familiar cues of the Australian outback terrain or manmade structures firmly anchor them back into the real. The cognitive dissonance created by this juxtaposition of the know and the unknown invites the viewer to explore their own internal landscape, seemingly familiar, yet on closer inspection often mysterious, surprising and unexplored. Aerial images of the fringes of Hutt Lagoon near Kalbarri in Western Australia. The red and pink colouring of Hutt Lagoon is due to the presence of carotenoid-producing algae Dunaliella salina , a source of ß-carotene, a food colouring agent and source of Vitamin A. Buy prints in the SHOP