Flinders Ancient Gorge
by VIVA Anderson
Title
Flinders Ancient Gorge
Artist
VIVA Anderson
Medium
Painting - Landscape Abstract Painting Australian Landscape Painting Digitally Refined.
Description
CONTEST:: LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Flinders Ancient Gorge,abstract expressionism landscape painting created by VIVA Anderson,is my abstract view of the ancient wild, landscape- gorge in the Flinders Ranges, outback Australia, South Australia.
This is a view / perspective, looking down, deep , from the top edge. Awesome !
"The Outback Poem''
copyright/courtesy,with kind permission, Leighton B. Watts, author.
"There's a place where daily hardships are the making of a man
Where learning skills come less from books than a knowledge of the land
Where a rough and kindred mateship can be built on work and trust
And a fair day's work reaps just rewards for a fair day's work's a must
Where an unforgiving landscape boasts extremes of flood and drought
And a sheep walks miles 'tween blades of grass or it has to go without
Where the pestilence of rabbit, fox and feral takes its toll
And the red hills rust with iron ore and the valleys seam with coal
Where gold and light-rich opal can be wrested from the earth
And a man can find a solitude to test his very worth
Where a woman's sense of humour is a valued prize and dear
For a woman holds the heart of man when it's more than he can bear
Where a team is all that matters when the river's running rife
And a single strand of radio can be all there is to life
Where age is often listened to for experiences gained
And helping out a neighbour is an ethos much maintained.
It's a place they call The Outback and we're never far apart
For The Outback's not a place at all it's the beating of my heart. "
© L.B. Watts
This wonderful poem by Leighton B. Watts was selected by the Australian Outback Development Consortium as the official poem of the Year Of The Outback 2006.
Leighton B. Watts is an Australian singer, songwriter and poet whose heart is in the Outback and the Bush. His songs describe the deserts, the rivers, and the colourful characters you will meet back of beyond.
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December 31st, 2017
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Comments (26)
VIVA Anderson
John! what I ! love is that you are so 'droll'/fun/funny/and supportive!!! Thank you so much, wooof !!, VIVA
John Van Decker
This is really wonderful, VIVA! I think I see a wild dog in there.... maybe I just love dogs... LF
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 2/10/19 l/f
VIVA Anderson
Madalena, again, today, I thank you so much for featuring this, another of your choices, for our group::Women Painters......thanks so much......VIVA
Uther Pendraggin
I can't get over this texture. The feeling is, the impression is that he paint is an inch thick. But the use of the canvas as carom points puts the lie to that false notion. Brava, VIVA.
VIVA Anderson replied:
Uther, thanks most sincerely for your 'knowing',thoughts,brava...and that you see and understand the most basic of my tenets about the canvas being an integral part of a painting.....much of my work celebrates the painterly outcome of valuing the canvas itself, and you amaze me with your understanding...thank you, Uther, for knowing and for the Brava...VIVA
VIVA Anderson
Lenore, thanks so much for the feature of Flinders Ancient Gorge in our Old MASTERS PAINTERS group...........VIVA
Anthony Masterjoseph
Brilliant visual interpretation of ‘Flinders Ancient Gorge’ abstractly created so masterly Viva ! Bravo !