Kerrie Poliness

LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS WITH THE BEACH AT LORNE 2025

(violet sea snail purple (dark); sea lettuce green; old shell fragment teal; kelp brown; cart-rut snail egg casing pink; violet sea snail purple (light); sea grass green; kelp gold)

Kerrie Poliness’ ‘landscape paintings’ invert the traditional genre depicting a scene objectively, instead situating numerous diamond shaped paintings on clear acrylic within the landscape itself. They are temporary exhibitions, conditioned by the shifting site conditions such as tidal movements, daylight, wind and rain. The specific colour of each painting is derived from flora and fauna found on site—shells, seaweed, and feathers. The diamond shape is anthropomorphic and embodies the principle of diagonality. It is a recurrent motif in Poliness’ art, signifying the interconnectedness of interdependencies between people and place, nature and art. The landscape paintings made during the research period were installed as ‘exhibitions’ and documented using video.

Image: Kerrie Poliness, Landscape paintings with the beach at Lorne 2025. Image courtesy the artist.