5 RIVERS An abstract desert of sienna and red ochre holds five fading blue waterholes. 5 RIVERS explores heat, scarcity and the rugged Australian outback through rich texture and contemporary colour contrast.

5 RIVERS An abstract desert of sienna and red ochre holds five fading blue waterholes. 5 RIVERS explores heat, scarcity and the rugged Australian outback through rich texture and contemporary colour contrast.5 RIVERS reimagines the Australian desert as a vast, ochrerich expanse punctuated by five small, precious pools of water. Through layered blends of sienna, red ochre and textured surface work, the painting evokes the rugged, shifting terrain of the outbackits heat, its scarcity and its quiet resilience. The roughened texture amplifies the sense of a landscape shaped by time and harsh conditions, where water becomes both symbol and lifeline. Against