Enigmatic Ravine

Amy Wright’s Water Ways captures the evolving relationship between land and water, focusing on the Barwon River and its surrounding landscape. Exploring the river’s movement—from its gentle currents to the dramatic erosion of ravines and escarpments—Wright’s paintings reflect the quiet power of natural forces at play.

Amy Wright’s Water Ways captures the evolving relationship between land and water, focusing on the Barwon River and its surrounding landscape. Exploring the river’s movement—from its gentle currents to the dramatic erosion of ravines and escarpments—Wright’s paintings reflect the quiet power of natural forces at play.

At the river’s edge, reeds and amphibious plants twist and bend, shaped by the water’s ebb and flow. Wright renders these forms with sensitivity, emphasizing both their resilience and the delicate balance they maintain within their shifting environment.

In Water Ways, stillness and motion exist in dialogue. The land remains steady, while the river carves and reshapes, revealing the subtle yet profound transformations that occur where these elements meet. Wright’s work invites viewers into this liminal space, offering a meditation on nature’s quiet, continuous evolution.

In Wright's Words:

"Almost daily, I walk along the banks of the River Barwon. The landscape that I traverse is a constant source of inspiration. The plant life here may not have the typical “floral” beauty and prettiness,  the exuberant growth of land and amphibious plants, are a tangle of pattern and texture. As the seasons shift, the borders see-saw from acid yellows and lush greens of waterlogged autumn and winter, to the dry season, that blankets the banks in a milky heat haze of muted yellows, washed out pinks and  ruset oranges."

Wright also shared some of the music she listened to in studio when creating this series.

Ad Infinitum, by Victor Isler