2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize

Nocturne 60

Joshua Charadia

Nocturne 60, 2023 willow charcoal on Hahnemühle paper 50 x 35 cm

This work is part of my Nocturnes series, which explores the nature of consciousness and perception through depictions of the industrial landscape at night. Working from photographs, I build up layers of charcoal to capture the peculiar beauty of these scenes which rarely earn our attention. Embracing the spirit of Romanticism, I approach these usually cold and unyielding environments through the lens of the personal and emotive, capturing moments of the sublime in the everyday.