2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize

Sandstone Rockface - Erosion #3

Kate Briscoe

Sandstone Rockface - Erosion #3, 2023 sand, marble dust, acrylic medium and pigments on canvas 101 x 101 cm

'Sandstone Rockface - Erosion #3' is from a series that references a sandstone cliff face at Depot Beach in Murramarang National Park on the NSW South Coast. I have been recording changes in this cliff for about ten years with drawings, rubbings and photographs. In 2023, I saw massive erosion of the surface due to storm activity. I am responding to the rock face that has become fragile and delicate, the pale sandstone is stained with oxides that wash down from soils and plant matter above.