George Kennedy

Artwork title: Before The Rain

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 122 × 92 cm

Year: 2026

$4,450

About the Artwork

Pepper is old and I am young. She and I go walking together. Lingering by the sheoaks and gums, she watches the pademelons. Waiting for her, I hum to myself and notice the scent of petrichor rising from the soil. The precursor to rain is one of my favourite smells. We turn our faces into the breeze and inhale the salty ocean air. I have a lot to learn from her.

About the Artist

George Kennedy is an emerging transgender artist based in nipaluna/Hobart. His paintings draw directly from the Tasmanian bush. It is a place where he has always felt himself and at home, responding to encounters between the body and the natural environment.