Sophie Cape
Artwork title: Thunder shifts the shivering sands
Medium: Rust, charcoal, soil, pigment and binder on canvas
Size: 148 cm x 160 cm
$19,000
About the Artwork
Cape works in situ, deep in the Australian landscape. Exposing herself and the work to the elements over time. Engaging in a very physical process, using locally-sourced natural materials, such as soil, rust and charcoal. Emotionally responding to the landscape in order to render an authentic, instinctual act of expression. Seeking out the contrast of survival and decay, offering a portrait of our unique landscape in all its power and poetry. This work was created in Southern NSW post the 2024 floods and resulting landslides. Cape worked within a soaked landscape of rust-stained floodwaters and blood-stained soil.
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About the Artist
Revelling in the drama and uncontrollability of Nature’s power, Cape immerses herself in the landscape, using locally found materials, engaging her body’s physicality and the chaos of the Elements, in order to render an authentic, instinctual act of expression. Seeking out the contrast of survival and decay, beauty and horror of our unique landscape and the human condition in all its power and poetry.