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My paintings are neither images nor landscapes, but the product of my own visual and emotional inspirations, from which I create my own world. These are expressions, flowing through brush strokes and spontaneous creative interpretations.

Paul Cezanne once said that a work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. For me this is true, and my works have to begin and end in that emotion, both for myself and the audience coming to that work. It’s just the way I paint, and without that the work is simply not true. That’s why each work has a little piece of me in it.

I feel the pull, the sense of awe and power, in our landscape and nature. Even where there is turmoil or conflict – jagged mountain ranges, storm clouds - there is a resolution and calmness in the grand perspectives of nature. The same for us in putting aside the complexities of our life to connect with the elemental strength and certainty of nature. That’s what my works reflect – I like to think they are beautiful and inspiring.

When I have a chance I like to get out of the city to go and experience different landscapes to refresh me, to fill up my own memory banks. We are lucky to have amazing beachscapes and countryside nearby.

Just recently I took a trip to inland Queensland. I stayed on top of a hill and had big views in every direction. I could see the hills folding back behind each other to the horizon, trees floating in curling morning mists that disappeared into the sky as the day rose, the tawny orange of first light burning off into blue skies. Beautiful to watch.

This collection is about the colours of country reinterpreted in romantic dreamlike imaginings of landscape, remembered places and botanicals.

—Lisa Taylor King 2023