PORTFOLIO
WORKS ON CANVAS
"My love of the Australian outback has been a feature of my entire life and has led me to explore widely this great red land that I live in and love. I like to look close up at the smaller details, the markings of rocks, the flow of water as well as the traditional view of the landscape. But my preferred view is the abstract view from above whether from a small plane or dreaming that I am flying as a bird over rivers and plains that stretch out below." Engelman 2023
"Riversong - loved, colonised, raped, abandoned" 100 cms h x 200 cms w
synthetic polymers on canvas
Exhibited at the Maya Museum in 2022
Enquiries: The Peisley Street Gallery
"Riversong" is the story that a young red river gum tells of his life as he grew up by the Murray Darling River. Whilst river gums live well over 300 years, his story shows what has happened as creeping colonisation have destroyed the basin and the life giving flora near the river and billabongs. If this progressive creeping loss does not stop, the region will be like Nevada, completely decimated.
Angelina Herrara, International Cultural Promoter, explains the concept for the works to visitors to 'Water for Life' Maya Museum.
"Desert Symphony" 180 cms h x 80 cms w synthetic polymers on canvas
Enquiries: The Peisley Street Gallery
"Flying North" 180 cms h x 80 cms w synthetic polymers on canvas
Enquiries: The Peisley Street Gallery