We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Joshua Yeldham Lion Island, Pittwater

acrylic on hand-carved board with cane

191 x 253.5 cm

I am a painter in the dark swell of Lion Island. My boat rolls past the lumps at Broken Bay’s mouth to the calm waters of Smiths Creek, with her cicadas drilling and her still water. I imagine I will send my paint brush roots down, and settle in.

Joshua Yeldham, 2019