This piece disrupts the idea of nature being calm and peaceful. Scars found on old trees – the cracks, the chaos, the beauty, all tell a story. A story of strength and resilience in our Australian landscape. In making this piece I disrupted each layer of paint while still wet with a different medium, in order to create these rough textures. Starting with inks I worked into it while wet with acrylics and oil pastels. When it was dry I then started the process again building up the layers until I got the desired effect.