Media & Press
Selected talks, interviews, and publications
FEATURED
TEDx Katoomba
Connecting with Creative Flow
FILMS
Colours of the Country
Everglades Gallery, Leura — Exhibition Film (2024)
PRESS & INTERVIEWS
Talkin Artz — Blue Mountains Radio
Interview with Brad Diedrich on On Sacred Ground
Lower Mountains Local News
Finding Solace in the Bush — Julie Nance
Coonabarabran Times
Corinne Loxton Paints the Warrumbungles — Jimmy Whalan
WRITING
Into the Desert
Painting in the Centre — Corinne Loxton
PRACTICE
Studio & Process
Selected insights into painting practice
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Watch as I capture the majesty of landscapes through a technique known as alla prima. Alla prima is to make a painting all in one sitting or all at once. I work like this to preserve the vitality and energy of the brush marks and create while in flow. The paintings in this series capture the natural beauty of the Capertee Valley as well as scenes nearer to home in Blaxland, in the Lower Blue Mountains.
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Here I paint both in the bush and in my studio to create this work, Into & Beyond VII. The natural beauty and majesty of this 'unremarkable' part of the Blue Mountains bush, and in particular the delicate, profuse sprays of white blossom inspired this painting.
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In Sept 2022 I travelled to the Warrumbungles and Wollemi NP to paint plein air (outdoors). Travelling there to paint was a journey both into and beyond my comfort zone. The natural beauty and majesty of the place was enthralling. I felt joy and contentment on my solitary hikes, watching birds flit and call, noticing the texture of bark, and the colour of rock and lichen. As I experienced the shimmering of light and the movement of the air and shadows, I was filled with what poet, Mary Oliver, calls 'earth-praise'. At the same time, I felt the challenge of being physically away from my home - the safe place, familiar people and routines that support me to feel secure and grounded. Piggybacking on the wonder of being in this awe-inspiring place, were painful emotions such as grief, fear and anger. With all this happening it is not surprising that the process of painting there was both challenging and wonderful. I had arrived with curiosity and openness, yet as I put my artist's hat on and immersed myself in the environment, I uncovered assumptions I had unwittingly taken with me that weren't helping. Unpacking these and navigating a different path felt uncomfortable, yet that is what I was compelled to do.