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Oil Paining on canvas board 30.5 cm H x 40.6 cm W Cactus Beach, the iconic surf beach at the start of the Great Australian Bight Painted in the more traditional Australian Impressionist style Roscoe Shelton 2020
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Mt Ward from Split Rock
(Ridge Top Tour Track).
One of the iconic vistas of the Arkaroola Landscape. I am really attracted to this place. It is not just the power of the landscape, but the colour of the hills on the horizon and on the face of Split Rock. I enjoy the challenge of bringing all that I see to canvas.
Arkaroola is synonymous with the ancient geological ages. It is the most rugged expression of the Australian Landscape. At once powerful and untamed with a natural beauty.
Arkaroola offers the famous Ridgetop Tour which takes you to Sillers Lookout. One of the most exhilarating experiences in a most exhilarating landscape.
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Norah Head, NSW
Oil Painting on Canvas Panel 30.5 cm H x 40.6 cm W A number of Australian impressionists took to the northern beaches Sydney and produced some notable paintings. Roscoe Shelton, 2020 -
We talk about the timeless grandeur of the Arkaroola Landscape. The reflections in the waterholes make places like Arkaroola like nowhere else. Arkaroola is synonymous with ancient geological ages. It is the most rugged expression of the Australian Landscape. At once powerful and untamed with a natural beauty. According to legend, Arkaroo, the great Dreamtime serpent lived in the Gammon Ranges. He felt very thirsty, so he slithered down to the plains and drank Lake Frome dry. When he had finished, he went back to the Gammons, his body gouging out Arkaroola Creek. The waterholes represent the places that he stopped and rested.
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Mt Ward from Split Rock (Ridge Top Tour Track).
One of the iconic vistas of the Arkaroola Landscape. I am really attracted to this place. It is not just the power of the landscape, but the colour of the hills on the horizon, the bright haze emerging from behind the hills and the colour on the face of Split Rock. I enjoy the challenge of bringing all that I see to canvas.
Arkaroola is synonymous with the ancient geological ages. It is the most rugged expression of the Australian Landscape. At once powerful and untamed with a natural beauty.
Arkaroola offers the famous Ridgetop Tour which takes you to Sillers Lookout. One of the most exhilarating experiences in a most exhilarating landscape.
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We talk about a timeless grandeur of the Arkaroola landscape.
Bararranna Gorge Waterhole, One of the iconic vistas of the Arkaroola Landscape
Arkaroola is synonymous with ancient geological ages. It is the most rugged expression of the Australian Landscape. At once powerful, untamed but with a natural beauty.This scene projects a primeval emotion typical of the harsh and robust environment. The rock faces are sharp and steep with few trees successfully finding a crevasse to set their roots. Interest in the scene is enhanced with the foreground water, and we have the curiosity of what lies around the next bend as we make our way up to the Bararranna Waterhole. There are still many questions that the landscape asks of us. Look at the sharpness of the rock face embracing the cutting power of flood.
Contemplate just how high and powerful the flood must be when it does rain.
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Francois Peron National Park, Western Australia Oil Painting on Canvas Board (Framed) 40.6cm H x 50.8 W Understanding the solitude of the fisherman Roscoe Shelton 2020
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Sale!Quobba Station, WA Oil on Canvas Panel 30.5cm H x 40.6cm W A painting about place, the Indian Ocean crashes into the rock ledge. Late in the afternoon, the pink beginning of the sunset catches the wisp of the clouds. Roscoe Shelton 2021
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Manly Beach, NSW towards Shelley Beach Oil Painting on Canvas Panel 30.5cm H x 40.6cm W The famous Sydney Beach at Manly with the walk to Shelley Beach
Roscoe Shelton 2021
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We talk about a timeless grandeur of the Arkaroola landscape. This scene below the dominant Bararranna Hill holds a particular fascination. It is one of the major iconic scenes along Arkaroola Creek tracing the path of the great dreaming serpent, Arkaroo. This scene projects a primeval emotion typical of the harsh and robust environment. The rock faces are sharp and steep with few trees successfully finding a crevace to set their roots. Interest in the scene is enhanced with the foreground water, and we have the curiosity of what lies around the next bend as we make our way up to the Bararranna Waterhole. There are still many questions that the landscape asks of us.
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We talk about a timeless grandeur of the Arkaroola landscape. In this work I have tried to capture the thirst of a landscape in the cycle of life. The day is beginning to warm, there is a feeling of death. And yet there is still some sign of life in the background. There is a hope that the landscape will recover, that the trees will shed their parched exterior. That is the conundrum and the cleverness of nature, that it adapts, it survives but doesn’t quite conquer.
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What is it about a Pilbara Landscape that draws you in? Is it the ochre red of the iron soaked ranges that fade to purple and blue in the distance. Is it the plains of the yellow of the spinifex catching the afternoon sun. Could it be the gorge with its exposed red sides. A visit to the Millstream - Chichester National Park offers more that an average Australian Outback experience.
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The Road to Ntaria, Hermannsburg 2022 Roscoe Shelton 30.5cm H x 40.6cm W Oil on canvas board While the land is harsh and dry, it holds a rugged, colourful beauty. Reds, blues and purples have to be experienced to be believed. It is truly a wonderful country that Namatjira and Hermannsburg have encouraged us to share.
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East Point Reserve, Darwin
A great Australian Landscape
The tropical sunsets over Darwin are spectacular. I want to capture for the balance between the sunset and the fading light on the water, and then there is the tropical cloud with the sun departing but leaving an illuminated skyline and upper cloud. There is something special about a “graceful” Darwin sunset at East Point Reserve.
I am always looking forward to a week or two in Darwin each year to catch up with friends and a bar-be-que with on the foreshore
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James Price Point, Cape Leveque, WA Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (ready to hang) 40.6cm H x 50.8 cm W
The Cape Leveque Peninsula, just north of Broome where the vibrant red cliffs look out over the Indian Ocean makes James Price Point one of the special landscapes of Australia.
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Sale!James Price Point Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (ready to hang) 40.6 cm H x 50.8 cm W A painting that captures the impressive red cliffs of Cape Leveque. Roscoe Shelton 2024
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Winderabandi Point Oil on Stretched Canvas (ready to hang) 45.0 cm W x 45.0 cm H Iconic Winderabandi beach by drone. Roscoe Shelton 2024
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Winderabandi Point Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (ready to hang) 50.8 cm W x 40.6 cm H A neat depiction of Winderabandi Point as the tide turns Roscoe Shelton 2024
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Seacliff Moon at Dawn Winter dawn can throw up some stunning light effects above the horizon. This is the western horizon being lit up by the sunrise from the east. We see the light catching the upper clouds that surround the moon, while the clouds on the horizon are still in pre dawn mode
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Sale!Seacliff Dawn Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas (Ready to hang) 76.0 cm W x 61.0 cm H Painted to understand the multitude of colours reflected in the early morning waters. Roscoe Shelton 2024
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Sunset Clarice Beckett Original Size, 30.0 cm H x 40.0 cm W Limited Edition individually printed on canvas From the original 1971 Exhibition and much literature.
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Moonrise Clarice Beckett Print on canvas Original Size, 36.0 cm H x 30.6 cm W Limited Edition print of one of Clarice Beckett's best works. True to the size and colour of the original masterpiece.
ABOUT ME
Roscoe is a South Australian artist capturing his impression of special Australian landscapes. He has been fortunate to have spent much of his time on the Australian outback, admiring the landscape, geology, and colours. Roscoe specialises in taking you along for the journey through his paintings.
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