Through the Curry Hills
My latest painting “Through the Curry Hills” for our Cloncurry Exhibition Opening Night 30th of July showing through to the end of August.
I don’t paint pretty postcard pictures, I paint reality. It’s a portrait of resilience, a landscape shaped by time, seared by heat, and carved by flood. This is real Australia—untouched by man, raw and alive.
If you’ve ever stood in the Selwyn Ranges, you’ve felt it— the weight, the remoteness, the immense calm and harsh beauty. Depicting the ancient history of this breathtaking land. The bloodwoods and spinifex are survivors, every bit as tough as the rocky ridges they cling to and the wildlife they shelter.
I didn’t paint this to simply show what I saw. I painted it to share what I feel.
In 2021 my friend, Liz Debney, myself and a dedicated support crew, led over twenty people on foot and on horse from Cloncurry to Mount Isa in an 8-day hike over the Selwyn and Argyle Ranges, to raise money for cuddle beds for Palliative Care.
The cause was a great one, the scenery was spectacular, and the friendships formed, heartwarming. We raised enough money to place one Cuddle Bed in the Cloncurry Hospital and two in the Mount Isa Palliative Care Unit, which was a great effort from everyone.
Click on the link Below, if that doesn’t work, in You Tube, go to Claire Murphy Metalwork then Walk Ride Run for Palliative Care.