A Way of Seeing by Baden Croft and Liam Waldie invites viewers into an intimate dialogue with the landscapes of the Mornington Peninsula, revealing diverse approaches to capturing place.
Croft's collage practice synthesises fragments of memory, landscape, and history - entwining elements that evoke the layered narrative of the land itself, with generous impasto gestures and patchworks of visual cues that draw viewers into shifting terrain. With meandering paths that silently beckon, Waldie's process involves revisiting familiar sites, blending realism with personal interpretation to evoke the immediacy of moment and environment.
Both artists have dropped collective memories right into the landscape's fabric, producing paintings that serve as meditative portals into personal experience. Together, their contrasting yet complementary methods challenge perceptions of landscape as static and encourage a nuanced, evocative dialogue with the natural world.
The accompanying film by Cam Myers documents the exhibition’s development, underscoring the power of process and perspective, offering the environment anew through the distinctive vision of these local artists.
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Made possible through generous funding from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, Creative Grant.
