Exhibition Dates:
24 September - 2 November, 2025
Opening Celebration + Film Launch:
Thursday 25 September, 6-9pm
The exhibition 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.
Documentary made possible through generous funding from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, Creative Grant.
Artist Information
24 September - 2 November, 2025
Opening Celebration + Film Launch:
Thursday 25 September, 6-9pm
The exhibition 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.
Documentary made possible through generous funding from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, Creative Grant.
Artist Information
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Baden CroftThe Australian Dream, 2025Oil on linen170 x 250 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, The Australian Dream, 2025$ 18,000.00
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Baden CroftIf Trees Could Talk, 2025Oil on linen200 x 200 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, If Trees Could Talk, 2025$ 16,000.00
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Baden CroftWild West, 2025Oil on linen160 x 150 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, Wild West, 2025$ 8,000.00
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Baden CroftIn The Drink, 2025Oil on linen160 x 150 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, In The Drink, 2025$ 8,000.00
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Baden CroftBack to Front, 2025Oil on linen160 x 150 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, Back to Front, 2025$ 8,000.00
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Baden CroftNo Through Road, 2025Oil on linen155 x 140 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Baden Croft, No Through Road, 2025$ 7,500.00
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Liam WaldieBushrangers, 2025Oil on canvas120 x 180 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Bushrangers, 2025$ 8,600.00
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Liam WaldiePortsea, 2025Oil on canvas120 x 150 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Portsea, 2025$ 7,200.00
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Liam WaldieNepean, 2025Oil on canvas100 x 150 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Nepean, 2025$ 6,000.00
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Liam WaldieKerri, 2025Oil on canvas120 x 90 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Kerri, 2025$ 4,300.00
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Liam WaldiePulpit, 2025Oil on canvas60 x 50 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Pulpit, 2025$ 1,200.00
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Liam WaldieEsplanade, 2025Oil on canvas40 x 59 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Esplanade, 2025$ 980.00
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Liam WaldieBirdrock, 2025Oil on canvas50 x 30 cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Liam Waldie, Birdrock, 2025$ 700.00