The Walkabout Series (2023 - ongoing)

DON PENTZ R.C.A.

After a move to Australia in 2022, it took six months before I recognized a need for change in my abstract painting. I abandoned my three-colour restriction - acrylics (black, white, iron oxide) and began painting with a full range of acrylic stains and pigments.

The ancient landscape of the Australian outback prompted a new connection with country; my focus went underground. I now draw my compositions from a land stained by floods, melted by lava, wildfire scorched, and dried by relentless sun – a landscape of compression and upheaval, pulled apart, textured, and reshaped.

I travel the Outback landscape sketching the seams and colours folded in the layering of rock and sediment. Returning to my studio, I try to give visual expression to what I see, feel, and encounter on my Walkabout experiences.

D. Pentz - 2025

CAULDRON
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)

BLUE HERD
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)

DREAMING THE LAND
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)

FOSSIL
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)

THE MURMUR OF STONES
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)

CORE
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.   (122 x 92 cm)