Tanks Arts Centre - Tank 4
LAUNCH: 6PM FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
Mangroves are the everything in-between.
Completing the Diploma in Visual Arts at Cairns Tafe in June 2021, Joshua Percival has recently been enjoying painting en plein air, out in the incredible North Queensland landscape. Printmaking and ceramics are also favourite techniques for creative expression.
“Painting from within the mangroves is an interesting experience. It’s a world we so often disregard or walk straight past. This mangrove-saturated world is a vital breeding habitat for sea and river life, lying between the forest and the beaches, sheltering all fauna that is travelling in-between.
The light can be intensely dappled, the sounds a rhythmically charged selection of pops, clicks and burps that really brings you into the trance of the place. As though sinking into the mud and roots you merge into the intertidal zones; at least until the tide returns.”