“Luminous State brings together my perception of the ways the wilderness works its magic on one’s being, of how its restorative powers can heal. By walking in this ancient terrain, sensing the light and dark of its history, by repeatedly journeying into its depths and working to depict its beauty, I hope to draw attention to the importance of its preservation and the profound implications of getting perception right while moving forward.” 

-- Clifford How

From the Cradle Mt.-Lake St. Claire National Park, to the Gordon Franklin wild rivers, the sub-alpine moorlands of the Central Plateau and the stunning mountainous Walls of Jerusalem, How depicts the Luminous State of Lutruwita/Tasmania. It is a geographical location and a condition of the mind, a place augmenting an emotional response to the landscape communicated with the artist’s raw materials.

“I aim to capture an accurate rendering of the landscape by painting en plein air, by taking in the emotive qualities of nature’s ever-changing palette then, in the studio, seeing how far I can push it, gauging where the weight of my attention falls, exaggerating the contrasts, heightening the mystery, the drama before me.”

-- Clifford How