Trav­el­ling has a whim­si­cal qual­i­ty to it. A myth­i­cal bird, lev­i­tates, rather than flies, across the desert land­scape, car­ry­ing a boat-shaped ves­sel on its head. From with­in this ves­sel, two heads look up. There is a slight unease and anx­ious expres­sion on their faces, per­haps look­ing up for reas­sur­ance or a sign of where they may be going. As an artist, I often explore how the exter­nal world meets the inter­nal, where the realm of real­i­ty and imag­i­na­tion blurs and where new con­junc­tions and pos­si­bil­i­ties lie hidden.

My cre­ative prac­tice, pre­dom­i­nate­ly draw­ing and print­mak­ing, is sus­tained and inspired by the nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment that sur­rounds me. It is always cen­tered in place/​country/​landscape.

About the Artist

Sal­ly Mum­ford lives in Mparn­twe (Alice Springs). With a con­cern for coun­try, nur­tured through liv­ing in Cen­tral Aus­tralia for many years, her art prac­tice cen­tres around land­scape, inves­ti­gat­ing con­tem­po­rary envi­ron­men­tal issues, exper­i­ment­ing with diverse print­mak­ing tech­niques, paint­ing, draw­ing and find­ing time for qui­et immer­sion in the nat­ur­al world.

Sal­ly majored in Draw­ing and Print­media, grad­u­at­ing with Hon­ours at the School of Art and Design, Aus­tralian Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty in 2018. She reg­u­lar­ly exhibits in solo shows and group exhi­bi­tions through­out Aus­tralia as well as facil­i­tat­ing print­mak­ing workshops.

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