Lucy Shorter

Lucy grew up on a sheep & cropping place near Burren Junction, NSW. She now resides in Kununurra, where her work takes her all over the East Kimberley. The vast and various landscapes that cover this region (from the north Kimberley coast to the Tanami desert and several places between) provide her with constant sources of creative inspiration.

Lucy’s current artistic practise reflects her candid observation of the Kimberley landscape: it’s magnificent… but now and again you may stumble across a bush chook. Juxtaposing nature with the unnatural, ancient with modern, and scenic with kitsch, challenges the viewer to rethink traditional ideals of beauty. Placement of the squashed Emu can evokes an immediate sense of familiarity to anyone who resides in the Kimberley. Lucy appreciates them as little works of art combined with native fauna and
flora.