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The Forest of Now and Then by Tillian

“Forest running in the moonlight, the moon as irreducible as my shadow, I came across an old stump still burning from the firestorm.”

In ‘The Forest of Now and Then’, I invoke a visionary ecology in which time folds into itself—ancestral memory and immediate sensation coexisting in a single breath of painted air. Gestural sweeps of green, violet, and red summon a landscape abstract, yet intimately known, where trees appear as both witnesses and participants in a mythic continuum. At the centre, a crimson form—part tree, part figure—suggests rupture and renewal, a totemic axis between worlds. Above, a crescent shape floats like a spectral moon or watching eye, casting a silent geometry across the scene. Painted in the wake of Australia’s devastating bushfires, this work channels ecological trauma through a mythic lens where the artist moves as both shadow and witness.

This painting is part of my ongoing exploration of mythopoetic landscape in the Anthropocene. Referencing traditions of sacred landscape and spiritual abstraction, I fuse memory, environment, and metaphysical inquiry into a single, layered image. The burning stump becomes a relic of loss, but also of transformation—suggesting the cyclical fire regimes of the land and the deeper, unseen forces shaping both nature and self.

Acrylic on cradled wood panel. Satin varnished with UV protection. Edges sealed with black lacquer. Ready to hang with D-rings and cable. Unframed.

Painted September 2021. Signed/dated bottom right. Shipped with certificate of authenticity.

The Forest of Now and Then

Name: The Forest of Now and Then
Brand: Tillian Clegg-Reeves
SKU: 415935
Price: 1250 AUD
Availability: InStock
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