111. Last One Standing

Artwork number: 111
Artist: Iantha Palioudakis
Medium: Acrylic medium and sand
Description: This painting explores the changing Australian landscape, where vibrant earth, shifting colours and scattered vegetation reveal the delicate balance between life and decline. Through an aerial perspective, it captures the beauty, resilience and vulnerability of a landscape shaped by a changing climate
Artist statement: Iantha Palioudakis is a Perth-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores the beauty and changing nature of the Australian landscape. Working primarily with acrylics and textured mediums, she creates aerial landscapes that reveal the intricate patterns, colours and rhythms of the earth from above. By incorporating sand into her paintings, Iantha brings the physical qualities of the land into her work, creating a tangible connection to place. Her practice draws attention to the delicate balance between nature, resilience and environmental change, inviting viewers to reconsider their relationship with the landscape.