Karrawirra Riverlines - Georgina Willoughby

Karrawirra Riverlines by Georgina Willoughby - Finalist in the 2024 Heysen Prize for Landscape.

‘Karrawirra Riverlines’ traces the palimpsest of marks and pathways that define Kaurna Country’s main watercourse, Karrawirra Parri. Named after the resilient Karra gum trees (red gum forest river), the river landscape contains a network of plant, urban, and animal lines that interweave with local walking tracks. By using handmade inks from the fallen bark of these trees and of the surrounding she-oak and wattle flowers, I aim to evoke the river’s enduring essence and its cyclical nature. These materials and the act of foraging from riverside paths, combined with the unique variations of the screenprint monotype, help me convey the rhythm of the riverbanks and the ongoing relationship between the land and its inhabitants, reflecting the constant interplay of departure, return and the persistent lines of connection that define this unique alluvial landscape. 

Materials: Screenprint monotype, botanical inks of Karra gum bark, she-oak and wattle flowers 
Dimensions (cm): 83 H x 69 W framed

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