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Hit the Trails

Artist: Sioux Tempestt

Asset Type: Street Art

Year of Work: 2020

Location: Collie Visitor Centre, 156 Throssell St

Provenance: Shire of Collie

Description: This contemporary artwork encourages involvement, interaction and imagination, offering viewers an intangible and emotional experience. The site specific narrative aims to connect with visitors to stimulate investigation.

The ground level artwork is interactive, inviting visitors on a journey of discovery linking directly with elements found in the local Collie area including the kangaroo paw, the spider orchid, wattle flowers, banksia, karri tree flower and local water bodies. The colours are derived from the earthen colours of the land, local flora and natural bush land, plus the turquoise of the nearby lakes. The overlaying lines replicate nature’s energy and are symbolic of the many trails throughout Collie. Filled with energy and excitement, the mural offers a vibrant welcome to the town and the Visitor Centre.

About the artist:

In addition to studio-based works, Sioux’s practice employs a multi-disciplinary approach, generating mural, public, sculptural and digital art which meaningfully contributes to its context. Sioux enjoys pushing the boundaries of her practice by traversing across different mediums and scale of works. She produces public artworks with site specific narrative connecting with community to create a sense of place. Her work fuses colour and form through contemporary, thought provoking abstracted shapes and patterns. Sioux’s studio paintings intuitively fuse colour and form to investigate the integration of abstract expressionism within different environments. Her work is held in the Ronald McDonald House and City of South Perth collections.