GEORGINA HUTCHINSON | ‘Scorched Escarpment – Natures Fire Diary’ 1 | 2026 | Mixed media / framed

Georgina Hutchinson, born in Cairns in 1973 and raised in Papua New Guinea and Malaysia, was inspired early by nature’s beauty. Her family settled in Gordonvale, Queensland, where her interest in interconnectedness sparked. After earning a Bachelor of Arts/Visual Arts from Queensland University of Technology, she worked in arts retail, museums, and arts administration, before returning to her art practice. Now, she explores mixed media like acrylics, ink, linen, paper, and found objects, focusing on elevating the ordinary and celebrating the discarded.

In this exhibition ‘Natures Dialogue – shifting views’ the featured works reflect her ‘slow’ art practice, emphasizing self-expression and aesthetics rooted in her environment. This piece ‘Scorched Escarpment – natures fire diary’ uses torn paper fragments to depict the fragile resilience of Australian bush, symbolising seasonal fire cycles and climate change impacts. Fire offers both regeneration and destruction, with hypnotic flames symbolising change and end cycles.

Her abstracted language meditates on impermanence and land’s quiet intelligence, capturing the land’s shifting voice. Her process involves walking through fire-damaged areas, documenting through photography and sketches, and experimenting with materials like dirt, ash, and burnt paper to discover new techniques. She tears archival paper by hand, allowing erosion and time to speak, using burning and dragging charred branches to create layered, spontaneous works.

This process embodies listening, responding to, and respecting fire’s dual role. Her art reflects the profound, often chaotic dialogue between nature’s forces and human perception.

 - Georgina Hutchinson

GEORGINA HUTCHINSON | ‘Scorched Escarpment – Natures Fire Diary’ 1 | 2026 | mixed media on paper | Frame: 870 x 754 x mm