Acrylic painting of Winton plains from escarpment viewpoint, North Queensland.

To travel out in North West Queensland is to be amazed at a panorama of desert, dust and incredible views from clifftop places.  When I went out to see the dinosaur footprints, we stopped at a lookout. 

This was the inspiration for my painting, which features a stockman, his horse and faithful dog, standing on the cliff, with a spectacular view to the horizon. Truly, Australia is the land of wide open spaces.  The artwork was completed on board, with a thin wash technique to portray the arid outback landscape.  

 In this outback painting, I used a limited palette of browns and muted greens plus black to convey the harsh desert terrain. The scene is derived from the countryside near Winton, North Queensland.  A lonely station hand rests in the shade on a hill overlooking a tree dotted plain.  His horse and dog sit nearby.  The painting is my attempt to capture the vast panoramic expanses that comprise inland Australia. They have a unique beauty of their own. 

Australian outback mailboxes - acrylic painting from Alan J. Benge

In this bold, earthy painting of outback Australia, I have tried to capture the vivid brownish red hues of this vast land. I balanced this with a brooding, steel blue sky.
 In rural regions, mailboxes represent a link, or a symbol of communication with the outside world.  Another communication link that I painted in this composition is the row of telephone poles, stretching off into the distance.
A windmill stands alone in the background.  I hope you like my original acrylic painting depicting life in the outback of Australia.

Outback painting of farmer with drought-parched landscape, Australia

In this acrylic rendition I pictured an outback farmer standing at the gate of his drought-stricken property.
 I used a limited palette of earthy oranges, reds, with black highlights.
I used a red tone on the farmer's shirt because I was attempting to have a warm colour in the foreground which would make it stand out more.
The dirt track leads the eye up to the house and windmill in the distance.