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.

Symbolic outback acrylic painting by artist Alan J. Benge

When I painted this composition, I restricted the palette to simple, mainly black and red simplified shapes on a white background to give a symbolic effect.
There is an element of counterchange in the trees on the right, and big splashes of colour with twirls, spirals and stripes work together to make up this stylized landscape.
I enjoyed creating this picture, and feel it has possibilties for further artistic exploration in the future.
In other words, I hope to paint more like it !

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.