BETH THOMPSON

“I grew up surfing at Snapper Rocks and along the beaches of northern New South Wales, where the ocean played a significant role in shaping both my upbringing and my sense of place.”

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The shoreline became a formative environment for Beth. Movement, reflection, and connection all underpin her painting explorations. These elements shape how they understand landscape, memory, and belonging. While their Wulli Wulli heritage connects them to the freshwater environments of the Dawson and Auburn Rivers on their ancestral lands, Beth’s ongoing relationship with the coast continues to inform their artistic practice. Beth develops what they describe as memorial landscapes, paintings that hold traces of shared experiences, personal histories, and emotional memory. Their Aqua Limina works reflect on the deep connection between water, place, grief. In these paintings, the waterscapes becomes a space of remembrance. The rhythm of the tide echoes the shifting nature of grief, sometimes calm, sometimes overwhelming, while suggesting continuation rather than finality. Within these waterscapes, the beach becomes a place where memory, love, and loss coexist, allowing grief and connection to move gently like the tide.