Chloe Caday

Painted en plein air, and in direct response to the changing of seasons, ‘In Full Bloom’ celebrates the welcoming of the springtime in the bushland – a golden time of the year when the rivers flow and nourishes the land, the blooming wattles shimmering in the sunlight like a sea of gold, and the forest beating with the rhythmic sounds of birds and cicadas.

Chloe Caday's paintings of the Australian bushland are all painted en plein air at her home in She Oaks, a beautiful locality nestled right beside the Brisbane Ranges National Park in Victoria. Drawing inspiration from her Filipino roots, her practice explores the importance of travel and connection to the land as it signifies the historical, cultural and spiritual connections within place. Caday’s landscapes are an intuitive and refreshing interpretation of her familiar natural surroundings, embracing her creative curiosity and naïve wonder. Her use of gestural mark making is a central technique to her practice – exploring the intricate and rhythmic interplay of sound, light, and form within each intuitive and organic motion of the brush.