Ruth le Cheminant My Own Personal Terrain
Ruth le Cheminant is a graduate of the National
Art School, Sydney and the College Of Fine Art,
University of NSW. She is a recognised artist who
has exhibited in Australia and overseas. Her works
have been acknowledged and published in several
arts magazines locally and internationally. Ruth
lives in the Blue Mountains in NSW, Australia and
has worked professionally as an artist for over 20
years.
Although Ruth’s work is considered abstract or
contemporary her paintings are founded in the
landscape.
“I left Australia to travel overland to England in
1975. I wanted to experience other environments.
At the time I felt my own was monotonous and
without form. It was in returning that I came to
realise this geography does not surrender itself
easily to interpretation. To see this country – to
allow it to show itself – requires an intimate eye,
one that matures after returning to a place again and
again. In doing so, the viewer becomes poised for
moments of accidental discovery where beauty and
meaning are revealed.
“Unlike England, with its solid trees and
arranged settings, the Australian landscape
encouraged me to look through, rather than at. It
seemed to stand in defiance of a fixed viewpoint.
There was little attempt to appear polished or
complete.
“Seeing this country required me to dig into it,
climb to different vantage points, and return again.
Then suddenly a view would gift itself to me –
impermanent in a seemingly permanent setting.”
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