Conversations between Earth and Time

PAINTINGS MADE OF THE EARTH

These works are created using natural pigments gathered from around the world. Minerals, rocks, ochres, metals, shells and soils that have spent thousands, and often millions, of years becoming what they are today.

Each pigment carries a geological history. Formed through pressure, heat, water, erosion and time, these materials have had extraordinary journeys before being ground into paint and brought together by hand. They are not colours chosen to represent the landscape; they are fragments of the landscape itself.

These works invite us to slow down and consider the wisdom held within the natural world. Mountains become sand. Minerals change colour when exposed to light. Stone carries the memory of oceans that disappeared millions of years ago. Nothing in nature stands still; everything is continually becoming.

Perhaps we are not so different.

Like the landscapes beneath our feet, our own lives are shaped by layers that are often unseen. Experiences, joy, grief, hope and love accumulate over time, quietly forming the landscapes within us.

Rachel is a member of the WA Lapidary and Rock Hunting Club, and she has learned how to fossick, identify, cut, shape and polish the many incredible rock and mineral formations found in WA- and beyond. The pigments in these artworks have been either hand-crushed, juiced* ( Rachel’s affectionate term for how she extracts and collects the colourful pigments from the rocks she cuts and polishes) or collected, and made into watercolour paint, by Rachel.

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The Colours of The Kimberley

A$3,300.00

Natural handmade earth pigment paint on archival paper

72cm x 72cm

FRAMED with museum quality non reflective glass and natural wooden molding (as shown)

2026

Pigments from top left to right

Brecciated Jasper, Banded Jasper, Tiger Iron, Mudstone, Vermiculite Schist, Snakeskin Jasper

Goethite, Picture Stone, Lepidolite+Mica, Pisolitic Grain Stone, Epidote, Pink Ochre

Maggie’s Valley rock, Jasper, Fitzroy Yellow Ochre, Chrysocolla, Kimberley Sandstone, Tiger Iron

Agate, Handmade Verdigris from Natural Copper, Ribbon Stone, Cassiterite, Chrysoprase, Red Jasper

Ochre, Zebra Rock, Variscite, Nickel, Rubellite, 24 Karat Gold Leaf

Mookaite, Red Ochre, Mica, Ribbon Stone, Pyrite, Mookaite

The Colours of Western Australia 2

A$3,300.00

Natural handmade earth pigment paint on archival paper

72cm x 72cm

FRAMED with museum quality non reflective glass and natural wooden molding (as shown)

2026

Pigments from top left to right

Nickel, Maggie’s Valley Rock, Mica, Ochre, Rubelite, Chrysocolla

Variscite, Hyden Red, Hyden Yellow, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Mookaite

Azurite, Brecciated Jasper, 24 Karat Gold Leaf, Mookaite, Fitzroy Yellow Ochre, Cassiterite,

Ranford Ribbon Stone, Picture Agate, White Ochre, Garnet, Jasper, Pisolitic Grain Stone

Verdigris (Native Copper), Kimberley Sandstone, Snakeskin Jasper, Chrysoprase, Chrysocolla, Iron Ore

Red Ochre, Pink Ochre, Ranford Ribbon Stone, Lepidolite+Mica, Zebra Stone, Pyrite

The Colours of Western Australia

A$3,300.00

Natural handmade earth pigment paint on archival paper

72cm x 72cm

FRAMED with museum quality non reflective glass and natural wooden molding

2026

Pigments from top left to right

Kimberley Sandstone, Banded Jasper, White Ochre, 24 Karat Gold leaf, Mookaite, Goethite

Rubellite, Handmade Verdigris from natural copper, Azurite, Epidote, Chrysoprase, Hyden Red- ferruginous lateritic gravel / iron-oxide

Chrysocolla, Chrysocolla, Chrysocolla, Variscite, Crazy Lace Agate, Ochre

Yellow Ochre, Bauxite, Lepidolite + Mica, Pyrite, Ranford Ribbon Stone, Cassiterite

Mookaite, Ranford Ribbon Stone, Picture Jasper, Pink Ochre, Mica, Red Ochre

Picture Stone, Snakeskin Jasper, Zebra Rock, Maggies Valley pink, Hyden Yellow -iron-rich lateritic gravel / goethite ochre, Nickel

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Vivianite Greys and Blues

A$790.00

Natural handmade pigment paints made of Vivianite Crystal, ethically sourced from Demons Bluff, Anglesea, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia

40cm x 40cm

2026

Vivianite is found in environments rich in history. Peat bogs, ancient sediments and, archaeological sites. Symbolically, it feels like a mineral that honours memory. It grows on the remains of life.

Born pale beneath the earth, it holds its colour secretly, until light and air invite it to become itself. Slowly, it transforms into shades of blue, green and grey. Its true nature is revealed because of being exposed.

Perhaps healing is like this.

It is something that unfolds through living. Through being weathered. Through meeting the world with an open heart.

This pigment reminds us that change need not be hurried.
That what is hidden today may become tomorrow's beauty.
That growth often happens beneath the surface long before anyone else can see it.

Colours of the Landscape 2

A$2,700.00

Natural handmade earth pigment watercolour paint, on archival paper

2026

72cm x 72cm

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Pigments left to right

24K gold, Venetian Red (Italy), Malachite light (South Africa), Picture Agate (WA), Red Ochre (Warmun WA), Epidote (WA)

Chromite (South Africa), Fitzroy Yellow Ochre (WA) San Marino Blue Vivianite (VIC), Camps Bay shell, (Cape Town South Africa) Lapis Lazuli (Afghanistan), Verdigris from natural copper (WA)

Golden Ochre (VIC), Amazonite, English Red Light, English Red Deep, Sedona red rock, (Sedona, AZ) Rotherhithe Orange (UK)

Mookaite (WA), Cigar Brown Ochre (VIC), Lapis Lazuli dark, Grey Vivianite (VIC), Midnight Blue Vivianite (VIC), Storm Grey Vivianite (VIC),

Smalt, Bronze Pyrite (WA), White Ochre (VIC), Green Earth (France), Burnt Umber (Cyprus), Burnt Umber dark brown (Cyprus),

Burnt Sienna (France) Ochre (WA) Iron Ore (WA), Beige Ochre (VIC), Nickel (WA), Maggie’s Valley rock (WA)

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