A tutor once told me something I couldn’t unhear
- Amy Ruth
- Mar 30
- 2 min read
There’s something about the way we see the world that never quite leaves us.
Years ago, I was in a life drawing class when the tutor paused behind me and said, “You draw figures like the landscape.”
It stayed with me. Not as criticism, but as recognition. Because at my core, I am a landscape architect, and no matter the subject, I keep returning to the rhythms, contours, and movement of the land.
This collection, Unique Perspectives, is an exploration of that instinct. Each piece is a way of seeing and interpreting how it feels to stand within it. The rise and fall of hills, the layering of foliage, the way light bends across water or settles into valleys - all of it finds its way into my work, even when it drifts toward abstraction.
Living in Queensland, I’m constantly surrounded by brightness. The landscape here doesn’t whisper - it hums with colour. Greens feel more vivid, skies stretch wider, and even shadows seem alive. That sense of warmth and intensity threads through this collection, giving each piece a kind of quiet energy.
Most of these works are drawn from landscapes close to home. Some are inspired by a nearby park - a place that feels almost like a secret, where the layers of greenery and filtered light create endless compositions. It’s the kind of place you return to again and again, always noticing something new.
One piece, however, reaches a little further. Inspired by a trip to Vietnam, it reflects the striking beauty of Halong Bay - its towering limestone forms rising out of the water in soft, shifting layers. Even there, far from home, I found myself drawn to the same language of landscape: shape, rhythm, and atmosphere.
They are invitations to pause, to look again, and perhaps to notice your own way of seeing.
Unique Perspectives comes out Saturday 11 April 2026.
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