MARIA LLOYD, PASTORAL PILLARS (LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENT 2026)

An evocative environmental landscape captured across the plains of my rural property in Central Queensland. Following a regional storm front, broken cloud decks part to cast immense, sweeping crepuscular rays, or pastoral pillars, down to earth. The dramatic sky serves as a powerful canopy over the quiet silhouettes of grazing cattle, exploring the enduring, timeless connection between livestock and the shifting elements of the Australian bush.

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