Rick Eckersley: Beyond Flinders

Beyond Flinders is a collection of works on canvas by artist Rick Eckersley that examine the connections between garden making, nature, and memory, in response to the former Musk Cottage Garden in Flinders, Victoria.

For every weekend over 10 years Rick made a garden in Flinders, a personal project informed by his experience as a garden designer. Musk Cottage Garden embodied a deep sense of connection to place, and through a process of remembering, has become both a collaborator and muse for this body of work.

Rick is interested in revealing the whole life of plants and gardens and drawing attention to the flux between renewal and decay. The physicality of painting connects him to the memory and act of garden-making, and to the potential of regeneration.