Marina Chamberlain is a visual artist from New Zealand, now based in Melbourne. She studied design at WelTec and completed a Bachelor of Arts with art history credits at Victoria University of Wellington.

Marina has developed a distinctive practice informed by her deep engagement with the natural world. She has exhibited widely in art shows and group exhibitions, been selected as a finalist in numerous juried and gallery awards, and received several category prizes. Her work is held in private collections across Australia and internationally, as well as in corporate collections in Melbourne.

“As an outdoor enthusiast, I am not only inspired by what I see but by what I feel when immersed in the wilder side of nature,” she explains. “This series is based on my trips to the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) in Victoria. In the foreground is an abstracted depiction of what the bush is made of — a tangle of vegetation, deadwood, rock formations, trails, seasonal light, and cast shadow. I want a sense of distance to convey the vastness of this country, while my colour choices capture the mood of the day. I work in the studio from a portfolio of my photographs and impressions sketched on location.”