Oil on Canvas, framed in Oak
51 × 61cm, 2025
Nathan Andrew McCarthy is a visual artist based in Darlington, Sydney, Gadigal Country, whose practice is profoundly shaped by his childhood on the Coast of NSW, where he experienced a prolonged period of delayed English development. As a result, his work is born from intuition and varied forms of communication, including the private language he shared with his brother and his earliest communication through drawing and scribbles. This foundation in non-verbal expression informs his artistic process—an exploration of personal history using materials like oil sticks and collage to focus on ethereal figures suspended in natural landscapes, reflecting memory and the persistence of nature.
“Life is evocative and colourful wherever you search, a dainty creek from my hometown swarms to life with colour and life, as I pay a little more attention than usual, thrashing my canvas with colour.”
Oil on Canvas, framed in Oak
51 × 61cm, 2025
Nathan Andrew McCarthy is a visual artist based in Darlington, Sydney, Gadigal Country, whose practice is profoundly shaped by his childhood on the Coast of NSW, where he experienced a prolonged period of delayed English development. As a result, his work is born from intuition and varied forms of communication, including the private language he shared with his brother and his earliest communication through drawing and scribbles. This foundation in non-verbal expression informs his artistic process—an exploration of personal history using materials like oil sticks and collage to focus on ethereal figures suspended in natural landscapes, reflecting memory and the persistence of nature.
“Life is evocative and colourful wherever you search, a dainty creek from my hometown swarms to life with colour and life, as I pay a little more attention than usual, thrashing my canvas with colour.”
