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.
“I dapple vivid oil paints onto a raw canvas, as I impatiently observe warm hues of orange, red, and violet. These flowers I return to as I drift in and out of sleep.”
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.
“I dapple vivid oil paints onto a raw canvas, as I impatiently observe warm hues of orange, red, and violet. These flowers I return to as I drift in and out of sleep.”
