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Drawing the life
of rivers and trees

Works in drawing, painting and mixed media

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Rochelle Summerfield’s works are shaped through observation and time spent within living landscapes. Through drawing, painting and mixed media — from intimate works on paper to large-scale tree portraits and ephemeral installations — her practice traces different scales of time, revealing the fragile yet resilient breath held within trees, rivers and living landscapes.

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Two Stoic Gums_Pencil, gouache, gesso on 425gsm Saunders Waterford paper

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ARTWORKS

Original drawings, paintings and installations exploring trees, rivers and the living landscape.

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COMMISSIONS

Bespoke original artworks created through conversation and connection with place.

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Rochelle Summerfield painting by the Marrambidya (Murrumbidgee River) during fieldwork for Tracing the Living Floodplain

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NEWS

Projects, residencies and stories from the studio, rivers and landscapes.

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GIFTS

A selection of cards, prints and small pieces for sale under $500.

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R E C O G N I T I O N

Selected highlights from collections, awards, grants, exhibitions & residencies.

Collections

National Library of Australia
State Library of Victoria
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Tweed & Grafton Regional Galleries
Charles Sturt University Collection

Awards & Grants

Create NSW Next Steps Professional Development Grant (2026)
Grafton Regional Gallery Travelling Fellowship (2025)
Overall Winner, Moreton Bay Region Art Award (2017)
Windmill Trust Scholarship (2016)
NSW Artists’ Grant (2016, 2019)
Arts Restart Support Grant

Exhibitions & residences

Earth Canvas: Hopeful Disruptions — Wagga Wagga Art Gallery (2024–26)
WATER: presence + absence — Blue Mountains City Art Gallery (2022)
As Far As The Eye Can See — National Touring Exhibition (2018–21)
Penrith Regional Gallery Artist Residency (2016)
Hazelhurst Arts Centre Residency (2021)

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