Joshua de Gruchy

Joshua de Gruchy (b.1999) is an artist informed by the Australian landscape and his

alternative approach to fine arts education through travel and self-directed research.

Central to de Gruchy’s practice is time spent in the bush where walking, camping, and

sketching allows him to closely study colour, form, and rhythms of the terrain.

Back in the studio, these impressions are filtered through and used as reference, resulting in

works hovering between figuration and abstraction that seek to express the sensory

experience of being there.

This collection comprises those field studies and marks de Gruchy’s first series of work since

relocating from Wilyakali Country (Broken Hill) in far west New South Wales to Dja Dja

Wurrung Country (Castlemaine) in central Victoria.

Since arriving in the region, de Gruchy has explored Mount Alexander and the nearby

bushlands of Fryerstown, where the tangled structures of fallen tree limbs and the remnants

of old gold-digging sites became subjects of interest in his effort to understand the history

and distinctive palette of his unfamiliar surroundings.