We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Noel McKenna FNQ

oil on plywood

100 x 100 cm

My work FNQ – as in Far North Queensland – is a scene made up from a combination of photos I have taken or seen in books and magazines. I grew up in Brisbane so I know the Queenslander-style house very well. However, I have never been to Far North Queensland, so my work is imagined but features things I know are there like palm trees, Hills Hoist clotheslines and the mountains in from the coast.

Noel McKenna, 2017