Cooktown Fires

56cm (W) x 38cm (H) x 0.1cm (D)

Watercolour on Paper

In 2020, we travelled for the first time to Cooktown and as we approached the town we noticed some smoke in the distance. We headed up to a higher vantage point to get a handle on just how serious the fires were and we soon realised we could be in for an interesting visit. After a rather sleeepless night not knowing which way the wind would turn, we woke to find the wind had been in our favour. I wanted to record this trip by way of this painting, showing just how ferocious the fires were, even creating their own clouds.