WILDERNESS IMMERSION
WIDE OPEN ROAD IS AN EVOLVING ARTIST EXPERIENCE THAT JOURNEYS DEEP INTO AUSTRALIA’S VAST DESERT WILDERNESS annually. THE PROJECT INVITES A CHANGING GROUP OF ARTISTS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THESE REMOTE LANDSCAPES, RESPONDING TO THE ENVIRONMENT’S UNIQUE CHARACTER THROUGH DIVERSE CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS. BY SHARING PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES, PARTICIPANTS FOSTER A DYNAMIC EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, RESULTING IN A RICH, MULTIDISCIPLINARY BODY OF WORK THAT IS BOTH INDIVIDUALLY DISTINCT AND COLLECTIVELY RESONANT. WIDE OPEN ROAD CELEBRATES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF COLLABORATION, CONNECTION, AND THE ENDLESS INSPIRATION FOUND IN AUSTRALIA’S WILD HEART.
In September 2024, Lelliott, Phillip Edwards, Kristeena Saville, Peter Gandrabur and Josh Bowes road tripped to outback NSW to paint and create new art inspired by the fauna, flora and devastatingly unique landscape & spiritual connections to country & history that is Lake Mungo.
In September 2023 Michael Lelliott completed a works on paper series with artists Phillip Edwards and Peter Gandrabur on location and inspired by Bimbowrie and Mutawintji