ABOUT

Don Hill is a Multi Disciplinary Practice focusing primarily on Painting, Photography and Writing. For more content and information of what's new. go to his new site at www.donhill.au 
Don's Art is Visually Descriptive and Visionary and it is associated with particular episodes in his life and many travels.
He is Australian based and a Creative Director.
Over the past decade he has been developing his writing skills and is currently writing his new novel Kathmandu Taxi (Copyright).
From early childhood he has had a love of Art and been involved with many notables and projects over this time in Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan and Thailand.
Don is also writing a new story concurrent with a showing of works with the title "A Sound Like Rain".
With his latest writings he would like to see it published in multiple languages. 

Kathmandu Taxi Due for release early 2025
Extract from "Kathmandu Taxi'  ISBN 979-8-89443-911-2 

Release 2025 (Fiction) But is it True?
All text and Images are copyright and the property of Don Hill. No text or images may be copied or used without the express permission of Don Hill. Copyright 2024.
Any references to people living or deceased is only coincidental.


Arrival in Madras

So thank you for bringing me here. 
Detritus floats on top of the small waves but the scene is still
beautiful and haunting as the sun starts to sink at Owen’s back.
Owen breathes in deeply in the moment. In and Out. 
In and Out. Out and In. Out and In. 
This is a major spiritual and emotional experience in his life.
Ten minutes pass and even though it seems like an instant 
it seems like an eternity at the same time as time has stood 
still and ceased to exist. 
Finally he steps out of the water and he appears to be wearing a 
very neat pair of brown tennis boots or shoes on his feet.
Can you get me to a hotel quickly so I wash this stuff off my feet
and legs?
Sorry I didn't get your name.
Ganesh thank you Sir. 
Mine is Owen.
I am pleased to make your acquaintance Sir. 
I will find the best hotel in Chennai for you. 
May your stay in Madras be a fruit full and pleasant one Sir. 
This way sir as we need to go soon otherwise the colour on your 
feet and legs will become permanent and won’t wash off.
The Ganges is a very beautiful river and the Bay of Bengal is 
wonderful but there are some issues that might need to be 
addressed. 
What do you think Sir?
Check in at a hotel would be preferable to be sooner than later sir
with a very hot bath and really need to go quickly. 

The Art of Don Hill Contemporary Works 2002 to 2006.  An Overview.
The works described are organic manifestations and an extension of himself taken from nature with an undercurrent of visual beauty using gold leaf and colour to remind the viewer that there is still beauty in the world regardless of the times we live in.
He states that the practice of using bamboo was an accident in waiting and he cannot explain why it came about but it did.
"It was in front of me as I awoke from my dreaming'.
This happened one early morning after a night of no result with non objective nonsense.
The "Process' stands apart and may seem random, careless and reckless but is also enjoyable as he stumbles and wanders on, still on the verge of creating something new.The Art of Don Hill is now available. 






"Tide Line'  Don Hill and John Dahlsen an Overview 


Since then my arrival at Nudgee has become a morph of molten new experience with different titles and shots erupting from a new camera as well as more images taken with my battered old Fuji.
Nudgee presents a Non Objective pallette which on a first encounter is hard to deal with and decipher.
A hieroglyphic composition or exquisite Pollock or Fairweather in disguise.
Which way should the subject be approached, contemplated, created, completed and presented.
This makes the subject matter difficult to deal with as well as progress on as an individual. It was abstraction at the very start and in some ways it still is even with the finished art. There had never been an attempt to set out to make definitive detailed pieces, only definitive art to encourage an emotive response from the audience.
The result is found in the following with most photos taken in the early morning at low tide with minimal interference and virtually no editing.