Using photographs, drawings, and imagery from film and other media, Berry tackles a vast breadth of subjects and motifs. His work ranges from sweeping landscapes and solitary figures to mythic elements and ordinary everyday objects. The resulting paintings carry an allegorical atmosphere and possess a simple poetry. From this library of visual material, fragments are sifted and transformed through deliberate stages. Once ready, Berry works swiftly and in layers, finishing works with clarity and precision.

Together, these paintings form a landscape of the incomplete. Motifs are either presented clearly or gently hidden from view. In this way, they reveal the slipperiness of representation, the deeply subjective nature of memory, and the beautiful imperfections of paint—reminding us that representation is never the thing itself. These understated works hum with a strange, quiet power. Prompting a pause, they offer a small song of gratitude for the turning of the seasons and the shifting of the light. They invite us to do something rare: to think simply, and to see clearly.

What are you, but what you remember being?

LOST ON EARTH - the original, MIND HEAD off-the-beaten-track travel journal compilation. Painting, surfing, art, freight hopping, incarceration, on the run, chasing dreams, living, dying - community and culture. Real life.

This book compiles a selection of stories from LOST ON EARTH issues 1-8, alongside a collection of new contributions, backstories, side quests, visual catalogues etc.

When does a body begin? Conception starts with two pre existing components, a loop that continues itself indefinitely. We were always here and will continue on after our bodies seperate from our selves. We physically transition and age throughout the brief span of a lifetime but our eternal bodies are death proof. Religious teachings preach conditional eternal life, but we were here before such doctrines came to be. Our bodies came from something and will end up somewhere, eternally.

Dan Mitchell
Dan Mitchell paints overgrown, swampy interiors. Dense vegetation. Thick air. The light in his work builds its own weather, wet and glowing. These are not landscapes as background. They pull you to the water's edge to see what stirs below. Mitchell creates the climate of this seasonal world. His canvases are the ground everything else sits upon.

Harry Rothel
Harry Rothel directs the human figure like a stage manager with a dark secret. His macabre, extravagant scenes of joy and horror overlapping unfold in soft, muted colours: vivid blues dropping into delicate mauve and pastel. Rothel's imaginative narratives map the human psyche while skewering social convention and contemporary politics. The result is disquieting but never laboured; his acerbic layers of paint move with a modernist's impatience, borrowing from old masters only to cut their line short.

Mim Libro
Mim Libro is an artist working across media whose explorations into a deep inner world emerge through painting, sculpture and design. Originally from the South Coast of Sydney/Eora, Mim now is based in Melbourne/Naarm, where she has developed and carved out her own creative journey and studio practice. Mim transitioned from a background in film and curating visual elements for music events before eventually creating her own artwork. Always seeking her next creative pursuit, what started with screen-printed posters and merch design, quickly evolved into a painting practice that deserted realism and became a conduit for how Mim views and experiences the world.

Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal)
Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal), a Yugambeh-born Bundjalung artist, has quickly risen to prominence with his bold, lyrical paintings that bridge cultural worlds. His debut solo show, Balun (2021), introduced his distinctive visual language and connection to Yugambeh Country, earning institutional recognition including commissions for the Art Gallery of NSW, Powerhouse Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art.