In 'Burning Land', John Coburn transforms the Australian landscape into a field of elemental energy. Shapes pulse and lift like flames, held in balance by Coburn’s distinctive rhythm of form and colour. The result is an image that feels both perilous and serene — a landscape alive with spirit and renewal.

'Burning Land' distills Coburn’s lifelong meditation on nature’s cycles of destruction and rebirth. Fire here becomes a metaphor for transformation — a force that consumes but also clears the way for new life.'Burning Land' encapsulates the bold lyricism and spiritual intensity that make Coburn among Australia’s most recognisable abstract masters. It stands as both a meditation on fragility and a celebration of endurance — an enduring image of a land that burns, survives, and begins again.

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John COBURN (1925 - 2006)
'Burning Land' 1991
lithograph on paper
Edition of 20
Image Size: 56 x 65 cm
Signed: Signed, titled, dated and editioned in margin
Comes with Letter of Provenance
REFERENCE: John Coburn: Prints 1959-2000, Australian Galleries, Sydney & Melbourne, 2000, cat.88 page 38, illustrated another impression from the edition
Condition: very good
(c) John Coburn / Copyright Agency