Elena Larkin is an emerging artist based on Gadigal Country. Her practice is grounded in the sensorial and immersive experience of plein air painting. Working from observation, memory and imagination, Elena’s work celebrates the environments we inhabit, and our connections with the beings with whom we share the world. Growing up in rural NSW on Bundjalung Land in the Northern Rivers, much of Elena’s childhood was spent playing outside and helping her family on their fruit orchard. This early love for other animals and the outside world continues to influence her, and ecological issues further motivate the focus of her work.