Supporting conservation through Australian art
100% of proceeds will go to supporting Karrkad Kanjdji Trust, an Indigenous-led conservation organisation protecting Country through traditional land management across West Arnhem Land.
The timed auction ends Thursday August 16th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Dan Kyle
Between the Garden and The Gully, 2026
Oil and mixed media on canvas
Height 140 cm x Width 140 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $8,000
Commissioned by Koala to celebrate the diversity of Australian creative expression while reflecting the shared inspiration that sits at the heart of the project: the land itself.
The lyrical splendour of the Australian bush is captured in Dan Kyle’s painterly mark. Hovering somewhere between figuration and abstraction, his landscapes play with surface and texture to recreate the majesty and intrigue of the dense scrub that surrounds his Blue Mountains studio.
Using a proliferation of marks and tones, Kyle builds his work into forms of interacting colour that mimic the movement and inherent beauty of the natural landscape. Painting en plain air, his preference for working in the early morning and late afternoon is evident in his attention to light and shadow, and sophisticated rendering of the sun’s glow on the gum trees around him. The effect of this light play is almost reverential; an ethereal response to the awe-inspiring and often intimidating bushland that envelops him.