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No. 54Finalist · Noosa Art Prize 2026
SUMATRA
Raymond Smith
Noosaville, QLD
Artist statement
On a surf trip to Sumatra, I was struck by the sheer drama of the coastline. Vertical jungle covered volcanic cliffs rising out of a crystal-colored ocean. SUMATRA Wavescape is a stylized view of perfection from the channel, as I paddled from the boat towards the line-up... an empty wave in a crystal lagoon, a plume of misty spray floating above it, in a backdrop of vertical jungle.