Three artists, three epic train journeys. Three perspectives on what it means to travel across Australia on The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Great Southern.

These journeys inspired the works of Mali Isabel, Luke Rabl and Roscoe Shelton who will display their work at Adelaide Parklands Terminal as part of the 2023 South Australian Living Arts (SALA) festival held throughout August.

The exhibition is open to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1-4pm.

Mali Isabel is an Arabana and Kokatha artist, living and practising on Kaurna land (Adelaide). Mali took a summer journey on the Great Southern from Brisbane to Adelaide, gliding past coastal scenery under cloudless skies. Mali creates contemporary dot paintings using all of the colours of the rainbow to spread her message of positivity and equality and encourage meaningful conversations.

Mali has nominated The Healing Foundation as her designated charity. The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that provides a platform to amplify the voices and lived experience of Stolen Generations survivors and their families.

Luke Rabl is an artist whose work spans mediums from ceramics to illustration and painting. Themes range from the playful and eclectic to abstract landscape scenes that connect with the viewer on an emotional level. Luke crossed the continent on the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth, stopping to dine mid-nowhere under a blanket of stars, using the colour palettes and textural qualities in the Australian landscape witnessed during this journey as his inspiration.

Luke has nominated GIVIT, a national not-for-profit organisation that matches generosity with genuine need through an online platform.

Roscoe Shelton is an emerging impressionist artist and travelled on The Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide, across the dusty red earth that characterises central Australia. With a colourful and story-filled career behind him, Roscoe picked up the paintbrush later in life and uses his art to draw you into experiencing a remote reality.

Roscoe has nominated Rotary Adelaide as his charity of choice. Rotary Adelaide is part of a global network of 1.4 million leaders and problem-solvers who work with different communities to create lasting change.