splendid visions
Massive picture windows frame the views of the rolling downs that surround artist Jayde Chandler’s studio on Gregory Park, the cattle and sheep station she and her husband, Ben, run near Barcaldine in Queensland’s central-west.
The Chandlers work on their home property and several adjoining stations with Ben’s brother and parents under the umbrella of a family partnership. Their children, Jack, 11, Charlie, 10, Wally, eight, and Viv, five, enjoy all the freedoms of country life, riding bikes, helping with stockwork and caring for a menagerie of pets including dogs, chickens and the odd poddy lamb. They attend the local school, though next year Jack will leave this idyllic existence when he heads to boarding school in Brisbane.
The region has been graced with a good season and the grass is an unfamiliar shade
