quarARTine #4 – Amanda van Gils at The Other Art Fair
Brisbane-based landscape painter Amanda van Gils is one of many artists whose work was to be shown at The Other Art Fair, Sydney, this month. Regular followers may recall me [...]
quarARTine #3
If ever there was proof of how globally connected we really are, it’s in the volume of artists from far away lands contacting me in little ol’ Brisbane, [...]
quarARTine #2
World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) was to be held 25-29 March 2020 this year, until COVID-19 reared its ugly germs. It’s not an event that immediately screams [...]
quarARTine #1
One of the first casualties of Australia’s ban on gatherings over 500 people was The Other Art Fair, due to be held 19-22 March in Sydney, and 21-24 May in Melbourne. [...]
Helle Cook: Community of Light
It is hard for Australians to appreciate the precious commodity daylight can be. Being almost permanently sun-drenched across the continent, it’s easy to take our weather [...]
Deborah Eddy’s Domesticity
My second favourite household chore is ironing. My first is hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. Erma Bombeck WASH. IRON. COOK. CLEAN. WORK. WORK. WORK. Repeat. [...]
Helena Jackson Lloyd: The Truck Show
There is a deceptive simplicity in Helena Lloyd’s approach to painting. Her energetic sweeps of colour and direct application of media bring a spontaneity to her subjects [...]
Lucy O’Doherty: Are we safe here?
Lucy O’Doherty’s quirky, immediately identifiable aesthetic is the result of experimentations with colour, technique, light and shade. Using a retro colour palette and [...]
Sally Anderson: The Washdown and Salvation Jane
A love of process and insatiable curiosity for life’s contradictions are the hallmarks of Sally Anderson’s painterly style. Abstracted and instinctual, her compositions [...]
Charmaine Pike at Edwina Corlette Gallery
Charmaine Pike’s sublime landscapes are both tense and uplifting, recalling the 19th century painting trend for personifying nature in order to reflect the human [...]
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