I first chanced upon the work of Andy Harwood in a café in Brisbane’s Paddington. Waiting for a business meeting with someone who never showed, I was distracted by the brutal lines and intense colour scheme of the art on … Continue reading Andy Harwood: the art of Geometric Abstraction
I am SO excited to share the essay below! Written for Edwina Corlette Gallery, it was a fun one to research & write, and covers beautiful new work from two seriously great women. Aussie girl power to the MAX here! RAWHIDE: Abbey McCulloch … Continue reading The Rawness of Abbey McCulloch & Tara Marynowsky
I am eternally jealous of anyone who experienced an English upbringing. As a kid, I had an intense love of all things Enid Blyton, and was desperate for my Gold Coast childhood to feature more enchanted forests and misty cliffs. … Continue reading Amica Whincop’s Enchanted Art
If you’re anything like me, you occasionally find yourself wishing you’d started doing what you love earlier in life – be that related to your job, playing sport, having a family, taking up a hobby etc. All that time wasted … Continue reading Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Late Bloomer
Cheeky political messages, acerbic feminist commentary, and a vaguely Happy Days/Lost in Space vibe are just some of the quirky elements Sydney artist Millie Bartlett incorporates into her collaged compositions. Originally focused on painting and sketch work in her art … Continue reading Millie Bartlett – a Collage of Quirks
Californian artist Gary Abkin is something of an anomaly in the Australian art world. While so many of our hottest emerging artists view the Los Angeles art scene as one of the hippest spots to break in to, Abkin chose to swap America’s Golden State for our Sunshine State in 2003 … Continue reading Gary Abkin’s Grotesque Realisations
Somewhere between the worlds of graffiti, Japanese sugar pop and activist street art exists the work of Sunshine Coast artist Alison Mooney. Expansive, bright and energetic, Mooney’s gestural abstractions are experimentations in suspense and unknowing. Using a combination of media … Continue reading Alison Mooney: Suspense & Unknowing
Ask anyone in my family what they remember about my maternal grandma, and they’ll mention her in the kitchen baking treats, her glasses on her nose and an apron round her hips. Within our little family of New Zealand migrants, … Continue reading Of Pinnies, Patterns and Reuben Paterson
“Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.” Salman Rushdie The first time I came across Brisbane artist Jeremy Eden, he was a finalist in the Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing. He didn’t … Continue reading Jeremy Eden, the Hyper Real Deal
Time really does stand still when you’re at the opera, doesn’t it? Or rather, it doesn’t stand still so much as shoot you way back to a time before finicky worries like cultural appropriation and pedophilia were considerations. I think … Continue reading OperaQ’s Madama Butterfly
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