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 for granted. Days when the sun is not a dazzling, stinging, fireball high above … Continue reading Helle Cook: Community of Light
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 that makes the difficult seem effortless. Her work has that indescribable something – … Continue reading Helena Jackson Lloyd: The Truck Show
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 undefined brush strokes, she presents an idiosyncratic imitation of suburbia inspired by Depression Era architecture, motel postcards, … Continue reading Lucy O’Doherty: Are we safe here?
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 are intangible landscapes of vaguely constructivist forms, reactionary mark-making and opaque references to past experiences. Comprised of … Continue reading Sally Anderson: The Washdown and Salvation Jane
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 condition. Employing bold line work and a sophisticated, moody colour palette, Pike draws us in to a surreal … Continue reading Charmaine Pike at Edwina Corlette Gallery
Situated at the Larapinta Valley Town Camp at the base of Mt Gillen in Alice Springs, the Art Room of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre has quickly become one of the most dynamic forces in contemporary Australian Indigenous art. Established … Continue reading Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
The lyrical splendour of the Australian bush is captured in Dan Kyle’s painterly mark. Hovering somewhere between figuration and abstraction, his landscapes play with surface and texture to recreate the majesty and intrigue of the dense scrub that surrounds his … Continue reading Dan Kyle at Edwina Corlette Gallery
Fascinated by the simple beauty of the everyday, Zoe Young works between still life, portraiture and abstraction to capture her delight in life’s fleeting moments, turning them into something intimate, revelatory and long-lasting. The distillation of experiences and sensations is … Continue reading Zoe Young: The Sea is the Key, the Ocean is the Potion
At a bush residency west of Brisbane, six metropolitan photomedia artists gathered to explore the natural world. There were no plans to collaborate, though they saw themselves as like-minded practitioners. Guided by internationally-acclaimed mentor Marian Drew, they hoped to experiment, … Continue reading Verge Collective: Super Natural
Reminiscent of the early 20thcentury action painters, Bridie Gillman’s mark making is an intuitive response to the memories and emotions evoked from her cross-cultural experiences. Initially inspired by her childhood in Indonesia, the now Brisbane-based Gillman’s practice has evolved to … Continue reading Bridie Gillman: Wide Eyed
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