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Category: Visual Arts Writing

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Tim McMonagle at Edwina Corlette Gallery

December 21, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

There is something eerily familiar about the trees that have begun to sprout up in Tim McMonagle’s work in recent times. An artist who has spent almost two decades disseminating human nature’s foibles and absurdities through his whimsical compositions, McMonagle … Continue reading Tim McMonagle at Edwina Corlette Gallery

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Sue Beyer, guiding force

September 30, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Melbourne-based artist Sue Beyer is no stranger to Queensland audiences, with her public artworks adorning buildings in Brisbane and Ipswich. An alumni of the Queensland College of Art (QCA) and California State University in San Francisco, Beyer’s work focuses on … Continue reading Sue Beyer, guiding force

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Lucy Anderson, deskilled domestic

September 23, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Brisbane artist Lucy Anderson is one of the river city’s most exciting emerging artists. Since graduating from Queensland College of Art (QCA) in 2012, she has become known for her faux-naïve still life paintings of domestic scenes, an inward-looking emulation … Continue reading Lucy Anderson, deskilled domestic

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Simryn Gill: Sweet Chariot

September 17, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home, I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? I saw a band of angels coming after me, If you get there before I do, Tell all my friends, I’m … Continue reading Simryn Gill: Sweet Chariot

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Gabrielle Jones’ Wicked Games

September 17, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

“full of shining light…[she] lets the inner things – her soul – come in to her paintings [and] evokes feelings from the viewer.” Charles Blackman, discussing the work of Gabrielle Jones. From her home in the Blue Mountains, artist Gabrielle … Continue reading Gabrielle Jones’ Wicked Games

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Denise Reichenbach’s Raw Emotions

August 19, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Born in East Germany prior to the Berlin Wall’s collapse, Denise Reichenbach brings a particular artistic sensibility to her work. A hybrid form of painting, drawing, collage and sculpture, her work swings between abstract and figurative composition, dealing with the … Continue reading Denise Reichenbach’s Raw Emotions

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Ray Coffey’s Surreal Talent

August 11, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Born in Liverpool during the post-Beatlemania counterculture of the 60s, Ray Coffey realised he might have a talent for drawing when, aged eight, a schoolmate accused him of getting his dad to do his artwork for him. Entirely self-taught, he became … Continue reading Ray Coffey’s Surreal Talent

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Elysha Rei: Rare Bird

July 9, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Brisbane artist Elysha Rei is the personification of the expression “worldly.” Born in Saudi Arabia, she lived with her family in Australia, Thailand, New Zealand and Japan, and travelled with them to Europe, China, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia and Singapore. This … Continue reading Elysha Rei: Rare Bird

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Clairy Laurence: Clairy in Wonderland

July 8, 2016July 15, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

Had the writer Lewis Carroll chosen clay over pen & paper, he may well have created something like the work of Clairy Laurence. A ceramicist with over 30 years of experience, Laurence uses a combination of hand building and wheel … Continue reading Clairy Laurence: Clairy in Wonderland

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Andy Harwood: the art of Geometric Abstraction

July 6, 2016July 16, 2024 Carrie McCarthy

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

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