When Paul Ryan paints the landscape, it’s not the scenery so much as the forgotten histories of his local area that he seeks to explore. Never straying far from his home base in Thirroul, a suburb of Wollongong noted for … Continue reading Paul Ryan’s Forgotten Histories
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
The Ambience Store Project was a year long program of exhibitions featuring emerging and unrepresented Australian artists held at Queensland design institution Ambience Store. After a national call out, 27 artists were selected across nine exhibitions that comprised painting, sculpture, … Continue reading The Ambience Store Project
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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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