In the Making captures the evolving practice of artist Natalie Lavelle, bringing together early experiments in abstraction and colour field painting with large-scale monochromes and new works that expand into spatial installation. This exhibition distils Lavelle’s interest in the formal language of painting, using colour, form and texture to create a meditative space for the viewer. While laden with art-historical references, Lavelle’s work draws on the powerful immediacy and sensuousness of paint on canvas. Washes of colour in limited palettes create shifting depths, destabilising our spatial perception.
Natalie Lavelle, Untitled (Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue), 2020, oil on Italian linen, 213 × 168cm. Photograph: Marc Pricop. Courtesy the artist, Stable Artspace, Queensland and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
1 March to 11 May 2025
Queensland
