The appeal of Melissa Egan’s visual storytelling stems not only from her diverse subjects – human and animal – but equally from her expressive depiction of them....
This exhibition's title refers not only to the size of the works but also to 'the small 'pocket views' that are often depicted within an overall scene. Preview by Dr Joseph Brennan....
Kirsten Chambers' layered paintings express her profound delight in the Byron Bay hinterland’s natural environment in south-eastern New South Wales....
In 'Menagerie' a series of vibrantly coloured portrait-like paintings illuminate Dean Bowen’s playful interpretations of various bird species, cats, dogs, and echidnas....
Erica Gray continues her 'life.e.quatic' series – celebrating the vivid colours, intricate patterning and structural complexities observed in a variety of marine creatures, coral formations particularly...
In ’The Home of Kindness’, Dean Bowen depicts starry night skies, comets returning to earth, boats, echidnas, birds, pets and insects all make an appearance....
Informed by her multicultural upbringing, Samantha Everton examines the intrusion of Western culture within Asian customs and the contemporary struggle for authenticity amid conflicting cultural pressures....
Central imagery is tattoo-esque with inner landscapes of ‘Australiana’ iconography; “territories that we don’t necessarily want to discuss, but sugar-coating them so as to appear less confronting”, says Kristin Tennyson....
"A Melissa Egan painting has the power to transport the viewer far from the everyday and into another world where gravity has been cancelled and notions of time and place have long since dissolved."...
Woven into these works are the artist's personal stories and understandings of universal symbology, aspiring to express the ineffable and demonstrate the interconnectedness of these birds through her art making....
Anthea Polson Art comes to Melbourne in February for a nine-day program showcasing the varied and exceptional talents of a number of the gallery's represented artists from 5 to 13 February 2016....