Exhibitions
Lethbridge 20000
13 - 30 July 2024With a first prize of $20 000, the Lethbridge Art Award is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit a 2D or 3D artwork up to 61cm (24 inches) in height, width, or depth. Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality, and skill.
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Familiar Faces and Places by Warren Crossett
2 -20 August 2024In this collection I am depicting both people and places that I know very well to explore themes and the acquaintance of experience. The portraits of people I know and landscapes of close or loved places, come together to explore the refuge and intimacy that arises from being connected to those around us and familiar parts of the world we inhabit and at times it’s transcendent connection.
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All'antica by Evan Shipard
2 -20 August 2024Inspired by The Eternal City and following in the legacy of artists from Piranesi to Turner and Sargent, these works aim to evoke a sense of past grandeur. Painted en plein air and in the studio, the pieces capture aspects of my time in Rome. The Forum Romanum stands as a testament to the passage of time and the heights of human ambition. It is a place where art and history converge. The remnants of temples become brushstrokes on the linen of time inviting me to reflect on the balance between creation and ruin.
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Way of Being by Marisa Veerman
23 August - 17 September 2024An important influence on my life has been motherhood. I have found that it plays the role of a mirror, forcing me to reflect on who I am.
Above all, the thing I want most for my children is a life of fully felt experiences. I hope they venture into the world each day, forging connections and finding a sense of belonging.
Scott Breton
20 September - 15 October 2024Using a range of traditional drawing, painting and sculpting media as well as exploring digital counterparts to these, Scott sees plastic composition rather than any particular media as the core of the classical ethos. He is interested in how this sense of plasticity can be utilised by the contemporary artist. This endeavour seems to closely mirror a more general exploration of how the specifics of the contemporary human experience relate to and can be informed by insights about the human condition that have emerged across all of human history.
Bronwyn Hill
18 October - 5 November 2024Bronwyn Hill (b.1989) is a Brisbane based painter. Predominantly focusing on portrait and figurative work, Hill is recognized by her photo-real oil paintings that follow a narrative, exploring self-analysis and introspection that are often inspired by moments in solitude. Hill's use of light and shadow is a recurring feature to her work along with the contrast of high detail and soft layering techniques.
Lisa Christensen
8 - 26 November 2024Redcliffe-based artist Lisa Christensen graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), majoring in painting. Lisa has exhibited in Brisbane and the South-East Corner, and her work has been selected for various prizes including the Thiess Art Prize, Gadens Top Ten, Clayton Utz Art Award and the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize.
Lisa’s paintings have evolved out of a “love for detail, colour and form, and the desire to convey something otherworldly with humble everyday objects”.
Extending on the rich history of still-life painting, Lisa is influenced by the Dutch and Spanish still-life paintings of the 17th century, that focused on themes of mortality through the depiction of flowers, fruits and other domestic objects that stand as reminders of impermanence in this life.
Jodie Wells
29th November - 21st December 2024Jodie Wells has exhibited extensively around Australia since 2007. In that time, she has held a number of solo exhibitions and her work has been selected as a finalist in many of Australia’s top art prizes, including the Duke Prize in 2011. Jodie’s paintings are held in the Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery collection, as well as in private collections around Australia and England.
Jodie manages to capture her images in what is perceived to be minimal broad strokes of paint, spread with a palette knife. Her richly textured style combined with a dramatic colour palette creates vivid interpretations of nature
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Light and Landsape
2 - 20 August 2024Featuring new works by Warren Crossett, Evan Shipard, Joe Whyte and Zac Moynihan, Light and Landscape showcases four distinct visions of the natural and urban terrain, spanning from the timeless ruins of ancient Rome to the vibrant streets of Melbourne and the rugged beauty of Queensland. Each artist brings a unique perspective, transforming the familiar into the extraordinary, exploring themes of history, place, and human experience. This diverse collection invites viewers to traverse time and space, discovering the beauty and complexity inherent in every landscape
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