Gallery Panel: Alison Mooney

Alison Mooney, Sun Shower, 2018. Mixed media, 150 x 150cm.

The interpretive nature of abstraction means that each and every viewer is taken on a unique journey with Alison Mooney’s painting.

Gallery Panel: Cherie Strong

Cherie Strong, Somewhere in the middle of all the chaos… peace. Charcoal on 300gsm paper, 60 x 42cm.

Cherie Strong’s surreal portrait, ‘Somewhere in the middle of all the chaos… peace’, is dark and evocative.

Gallery Panel: Janette Drysdale

Janette Drysdale, Drone Days. Oil on stretched canvas, 122 x 122cm

This painting by Janette Drysdale is a great example of how new angles and perspectives of the landscape are being explored through contemporary painting.

Best of Flora & Fauna: Pamela Pauline

Pamela Pauline, Kookaburra Sits.

Although there the intricate photographs of Pamela Pauline are grounded in Australiana, there is a sense of flight and freedom that lends the images universal resonance.

Artist Profile: Louise Vadasz

Louise Vadasz, Cliffs Port Willunga. Oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm.

South Australian artist Louise Vadasz relies equally on experience and intuition for the creation of her bright and jagged renditions of wild seascapes.

Artist Profile: Alison Percy

Alison Percy, Rocky Valley Lake 1. Gouache on paper en plein air with Tasmanian oak frame, 50.8 x 61m.

Solo exhibitions have been stacking up for Alison Percy, whose calm paintings capture the lyricism of the natural world.

Artist Profile: Nika P. Silva

Nika P. Silva, Amuse Me. Spray paint on mountboard with collage of ink on paper, coloured paper, silk, felt, imitation bronze leaf, tracing paper, viscose and cotton thread, 50 x 70cm.

In her saturated collages of sky and earth, artist Nika P. Silva matches subjects from nature with sublime washes of supernatural colour.