Issue #38 2023

In Conversation With: Laura Ramirez

Love at first throw: Laura Ramirez describes how a throwing class in ceramics gave way to a deeper journey of bringing together earth from Australia and Spain.

Artist Profile: Linda Riseley

With an instinct for authentic expression, Linda Riseley built an international career by channelling difficult experiences into a poignant art practice. Surprisingly, her great uncle just might have known that this would happen all along. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Artist Profile: Michael Gromm

There is no undo button in paint, says Michael Gromm. Armed with this philopshpy, the artist ventures colours, shapes and all into a realm of scientific possiblity and elastic bliss. Words by Erin Irwin.

Artist Profile: Josh Robbins

Armed with a flair for the unorthodox, Josh Robbins continues to reinvent himself and his art following an early career in advertising, sharing compelling visions of the world along the way. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Artist Profile: Corinne Melanie

A trip to Europe in early 2020 saw Corinne Melanie rediscover her art. Now, as she explores new frontiers in her practice, she’s perfecting the merge of the classical with the modern. Erin Irwin writes.

Living with Art: Paula Mills

In her 1920s Victorian weatherboard workers cottage, artist Paula Mills displays a collection that manifests her belief that art should be a resistance to the demands of daily life. Cardia Speziale writes. Photography by Brian Doherty.

Last Word: Antoinette Poisson

A fashionable French boutique wallpaper creator has released its first scenic wallpaper, to much excitement. Words by Briony Downes.

Project Sheet: Brooklyn Brownstone

A talented decorator brought out the big guns to restyle this Brooklyn Brownstone in just four hours, including the art. Briony Downes writes.

Project Sheet: Speargrass House

From a raised plateau in Queenstown overlooking The Remarkables and Coronet Peak, we take in a home that splendidly echoes the mountain ranges beyond. Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

Best of Digital: Aimee Timpson

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

Best of Digital: Danielle Wright

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

Best of Digital: Karen Klimm

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

In Conversation With: Damian Bisogni

If Damian Bisogni could pick three artworld players to invite to dinner, one guest would be his great aunt, Margit Pogany, the famous muse of Constantin Brancusi.

Designer’s Brief: Lihong Zhang

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Sarah Haegens

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Heidi Savage

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Roy B Wilkins

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

In Conversation With: Matthew Gillett

With his studio in a pub overlooking the ocean, Matthew Gillett spends his days grappling with old paint before catching those south-coast waves.

In Conversation With: Marisa Mu

In watching her late mother paint, Marisa Mu came to embody a strength that now resonates powerfully in and beyond her work.

In Series: Eamon Wyss

Having encountered Aboriginal dot paintings in the desert as a child, drone photographer Eamon Wyss uses his love of Country to turn the salt lakes of Victoria into mesmerising abstractions.

In Series: Kachina Davidson

As a third generation Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri artist, Kachina Davidson follows in the footsteps of her mother and grandfather. Her artworks are in high demand, with each piece paying tribute to her heritage.

In Series: Lucinda Leveille

Starting with the view of a single spindly gum tree from her studio window is how Lucinda Leveille paints the thundery drama of the Aussie landscape.

In Series: Sherylle Dovaston

With extensive experience in travel and the humanities, Sherylle Dovaston takes her lifelong observations to offer new readings on the worlds we experience without and within.

Studio Visit: Rose Rudd

Near a small rural town in North Canterbury, 30 minutes from Christchurch City/Ōtautahi, is where you will find Rose Rudd.

Studio Visit: Angela McHugh

Angela McHugh’s portraits and landscapes explore personal connections to flora, fauna, history and place.

Studio Visit: Cat Jean Campbell

Cat Jean Campbell is a self-taught expressionist artist. Working from her studio in South Yarra, Melbourne/Naarm, her work is discovered through painting and drawing intuitive abstractions and musings on raw canvas within a muted colour palette.

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Designer’s Brief: Joey Segundo

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the five artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Artist Profile: Chris Abrahams

Each day Chris Abrahams spends time working in drawing, then paint, then etching, then ceramics. In that order. In each medium, every day, he finds remarkable new ways to portray himself. Erin Irwin writes.

Living with Art: Greg Natale

In an irresistibly plush and palatial world of their making, we sit down with Greg Natale and his partner Jason Greenhalgh in their Darlinghurst home bursting with historical riches. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Project Sheet: The Nomad of Surry Hills

Inspired by the language of a Romanian sculptor, NoMad House by Alexander &CO. takes us far and away before bringing us back to Sydney’s treasured inner-east. Words by Cardia Speziale.

Designer’s Brief: Jacqui Armstrong

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the five artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Artist Profile: Steve Rosendale

Old-school motels and feel-good nostalgia: for the love of all things 1960s, Steve Rosendale takes us back to the half-remembered images of that film we once saw... Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

In Series: Alison Percy

A summer on a mountain, surrounded by the wildflowers of high country: Alison Percy paints us a picture of Bogong’s high plains, with a nod to Japanese calligraphy.

In Series: Benjamin Cole

For Benjamin Cole, his series Reflection is a raw and emotive visual display of life, events, outcomes, strength and pull post the pandemic. Above: Benjamin Cole, Rest Less, 2023. Photography, 120 x 80cm. Courtesy: the artist.

Artist Profile: Heidi Woodhead

Heidi Woodhead gives us the life and death of a tulip. But first, she suspends us in a dream-like domain. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Artist Profile: Anthony Breslin

Anthony Breslin’s accomplished and extensive practice is a high-energy, captivating cacophony of objects, colour, memory and emotion performed across canvas, large-scale murals, theatre and what he aptly calls his paint operas. Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

Studio Visit: Shellie Christian

Shellie Christian is a Central Coast sculptor and ceramicist, expressing her life and soul connection with the land through earth-inspired forms.

Project sheet: La Palma

Have you ever taken the lines of a painting and extended them onto the walls? Sydney interior designer Yasmine Ghoniem has, and her design exuberance within this Mexican-inspired fiesta doesn’t end there. Penny Craswell writes.

Special Feature: Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning, host of The Arts Show on ABC Radio, is an artist, writer, broadcast journalist and a gay Aboriginal man. He spoke to Art Edit while travelling in Europe, where he is researching his second book about the lives of two Aboriginal men who died there, far from their homes, in the 1800s. Words by Louise Martin-Chew.

In Series: Kate Horn

A solitary house set in an unspecified rendered landscape in a limited colour palette: these are the things with which Kate Horn asks us to pause, rest and reflect.

Last Word: Weave Me This

In true Gobelin style, CEO Sophie Travers takes us under the weft and over the warps to talk Australian tapestry. She describes our age-old relationship to textiles, the weavers that possess the gift of their own secret language and an artform that might just be AI-proof.

Project sheet: Monomeath House

From coral-pink fluted walls to jade-green cabinets, this home has an uncompromising interior and artwork with stories to tell. Words by Penny Craswell.

In Series: Leree Lindsay

Inspired by the lush native bushland that surrounds her studio, Leree Lindsay introduces us to the bounties of her beloved garden.

In Series: Mohamed Abarda

Influenced by his North African origins and heritage, Mohamed Abarda gives us a bewitching, contemporary perspective on the landscape genre.

Studio Visit: Natasha Pandji

Flowers grow and wither away quietly, all within their own accord. They never seek permission to bloom. And in this process, Natasha Pandji finds comfort and wisdom.

Gallery Panel: Cynthia Howard

The work: Cynthia Howard, This Too Shall Pass, 2022. Oil on panel, 60cm diameter. Cynthia Howard’s This Too Shall Pass is a whimsical exploration of the relationship between our internal psyche and the physical human experience. As the realistically painted figure tumbles in cyclecar continuum, her metaphysical self responds to the tribulations of the world […]

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Project Sheet: A Modern Masterpiece

The designs of Greg Natale unfold in ways not unlike the meticulous handling of a great many puzzle pieces, each one fitting with the next to create wondrous harmony, and an intricate result. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Buyer’s Guide: Living with the Art you Want to Live With

Galleries once brought artworks to a buyer’s home to let them live with it for a few days before committing to a purchase, but are in-person experiences like these still necessary or are there other ways to visualise the art you want to live with in your space? Briony Downes writes.

In Series: Kate Slowey

Sydney-based artist Kate Slowey paints a fluid visual diary, expressing her personal and the universal experience all at once.

Artist Profile: Kate Briscoe

Marked by scratches and blisters, Kate Briscoe’s works elevate the harsher beauty of our ancient landscapes. Emily Best writes.

Studio Visit: Anna Ward

After many adventures, study and travel, New Zealand/Aoearoa-born artist, Anna Ward resides now in Robina on the Gold Coast/Yugambeh with her family. It is here she works from her home studio creating large works full of expressive mark making and layers.

Last Word: Crafting the Future

With an eye on the future, Iris Lucia uses new technologies to create novel renditions of the objects we have always known.

Project Sheet: Down to earth

Tracing the history of its clients’ lives and setting the stage for intergenerational memory-making, Terra House is a grounded and truly timeless piece of design. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Studio visit: Java Leonard

At 22 years of age and based in Auckland/ Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand, Java Leonard has only ever known a life of artistic creation. 

Studio Visit: Anna Fitzpatrick

Anna Fitzpatrick is known for her compositional rhythms, use of bold colours, and intuitive approach to depicting her chosen subject matter — often the ancient and Intractable beauty of the Australian landscape.

Artist Profile: Greg Mallyon

In a world where most have their feet squarely on the ground, Greg Mallyon chooses to soar with the birds and share the layered world they see from above. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

In Series: Katie Clulow

Tapping into her love for botanicals, Katie Clulow effectively captures the movement of her floral subject in a single photograph.

In Conversation With: Ross Potter

Choosing graphite to create his large-scale works, Ross Potter takes the everyday and immortalises it in hyper-realistic art that doesn’t miss a detail.

Project Sheet: Rounded Out

Working with the client’s existing art collection, interior design studio Duet has taken this Sydney home to the next level with an interior filled with rich colours and a mix of old and new. Penny Craswell writes.

In Series: Jules Stoneham

Using tea, botanicals, and acrylics, Melbourne-based artist Jules Stoneham depicts twilight moments at the ocean’s edge, and the whirl of salty air filling our lungs.

Art Mood: Liz Corkhill Knight

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates Liz Corkhill Knight's artwork in an enviable 3D rendered setting.

In Series: Lahaina Limaco

Self-taught artist Lahaina Limaco embodies the discomfort between moments, crafting a caricature of the awkward gazes shared and experienced in daily life.

Living with Art: A Story Without Filler

Where every element tells the story of its inhabitants, the Crawford Place home of Brett Mickan and Nick English – partners in life and work – is alive in stories of lives well lived, and tales yet to come. Nabila Chemaissem writes. Photography by Pablo Veiga.

Objecthood: A&A

Celebrating the kaleidoscopic visual effects of straw marquetry, Adam Goodrum (AG) and Arthur Seigneur (AS), together A&A, create collectible pieces where every detail is fully bespoke.

Art Mood: Elise Hogan

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates Elise Hogan’s artwork in an enviable 3D rendered setting.

Buyer’s Guide: Brave New Collectors

Confident, cashed up and well-travelled, a new generation of collectors is jumping in at the deep end, but many of the old rules of starting an art collection still apply, according to art consultants. Words by Louise Martin-Chew.

In Series: O.Hiisi

To explore body and form, O. Hiisi brings together found and imagined images through a dedicated use of lines and dots.

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Objecthood: Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

Deriving inspiration from nature, French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance creates objects that marry heritage, material, and craftsmanship to create pieces that last.

Expert Eye: How to buy authentically

A residential art collection is often best when it is deeply personal, reflecting the lived experience and values of the collector. Margaret Hancock Davis talks to Penny Craswell about her collection.

Last Word: The art of gaming

A bridge between genres, video games are an amalgamated artform that open up new possibilities for the appreciation of art in a new dimension. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Art Mood: Schira Withers

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates these artworks in enviable 3D rendered settings.

In Series: Laini Eckardt

Ophelia in the Bath Celebrating the beauty of nature and the feminine form, Laini Eckardt’s work gives colour to the complexities alive in all of us.

Art Mood: Ashley Marshman

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates these artworks in enviable 3D rendered settings.

Project sheet: Come full circle

With a design inspired by a tale of accidental art theft, this pre-war New York City apartment is dramatic in all the right ways. Words by Pilar Mitchell.

Artist Profile: Meg Gallagher

The details within Meg Gallagher’s work whisper, calling for us to look closer with quiet appreciation of nature’s gentle fluidity. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Destination art: A special invitation

Stepping inside artist studios is a rare opporunity. Now more than ever, artist-run collectives across the country want you to take a closer look at the magic they weave behind the curtain. Briony Downes writes.

Studio Visits: Tom Rowney

One of the most accomplished glass blowers in Australia, NSW-based Tom Rowney explores the use of Venetian glassblowing techniques in his constant pursuit of perfection. He is the Technical Director at Canberra Glassworks, and continues to be sought after for teaching and fabrication projects by the leading glass studios and artists in Australia and overseas.

In Series: Marjatta Kaukomaa

Nostalgia Tapping into our visual memory with her use of ceramic, Marjatta Kaukomaa invites nostalgic indulgence in patterned interiors and vintage decor.

In Series: Liz Cuming

Snippets from Beyond - Outback paintings Sydney-based artist Liz Cuming beckons viewers just as nature does, to venture out and seek delight even within our outback’s harshest conditions.

Artist Profile: Andy Leleisi’uao

The son of Samoan immigrants, Aotearoa-born artist Andy Leleisi’uao weaves expressions of hope into alternate  universes to tell tales of diasporic identity. Lucinda Bennett writes.

In Series: Russell “MOW” Murchie

New Works From Mornington, Victoria, Russell “MOW” Murchie illustrates 1960s and 70s biker and counter culture with warm vibrance and high contrast

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In Series: Dr Farvardin Daliri

Iranian-Australian artist Dr Farvardin Daliri aims to give viewers a deeper understanding of consciousness, to inspire them to look at the world with inquisitiveness, if only for a moment.

Designers Brief: Marianne Urth

Julia Green, founder and director of Geelong-based Greenhouse Interiors creates bespoke looks for these five works of art.

Artist Profile: Amica Aindow

Ditching the paint brush, Amica Aindow uses alcohol, saffron and coffee to make rivers of colour on canvas. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Studio Visit: Ash Holmes

Ash Holmes is a Sydney-based artist who draws on colour psychology and her environment, Guringai Land, for an everevolving source of inspiration in her abstract paintings. Often working large-scale canvases with acrylic paint, her gestural mark-making draws on the simplicity of nature.

Artist Profile: Noel Hart

Blowing life into glass, Noel Hart transforms material into worlds of natural wonder. Aarushi Zarthoshtimanesh writes.

Project Sheet: For the love of pink

A careful selection of artworks, some ingenious custom furniture and a client with a love of pink have come together in this major redesign. Penny Craswell writes.

Art Mood: Kate Cox

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

Art Mood: An Aesthetic Fairy-tale

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

In Series: Pamela Jones

Tasmanian artist Pamela Jones captures the dynamic interactions between the ocean and land, which she skilfully translates to a two dimensional surface for her latest series.

Artist Profile: Nellie Ngampa Coulthard

After the rain, just before the summer starts is when the wattle takes hold of Yankunytjatjara Country. This is when Nellie Ngampa Coulthard paints her Country. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

Project Sheet: Up the Garden Path

Link House might boast refined architecture, stylish interiors, and a rotating collection of spectacular local art – but spatial and compositional elements are the true hero in this garden paradise. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Art Mood: Bridie O’Brien

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

Project Sheet: Bounty and beauty

An avocado tree seems an unlikely source of inspiration for the redesign of a home, yet in its bounty designer Romaine Alwill saw a perfect balance of art, design and function. Pilar Mitchell writes.

Designers Brief: Janno Mclaughlin

Julia Green, founder and director of Geelong-based Greenhouse Interiors creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

In Series: Audrey Kearns

Audrey Kearns’ latest series is a study of our external surroundings and the beauty of everyday objects we overlook in our daily lives.

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Artist Profile: Jane du Rand

From vast mosaic murals to dainty sculptures of glittering fauna, Jane du Rand’s distinct artworks defy scale to master their medium. Pranika Nayyar writes.

In Series: Jacob Jon

Taking his cues from his heritage and nature, Jacob Jon’s latest series is an exploration of individuality and an invitation to connect with what flows in moments of stillness.

In Series: Kylie Daniel

Showcasing the raw grit of the Australian landscape through heavily textured brown and black surfaces, Kylie Daniel dedicates her latest series to the beauty of the Australian outback.

Designers Brief: Fiona Gavino

Auckland-based interior designer Natalie Parke of Dessien Parke interior design studio creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

Living with Art: Personality At Every Turn

The art collection of designer and stylist Zoe Murphy is guided by playful exuberance, character and a dog called Hairy Harry. Briony Downes writes. Photography by Elke Meitzel. 

Artist Profile: JESWRI

From poking fun at the Prime Minister to referencing pressing social and racial issues, JESWRI’s multifaceted works are armed with lasting potency. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

In Series: Jonathan Hayward

With a sense of humour and an interest in Pop art, Jonathan Hayward takes classical icons and transplants them into the 21st century, complete with social media and pop culture references.

Studio Visit: Nathan Feldman

Geelong/Djilang-based artist Nathan Feldman has been a practicing artist for the past 30 years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University and studied at The Geelong Fine Art School. Feldman paints snapshots of his memory. urban and natural landscapes merge together with a sense of nostalgia and melancholy. Themes of love, loss, grief, suffering and joy are explored where the natural world serves as metaphor.

Studio Visit: Liselle Powell

Perth/Boorloo-based painter Liselle Powell paints landscapes in acrylic, oil sticks and pastel to hold onto memories of place. Powell has studied a Bachelors in Visual Arts and Design; a Bachelors in Linguistics; Makeup; and Graphic design. In 2022 she won the national ArttoArt Unearthed Art prize in Melbourne.

Designers Brief: Leonie McIntosh

Auckland-based interior designer Natalie Parke of Dessien Parke interior design studio creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

In Series: Ian Burgess

On a continuing quest for luminance, movement and energy, UK-born, Lake Macquarie-based artist Ian Burgess celebrates the landscape in all its forms.

Special Feature: Banding Together

Not all art hangs on your walls. In this special feature, Dee Jefferson interviews musician Alex the Astronaut and artist Giulia Giannini McGauran about their shared creative vision and the resurgence of vinyl cover art as a collectible.

Buyers Guide: Talk the Talk

So, you want to have a conversation with an artist but are unsure of what to say? Just ask questions. Briony Downes takes us through it.

Artist Profile: Alan Todd

For five decades, Alan Todd has expressed through many mediums what words cannot. Erin Irwin writes.

Destination Art: The Other Art Fair

The Other Art Fair’s dynamic program of art and live experiences will return to Sydney in the lead-up to Christmas, offering something for art lovers of all persuasions. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Expert Eye: Ramping up the sensory pleasure of your home

From the touch of a silk rug underfoot to the feeling of being enveloped by a chair lined in fur, interior design can create immersive environments for all the senses. Penny Craswell speaks to interior designers William Smart and Simone Haag about two projects that do just that.

Project Sheet: Market to Market

Transforming a worker’s boarding house into a home filled with art and poetry was no easy feat for Melbourne designer Brahman Perera. Penny Craswell write

Art Mood: Tracey Clark

Meet Melbourne-based interior designer, stylist and trend forecaster Bree Leech – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer.

In Series: Scott Elk

Contrasting light and dark, hard and soft, focused and blurry, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist Scott Elk takes his cues from physical human interaction, with form fragmenting reality.

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Artist Profile: Harold David

Pivoting from photography to painting, Harold David has found his stride, captivating viewers with works evoking transcendence of the everyday. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Objecthood: Snelling Studio

Snelling Studio beautifully blends art and industrial design. Maddy Matheson interviews its founder Bec Snelling.

In Series: Jan Oram

New Zealand-based, self taught artist Jan Oram brings the personalities of animals to life, combining fashion and culture with whimsy and cheek.

Living with Art: A Fairy-tale Twist

In the Munich home of Kristina (Mia) Maria Martin, art, design and history combine with a fairy-tale ending. And the best part? It’s round. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Art Mood: Brooke Campbell

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Project Sheet: Sleeping Giant

A study in texture and light, the Casper’s House project by New Zealand design studio Dessein Parke gives new meaning to a house with a view. Maddy Matheson writes. 

Last Word: Amy Yip

Our editor catches up with New York-based cake sensation Amy Yip on the art of baking a masterpiece.

In Conversation with: Jorna Newberry

A Pitjantjatjara woman born at Angus Downs, 300 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs, Jorna Newberry paints the beauty and mystery of her Country.

Artist Profile: Mark Merrikin

Transcending the everyday, the works of Mark Merrikin are considered and quirky vignettes of suburban life. Pilar Mitchell writes. 

Studio Visit: Kim Mintz

Perth/Boorloo-based artist Kim Mintz uses oil paints to blur, layer and duplicate her subjects. Through her work she seeks to capture and reflect the constant re-authoring of self within our Internet-obsessed times.

Project Sheet: Big Picture Thinking

For this residence of epic proportions to be filled with art, careful consideration, industry know-how, and a healthy dose of imagination were required. Megan Dicks and Hannah Abbott, art consultants and co-directors of OTOMYS Gallery, Melbourne, rose to the challenge. Charlotte Middleton writes.

In Series: Abbey Bryon

Working from memory, Abbey Bryon is informed by the coastal landscape of her Northern Beaches home. Using blocks of colour, her work strips back the beauty of the horizon.

In Series: Charlie Nanos

A love letter to Melbourne, Charlie Nanos’ work depicts the city and its surrounds with vibrancy. By altering perspectives and flattening his depth of field, Nanos reimagines the urban landscape

ART MOOD: NEW HEIGHTS

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Destination Art: The Buzz

Each year in August, Darwin comes to life with the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. After a two-year hiatus, the 2022 edition promises to be big. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

Art Mood: George Tjungurrayi

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Buyer’s Guide: Art For All

Murals do more than decorate a wall. They invigorate communities, celebrate the importance of place and identify a street. So how can you go about commissioning your own? Briony Downes finds out.

Studio Visit: Anahita Amouzegar

Painting out of Naarm/Melbourne, Anahita Amouzegar explores the ties between nature and human existence. Her abstract figurative style is ripe with movement and colour and transports us into her world.

Showcase:CHALOM

Erin Irwin takes a closer look at these outstanding works.

Art Mood: Skye LaRocca

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

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Project Sheet: No Regrets

In this home, Sydney design studio Arent&Pyke brings the past and present together with a sense of equilibrium, all the while heroing an impressive art collection. Erin Irwin writes.

Art Mood: Davide Uliana

Alexandra Carter from Perth-based design studio Harlow + Willow heroes the art in these achievable settings.

Artist Profile: Andy Harwood

Brilliantly disorientating, the works of Brisbane-based artist Andy Harwood are contemporary descendants of the Op art movement. Erin Irwin writes.

Art Mood: Mabel Bradley

Alexandra Carter from Perth-based design studio Harlow + Willow heroes the art in these achievable settings.

Studio Visit: Oliver Cain

In the work of Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Oliver Cain there is a universal profundity at play. His latest series references the human figure and gently probes at confronting and challenging issues surrounding sexuality, gender and identity.

Objecthood: Clumsy

Born from boredom yet reared with passion, Clumsy by Monique Chiari is the cuddle-oriented, minimal waste brand we never knew we needed.

Project Sheet: La Dolce Vita

Balmoral’s Villa Carlo is a nod to Italian modernism, suffused with the distinctly contemporary flair of Daniel Boddam Studio and home to an impressive collection of Australian art. Charlotte Middleton writes.

In Series: Tom Phillips

In a series speaking to urban alienation, vulnerability and fragility, Tom Phillips focuses on disadvantaged individuals who are often powerless within our communities.

In Series: Beth Kennedy

In her aptly titled latest series, Brisbane-based Beth Kennedy seeks out the enigmatic beauty of life in an attempt to remedy the heaviness of modern life.

Artist Profile: Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

Senior Yolŋu artist and elder Noŋgirrŋa Marawili paints to the beat of her own drum, communicating culture and Country with poetic force in shades of pink worth pining over. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

Artist Profile: Ebony Russell

Informed by historical depictions of femininity and the ornament, ceramicist Ebony Russell questions the role of gender. Briony Downes writes.

Studio Visit: Voight Ratara

Voight Ratara is a Western Aranda artist based in Ntaria who joined the Hermannsburg Potters in 2021. In his first year of working with clay and underglazes Ratara has quickly become an exciting emerging artist and one to watch. Ratara paints with bold colours and contrasting line work, telling stories of his Country and culture.

Expert Eye: The Poetry of Space

Juliette Arent from Sydney interior design studio Arent&Pyke and Miriam Fanning from Melbourne design practice Mim Design share their tips on how to make an interior sing, and the role that art can play in the process. Penny Craswell writes.

In Series: Sioux Tempestt

Carefully balancing creation and chaos, Sioux Tempestt’s new process-driven series blurs the boundaries between the digital realm and actuality.