Peter Smets
Peter Smets is the man of the moment in the Australian art world. He is the country’s young Old Master. For this exquisite example of his eloquent and highly finessed painting style, it is the old master he has most assiduously emulated. If bright is a thing, he has the advantage early of being born […]
James Ainslie
James Ainslie was born in South Australia in 1950, graduated in art from the South Australian School of Art and has exhibited throughout Australia and overseas since 1975. Harking back to his childhood in South Australia, spent playing around the Coorong and exploring the huge sand tracks around the Murray River, sand and water have […]
John Santucci
Moving to Byron Bay a few years ago my work was mainly focused on surreal cityscapes and whimsical caravans, new surroundings launched thoughts of new directions. I didn’t want to pursue seascapes and lighthouses, instead I chose a subject that was quite literally staring me in the face. Our garden was somewhat basic, but Byron’s […]
Crispin Akerman
Crispin Akerman is a visual artist living and working in the South West of Western Australia. He grew up in the Perth Hills then Wanneroo where he spent his spare time in the bush, drawing, painting, and playing music. He went to Claremont art school for a brief time before joining Perth band Eurogliders. After […]
Kylie Elkington
These paintings represent a collection of memories and manifestations of the way in which the exquisite beauty of nature appeals to me. The result of a layering of sensations and knowledge about a place, the role of the species of natives and others in that place, and in turn, the ways in which all elements […]
Tommy Watson – Yannima Pikarli
One of Australia’s greatest Aboriginal artists, Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson was a senior Pitjant-jatjara leader. Tommy Watson grew up living a traditional nomadic life in the semi-arid country at the edge of the Gibson Desert. Learning about his country, culture and tjukurpa from his father and grandparents, he developed a deep spiritual connection with his […]
Stanislas Piechaczek
French-Australian artist Stanislas Piechaczek brings to life on canvas a creatively distinct blend of vivid colours and silhouetted figures in various quirky scenes and interiors. His style is an unusual combination of relaxed calm and jazzed up activity depicting figures eating, sun baking, chatting and chilling in the laid back atmosphere. The canvas is a […]
Lisa Perruzza
Born and raised in the picturesque Lake District of Northern England, Lisa enjoyed the cultural influence of both English and Italian heritage. Lisa’s path as an artist can be traced back to her early childhood and the influence of my late Mother, who always encouraged Lisa to explore her creativity through painting and drawing as […]
Mathew Lynn
Mathew Lynn lives and works between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Australia. For over twenty years he has been one of Australia’s best known and successful portrait artists. Whilst this continues, his practice focuses primarily on contemporary figurative and landscape painting. His first exhibition Coogee Is Everywhere (August 2019) followed by The Silver Expanse (August […]
Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson’s distinctive contemporary paintings of the Australian, Italian and Spanish landscape are iconic. Johnson has exhibited his works throughout almost all major international cities and has been included in art collections worldwide including The National Museum of Damascus, Syria, Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia and the Presidential Palace in Israel to name just […]