Artist Achievements

Lemonade Letters to Art: Octopus Moon by Arryn Snowball - Jonathan McBurnie

 
 

“And this is where, despite the dramatic shift toward a more graphic and perhaps indexical approach to representation, we realise that, actually, these pictures still align with Snowball’s extant oeuvre. Like McCahon, Snowball’s own interest in the world is not limited to a narrow band, but rather a broad continuum. At one end is the more esoteric: philosophy, existentialism, the sublime. Ideas that might help the artist chart some way through the world, ideas that might offer clues to life. At the other end, like McCahon, are scientific texts, the world according to data, based on measurements, observations, and the charting of patterns. “

Images by Carl Warner.

 

Kellie O’Dempsey in Noosa Regional Gallery | 8.12.23

Kellie O’Dempsey in Noosa Regional Gallery | 8.12.23

Kellie O’Dempsey is showing in Noosa Regional Gallery for her exhibition ‘She Does (working title)’ between 2 December 2023 - 18 February 2024. She Does (working title) gives visual form to the memory and experience of the liminal space between dying and death. In caring for someone exiting this life, Kellie O’Dempsey felt like they..

Ian Friend Finalist in The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) 2023 | 17.10.23

Ian Friend Finalist in The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) 2023 | 17.10.23

Congratulations to Ian Friend who is a finalist in the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) 2023 with the work Freycinit. The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland with a record prize pool of over $140,000…

Andrew Browne & Karla Marchesi Finalists in Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2023 | 12.10.23

Andrew Browne & Karla Marchesi Finalists in Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2023 | 12.10.23

Congratulations to Andrew Browne and Karla Marchesi whose works are finalists in the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2023. Held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize attracts some of Australia’s most accomplished artists, awarding a generous acquisitive cash prize of $50,000.