Catalogue essay for Caroline Rannersberger’s solo exhibition ILLUMINOUS, 19th July – 6th August 2016, Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC Australia. It must be difficult for visual artists who live in Tasmania to not be affected by the spectacular natural environment that surrounds them. Maybe its something in the air, or perhaps its carried on the … Continue reading
Like all things of beauty and rarity found in the natural world, Ian Parry’s paintings contain a kind of pure intensity that immediately transfixes the eye. His vibrant use of colour is wielded with genius mark-making skill that belies the complete confidence of this senior Australian artist. Parry’s paintings are dense and chromatically complex, comprised … Continue reading
Photo-media artist Troy Ruffels extends the boundaries of traditional photography towards a realm of limitless creative possibilities. Observing and recording sites within the Tasmanian wilderness and beyond, Ruffels draws from multiple source images to arrive at his final works. In doing so the artist weaves a highly personal and emotive response to various locations within … Continue reading
Adam Nudelman’s recent exhibition at Art Equity in Sydney (In Our Private Universe, 7 – 22 March, 2013) displayed the work of an artist at the height of his creative powers – the culmination of years of art making and countless hours spent immersed in the landscape recording its many moods and moments. These works … Continue reading
Tasmanian based artist Milan Milojevic is a pioneer in the field of digital printmaking. His work has recently been subject of a retrospective exhibition, A World Between: A Survey of Prints by Milan Milojevic showing at Plimsoll Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania. This is the original article from which an excerpt was published back in 2009 in the … Continue reading
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