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OPENING NIGHT Tuesday 29 July 6pm to 8pm
Painting is a very basic and essential human activity, like dancing and singing. Young children naturally draw and paint, just as they naturally dance and sing. In the high art world, painting goes in and out of fashion, so being a painter is a bit of a roller coaster, especially when market confidence, pandemics and looming world wars are thrown into the mix.
But what a privilege it is to be a painter. It employs and challenges every human faculty and has scope for endless complexity. Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology, thought that love and work were the only important things in life, famously saying, ‘Love and work, work and love – that’s all there is.’. To my mind, painting is the perfect synthesis of love and work.
– Rodney Forbes 2025
*This is Rodney’s twentieth solo show at Australian Galleries.
Dale Cox Take your medicine 2023 acrylic on gold enamel on board framed 73 x 123 cm Congratulations to Sue Anderson, …
Image above: Rodney Forbes The war that never went away 2022 oil on canvas 35 x 71 cm We are …
Rodney Forbes’ paintings address deeply poignant subject matter through dreamlike and surreal imagery. Figures and objects float against his trademark …
Image above: Orest Keywan That Line 2023 steel 168 x 271 x 190cm Congratulations to Orest Keywan, Michael Snape and …
Image above: Andrew Antoniou Weird & Wonderful 2024 charcoal on paper 82 x 88 cm Congratulations to Andrew Antoniou who …
Image above: Christine Wrest-Smith Portrait of Susan Johnson oil on linen 122 x 92cm Congratulations to Christine Wrest-Smith who has been …
Image above: Deborah Williams The air smells different 2023 aquatint intalgio 53×39.5cm Congratulations to Deborah Williams, Martin King and Phillip …
Above image details: Jenny Rodgerson Mum’s orange cardigan 2024 oil on linen 60 x 40 cm Congratulations to Jenny Rodgerson and …
Image above: Sarah Tomasetti From Balpatta X 2024 145 x 150 cm pigment oil and marble dust on fresco Congratulations to Holly …
Image above (left to right): Graeme Drendel Portrait of Rick 2024 oil on canvas 41 x 31 cm | Michelle Hiscock …
Image above: Janet Luxton Giant Australian Cuttlefish 2021 oil on canvas 120x160cm Congratulations to Janet Luxton who has had two …
Above image: Wayne Eager, Allegory I 2023 oil on linen 95 x 133 cm Wayne Eager was interviewed by Janet …
Image above: Marina Strocchi The vineyards of Madden’s Lane 2023 acrylic on linen 122 x 152 cm Congratulations to Kate …