OTOMYS • 20th October 2021

'smalls' exhibition essay for Otomys

"Otomys’ annual group exhibition, smalls explores a narrative beyond scale, instead, welcoming consideration from their artists that connects the viewer with a closer thought and look outside of the obvious. Showcasing work by 15 Australian and International Otomys artists, smalls presents a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, timber, pigment print and watercolour monotypes."

Saint Cloche • 29th September 2021

CARISSA KARAMARKO — artist bio

"Carissa Karamarko is an emerging artist based in Melbourne who uses the genre of still life to explore colour, navigating different worlds and experiences through objecthood. Carissa’s artworks investigate our relationship to objects and their meaning, both inherent, associated or inherited. However, using expressive colour, she expands on this traditional art genre, affirming its place within today’s contemporary art world."

OTOMYS • 22nd September 2021

Greg Wood 'Nature of Change' Otomys — catalogue essay

"In his new exhibition, Nature of Change, Australian artist Greg Wood, reflects on the impact of the last 18 months with an innovative approach. Instead of exploring the materiality of the surface, Wood turns to an ephemeral reality - an illusion of the material in the creation of a world that can be glimpsed beyond the two dimensional."

Libby Haines Art • 19th September 2021

Libby Haines — artist statement

Originally from Sale, Gippsland, artist Libby Haines swapped the country for Melbourne, where she works from her home studio. As a mother and an artist, her work cherishes the joy of everyday moments and the nostalgia of objects in colourful still life paintings.

28th August 2021

Fiona Chandler — Catalogue essay, 'I Know that Rock'

Fiona Chandler’s latest collection of works, 'I know that rock', muses on another lockdown. However, within this comes the sense of peace and reflection — especially when isolated on the picturesque Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

11th August 2021

Exhibition essay for Ash Holmes 'Eternal Dawn' collection

"Drawing on her whimsical abstraction oeuvre, Eternal Dusk is the latest collection of artworks from Sydney-based artist Ash Holmes — the result of months of planning and painting through two lockdowns."

Ash Holmes Art • 10th August 2021

BIOGRAPHY — Ash Holmes Art

Ash Holmes is a Sydney-based artist who draws on colour psychology and her environment on Sydney's Northern Beaches for an ever-evolving source of inspiration in her abstract paintings.

.M Contemporary • 15th July 2021

Maria Jose Benvenuto | The Stroke — exhibition essay

"Illuminating a fluidity of movement, Maria Jose Benvenuto’s latest collection of paintings expose the action of the process. This series focuses on the exploration of the brushstrokes as a singular entity, but also, the range of possibilities that comes from provocation – the brush becoming an extension of the body."

9th May 2021

Leah Fraser 'Let her go into the darkness' — exhibition essay

'Let her go into the darkness' raises questions of our disconnection to the environment; destruction for more houses, food, beauty products, clothes. All elements that contemporary women muse over — the artworks ask if there is more to modern life?

lauren elise in colour • 23rd April 2021

Lauren Kennedy — Artist Statement

"Infatuated with the Australian landscape, Lauren Kennedy’s artworks explore the tension between the harsh, rugged environment and her longing for the simplicity of nature."

15th April 2021

StudioPROBA - About

"Founded in 2013 by Alex Proba, Studio Proba is a New York-based multidisciplinary design studio focusing on product, graphic, environmental, and furniture design and artwork."

- • 14th April 2021

Julie Nicholson — artist statement

Julie Nicholson — artist statement

- • 26th March 2021

Hayley Millar-Baker - artist bio

Ash Holmes Art • 6th March 2021

'RECOLLECTION ECHO' by Ash Holmes — exhibition essay

Using her distinctive dreamy aesthetics, Northern Beaches artist, Ash Holmes presents her latest collection of works, 'Recollection Echo'.

10th December 2020

Marnie Wark — 'Let No Flower of Spring Pass By Us' exhibition essay

Finding hope within colour, Marnie Wark’s new collection came from a deeply personal reflection, facing both individual loss and a community confusion in a COVID-world that cultivated sorrow on a global level. However, this profound reaction to her own grief inspired a change in Wark’s perspective; clarity formed, exposing a new way to see life.

Amanda Tye • 10th December 2020

Amanda Tye - Artist Statement

Amanda Tye - Artist Statement

The Corner Store Gallery • 25th November 2020

The Corner Store Gallery — About

Copywriting for The Corner Store Gallery in East Orange

Madeline Young • 20th November 2020

Madeline Young Artist Bio

Madeline Young Artist Bio

20th November 2020

Ember Fairbairn 'Thin Skins' — exhibition catalogue essay

Thin Skins by Ember Fairbairn explores the yearning of belonging in nature and how relationships with place play out in the time of covid. As the artist describes, the veils or skins are thin, but they have not yet shed. View the collection: https://sophiegannongallery.com.au/exhibition/thin-skins

6th October 2020

Catalogue Release 'LET NATURE SEE WITHIN' — Ash Holmes

Sydney-based artist, Ash Holmes muses on an idea inspired by Mark Rothko for her new body of work, Let Nature See Within. Considering Rothko’s philosophy of ‘not seeing out into the world, but seeing within’, the artist draws on mother nature, reflecting on her connection with her home country, Australia through carefully chosen colour fields.