I’m pleased to have recently exhibited with The Brisbane Gallery in February 2026. “Escape” is described as a quiet invitation to slow down, bringing together contemporary landscape and seascape works that offer space, stillness and distance from the everyday. These ideas sit very naturally within my own practice as an Australian landscape artist working primarily in oil.
Much of my work explores atmosphere, stillness and psychological space within the landscape. The paintings are often shaped by heavy skies, weather systems and wide horizons, yet within them there is a held sense of calm. This stillness is not imagined. It reflects where I learned to go during periods of chaos or emotional intensity, when quiet became a form of refuge. The land becomes a place to hold that experience, allowing weight and movement to exist alongside peace.
Rather than focusing on literal depiction, my oil paintings are concerned with mood, distance and what remains after weather has passed. They sit in the space between realism and abstraction, using restrained colour and open land to invite viewers to slow down and breathe with the landscape. I’m grateful to be included in an exhibition that values stillness, contemplation and the quiet power of contemporary landscape painting.
