Lani Westerman’s paintings are architecturally inspired, abstracted, non-figurative depictions of various Sydney locations, frequently focused on sports venues. Westerman explains “The spaces where the natural and the man-made environment intersect create interesting juxtapositions,” she continues. “I strive to capture the essence of a place.” Transcending classical landscape traditions, notions of perspective and depth are in […]
Steve Tyerman’s seventh exhibition with Anthea Polson Art is again characterised by an intense involvement in the materiality of paint and his intimate engagement with the environment. In speaking of the title for his current body of work, Rhythm & Swing, Tyerman cites a letter Post-Impressionist artist Walter Sickert wrote to a friend that described […]
The titles of works in David Green’s fourth exhibition with Anthea Polson Art are cryptic. They and his creative procedure are imbued with Biblical nuances. When asked about them and his choice of subject matter he responded, “Why Noah and the flood? Working in small pocket sized drawing books I chase ideas about searching for […]
The paintings, drawings, ceramic sculptures and pottery vessels in Veronica Cay’s sixth exhibition with Anthea Polson Art visually document her musings on the varied roles of women throughout history and the conundrum of societal expectations. Cay’s focus has always been from a female perspective and she relays that the latest works highlight the ‘betwixt and […]
The expressive colours and forms of flora, fauna and birds are again the substance of Jodie Wells’ 10th solo exhibition with Anthea Polson Art. Her new body of work evinces a desire for a more instinctive state of being; a return to tactility and away from an electronic, virtual reality. The paintings’ surfaces are palpable. […]
Marilyn Peck’s 5th exhibition with Anthea Polson Art coincides with the launch of her latest poetry book, Dancing With Knives published by House of Thieves Press. Consequently, she decided to also call her current body of small paintings Dancing With Knives. In elucidating this most curious title Peck offers, “Any creative endeavour worth pursuing needs […]
Following on from her exhibition Seeing Other People at Yarilla Arts and Museum (Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery), this body of work was developed through an intense period of preparation for the television series Portrait Artist of the Year (Australia). For eleven weeks, Seabastion trained under strict conditions: one sitter, four hours, no revisions. What […]
In Afterglow, Beth Kennedy turns her attention to the little sparks that continue to emit warmth after the main light of the fire has died away. These paintings hold the glow of remembered warmth: those small moments of wonder and connection that remain after times of grief and uncertainty. The work of Australian author Holly […]
Melitta Perry’s fifth exhibition with Anthea Polson Art is imbued with a sense of contemplative quietude. A distillation of observed phenomena and metaphysical musings her paintings invite the viewer to enter non-figurative aesthetic domains that transcend literal locations. “In a nutshell, this body of work explores the traces of legacy left in landscapes that inspired […]
Danila Vassilieff (1897-1958) was a Russian born painter and sculptor. He served on theEastern Front with a Cossack cavalry regiment in 1917, which influenced both hisbehaviour and reputation as exuberant, resilient, a womaniser; fearless. He made his wayfrom Russia across to China and eventually to Australia where he was naturalised in 1929.He studied art in […]
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