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 […]
The paintings in Lani Westerman’s second exhibition with Anthea Polson Art are again abstracted, non-figurative depictions of various Sydney locations. This time she has generally focused on sports venues. Westerman relays that the show’s title, The Space Between, metaphorically refers the interval between an inclination to participate in an activity and its accomplishment. “It is […]
Cathy Quinn’s 6th exhibition with Anthea Polson Art was inspired by the experience of her month-long Artist Residency at La Maison in Beaumont de Pertuis last year. Situated in southern France, the hilltop medieval town dates back to the 11th century. The paintings are ‘reflections of a journey’ she much enjoyed there – a visual […]
Anthea Polson Art presents Joanna Poulson’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery. Renowned for her floral imagery the Adelaide-based artist imparts that her current art practice explores the beauty and vibrancy of nature. Interestingly, the inspiration for Poulson’s visual celebration of dahlia flowers originated during a solo trip to Europe in 2024 to reacquaint with family […]
And So Another Summer is Sydney-based Sophie Gralton’s eighth solo exhibition with Anthea Polson Art. Beyond hot weather, the title elicits memories of times filled with youthful vitality and optimism. As such, her paintings again feature children and their “conversations with nature”. There is usually a dog in attendance – a companion long associated with […]
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