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Alexandra Lawson Gallery

Locality: Toowoomba, Queensland

Phone: +61 418 603 695

Address: 482 Ruthven Street 4350 Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.alexandralawsongallery.com/

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25.01.2022 Second series Repost @petaberghofer A selection of my ‘Nearby and Far Away’ series (pictured here) is also currently on display at @artisanqld. These pieces are super special as they are a reflection on my time @studiofaire. ‘Unleashed’ stays open until 28 November. (image credit: @studiobitsy)

25.01.2022 It’s been amazing to over hear some of the discussion that been occurring in the studios by @petaberghofer and @kylejenkinsstudio - about colours, surfaces and the nature and history of painting and ceramics. I’m super excited to share this upcoming show opening on Saturday March 13 at 4pm, all welcome.

24.01.2022 Repost @catherineparkerartist P R E S E N C E O F PL A C E o p e n i n g tomorrow Sun 13 September @10am Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland all welcome! #redlandartgallery #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #catherineparkerartist

23.01.2022 This morning was the media event for the launch of the gallery and studio spaces at the @walton_stores at 482 Ruthven Street. Great to have Mayor Paul Antonio, councillor Megan O’Hara Sullivan and Director of Newlands Barry O’Sullivan speak on the #creativecbdtoowoomba project and the importance of revitalising the city centre. It’s such a pleasure to be a part of this program. Here’s to the power of the arts in creating community and great conversation @megan.oharasullivan @toowoombaregion @walton_stores

22.01.2022 Super gorgeous to attend this exhibition by Catherine Parker this morning, such a beautiful show. Repost @catherineparkerartist P r e c e n c e of P l a c e opening today @redlandartgallery was a beautiful experience. Friends from far and wide attended. So much gratitude to you all. I’ll post some more photos this week. Thank you to dear friends, the community and gallery staff: Emma Bain: Director; Amy Wilson: Exhibitions and Public Programs Officer (and current acting Director); Jasmine Smith: Program Officer and to all who assisted to pull this together #redlandartgallery #brisbanegallery #contemporaryart #quandamookacountry #catherineparkerartist #gratitude

22.01.2022 Final artwork by Dr Tiffany Shafran installed! This is what it looks like when you’re installing a grid with command strips, ‘hold’ measure measure ‘hold’ measure measure ‘hold’ you get the drift. Fingers crossed no one was watching - it’s not overly glamorous..... More soon (and in hyper colour) @tiffany_shafran #alexandralawsongallery #creativecbdtoowoomba #waltonstores @walton_stores

22.01.2022 It’s my pleasure to curate ‘As Within’ an exhibition by ceramicist Clairy Laurence and painter Monica Usher. The show opens at Finite Art Space in Paddington on Thursday November 4, from 5.30 - 9pm, pop it in your diary, or visit from November 3-7, it’s open 10-4 daily. The new work by Laurence and Usher for ‘As Within’, explores sacred objects and their overlaid meanings, memories and significance. Laurence’s work explores ideas around life, death, change and rebirth. Ushe...r’s practice is an intuitive depiction of what is seen, and what remains hidden within the layers of paint. My curation of works by these sisters explores the conceptual connections between their practices through the installation and essay accompanying the exhibition. Stay tuned! @clairylaurence @monicausher.art

21.01.2022 This series of works by Monica Usher refers to as the holy vessels, she likes the idea that they could hold something holy or something we perceive as holy or anything really. The conversation then goes on to be about this idea that we overlay layers of meaning on objects and things - love it - this is where the next body of work will depart from watch this space - exciting times. The second image features multi layered screen prints by Rhi Johnson. These are the last days... for this show, it comes down on Saturday afternoon. These works: Image 1: Monica Usher, ‘Holy Vessels #1’, 2021, oil on linen, 60 x 60cm, $1150 (left) Monica Usher, ‘Holy Vessels #2’, 2021, oil on liene, 60 x 60cm, $1150 SOLD (right) Image 2 Monica Usher, ‘The Smelling Garden’, 2021, oil on canvas, 50x50cm, $850 Image 3 Rhi Johnson, ‘Scatter’, 2021, screenprint, 28 x 28cm, $140 (top) Rhi Johnson ‘A Frank Study 2’(Grey), 2021, screenprint, 28 x 28cm, $140 (bottom) Monica Usher, ‘Under the Overgrowth’, 2021, oil on linen, 40 x 40cm, $600 @artist_rhi @monicausher.art #oilpainting #australianpainting #printmaking #belowthesurfaceby

21.01.2022 Figuring out what should go where.........

21.01.2022 Loved speaking with some of the ALG artists yesterday about where we’re going with the gallery, what we all need, what our collective vision is (watch this space) Repost @catherineparkerartist Morning get together with the gorgeous director Ali @alexandralawsongallery as we affectionately call her, discussing new projects, new ways of viewing and showing. Collective sharing is the new way...#alexandralawsongallery #contemporaryart #contemporaryartgallery #contemporaryartists #toowoombaregion #queenslandartists

20.01.2022 I’ve had clients use art money who love love it, pay a 10% deposit straight up and then 10 payments of 10% no fees to you (I pay a small fee) but love the service. Artists and gallery get paid by art money straight up Posted @withregram @artmoney_au Whether you're a first time art buyer or seasoned collector, Art Money is here to make buying art easier for all! . #artmoney... #justartmoneyit See more

20.01.2022 Repost @russell_shakespeare_leica The Artist David Usher @davidmalcolmusher hard at work at the station, Outback Qld. @alexandralawsongallery Leica M10-R + 35mm Summicron ... @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards @leica_camera #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R #

20.01.2022 I love seeing these prints evolve - they have so many layers and there is such a process to create them- watch this space Repost @artist_rhi Work in progress. #linocut #printmaking #linoprinting #linocuttools #carvingtools #brayer #roller #print #printsnotdead #eatsleepprintrepeat #reliefprinting #reliefprint #reductionlinocut #reductionprintmaking #art #artist #motherartist #australianartist #toowoombaartist #toowoomba #usqcreativearts #visualart #printexchange

20.01.2022 David Usher has been working on this show titled ‘What if the Sky (doesn’t fall on us). It’s a salon hang of work by Leisl Baker, Naomi White and David, and features some of his new work made in Dromore that I’ve been sharing - Open today until Sunday. x Repost @naomiwhiteartist Big hang yesterday and now we are OPEN. Come in and see all the gorgeous work by Leisl Baker, David Usher and myself. Latrobe Art Space... 134 Latrobe Street, Paddington, Q 28 Oct - 1 Nov Open 10 - 5pm #brisbaneart #paddingtonbrisbane #landscape #paintings #flora #nature #australia #trees #fields @davidmalcolmusher @leisl_art

19.01.2022 Repost @petaberghofer Snippets from the studio: This week I wrapped up my at home residency via @outerspace.ari. Thank you Outer Space for all of your support! It was great to have a driving force behind my practice again. A solid time focusing on what’s next for my sculptural exhibition work and my functional series. I’ll be developing both projects as I move forward and am looking forward to sharing more as I do. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, it’s art funding and advisory body.

19.01.2022 This photograph of David Usher by @russell_shakespeare_leica depicts the way David paints, or loves to paint rather - outside, multiple paintings at one, all lined up and informing each other. As David makes a discovery in one painting that same idea flows through into the other paintings and a new series is created. Also note how the colours reference the landscape - love that. ‘Dromore’ is the name of the family property in St George where David is painting as we speak. Thanks Russell for documenting this beautiful process. @rustypostcards @davidmalcolmusher @leica_camera_aus #australianpainting #landscapepainting #painting #toowoombaartist #toowoomba #stgeorge #alexandralawsongallery #arttoowoomba

19.01.2022 This work is from the ‘Unity Road’ series, they are the latest ceramic works David Usher’s made, he’s really excited about them because he feels like they’re the closest ceramic works that he’s made to his paintings. This work: Unity Road Vessel #3, 2021, white raku fired to 1260 with underglazes, 18 x 36cm $1200... @the_david_usher #australianceramics #toowoombaregion #ceramics

19.01.2022 Monica Usher’s working away for an upcoming show in November with her sister @clairylaurence, watch this space Repost @monicausher.art Moving along after the show Below the Surface I’ve been painting these botanical shapes. They remind me a little of the ceramics we used to make. My Sister #clairylaurenceceramics and I are planning a show in Brisbane for early November. Her beautiful sculptures and my paintings. So excited about it. #alexandralawsongallery #artshow #oilpaintingoncanvas #holyvessels #botanicalart #abstractbotanical #gumnuts #australianart

17.01.2022 So lovely to see this work Repost @petaberghofer Group show ‘idlewild’ via @thesidegallery has wrapped up now, but how could I not share these lush colours alongside my ‘Nearby and Far Away’ works. Thanks for having me Side Gallery

17.01.2022 I’m loving this new work Repost @petaberghofer Within two months of the first fleet arriving, bricks, the most basic product of pottery, were being produced... I’ve been slowly whittling away at my new body of work ‘Bring a Plate’. This long term project engages with early colonial, Australian ceramics as attempt to understand the historical impacts of my chosen medium. Here’s a glimpse of what’s been brewing. - ... This project has been assisted by @artsqueensland @swqregionalarts stART grant and current @outerspace.ari residency via the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Photo: @studiobitsy

16.01.2022 Thanks @toowoombaregion for the new stickers explaining ALG and how the Creative CBD Toowoomba Program is linking Creative Businesses with property owners - we struck gold being linked with the fabulous @walton_stores - The gallery is open today until 5.30pm, pop in for a chat. Usual opening hours are Wednesday - Saturday noon - 5.30pm ... @walton_stores #toowoombaregion #creativecbdtoowoomba #waltonstores #arttoowoomba

16.01.2022 It’s so lovely when artwork finds good ‘forever’ homes. Here’s some of the work that found new homes after David Usher’s ‘Afternoon Deluge’ exhibition.

16.01.2022 Beautifully photographed by Russell Shakespeare Regram @rustypostcards The Artist ‘David Usher’ Leica M10-R + 50mm Summilux... @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards @leica_camera @nopostcards #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R # @davidmalcolmusher @alexandralawsongallery

16.01.2022 Today Stephen Spurrier and David Usher signed and titled the last few works for the exhibition I’m curating at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery called ‘Gathering in the Light’ opening in December - it’s been a gorgeous process. Thanks to the amazing @catherineparkerartist for shooting the footage

15.01.2022 This is one of my favourites.. it’s called ‘Reciprocity’, by Rhi Johnson, it, like all of her work, starts with a photo, and then evolves based on her memories. There are just a couple of these prints left. ‘Below the Surface’ is available to view in its final days at Lasso Gallery, Friday 12-4pm, Saturday 10-1pm. From the essay: ‘Johnson’s process of making a reduction lino print is also in the negative, beginning with a piece of lino. She starts carving, leaving the areas ...she wants in contact with the paper (this is often one of 12 or so cutting sessions). Johnson rolls ink onto the lino, slightly wets the paper, lays it on the printing press, places the lino on top, covers it with a blanket and rolls it through the printing press. This happens 20 times (or as many as the number of prints in the edition). After this first layer is complete and the prints are drying, Johnson will again cut into the lino The repetition of the process, the edition (or multiple) and layering of ideas and physical processes is an element that has also been explored through the installation of the exhibition. Multiple prints hang together, referencing their nature of existing as a multiple, framed reduction linocut prints appear in double, and a general layering in the approach to pairing the artists’ works occurs throughout the installation. This repetition is present in the layering of paint on the surface and appears in the layering of spaces in the images, which, in the artists’ words, allude to everyday environments, concealed or partially revealed content and aspects of the human condition. The exhibition explores what can be seen and what is hidden, and through this conscious and unconscious experience in the creation and development of the work, the artists also take us, the viewer, on the same journey, a slow journey into perpetual discovery.’ This work: Rhi Johnson, ‘Reciprocity’, 2021, reduction linocut, 31 x 36.5, $530 (framed) @artist_rhi @theresahallphoto #australianprintmaking #reductionlino #toowoombaregion #toowoomba

15.01.2022 It was so gorgeous to work with the wonderful Peta Berghofer this morning to install the second last work for the first show at the new ALG gallery more on this soon! @walton_stores #creativecbdtoowomba #alexandralawsongallery #waltonstores #toowoombaregion #arttoowoomba #art #australianartists #australianceramics

14.01.2022 Had to share this from Jude Roberts, she has beautiful work in the group show I’ve just put together too. Repost @jude_taggart_roberts River red gums are integral to the river systems and sacred to our Indigenous Peoples. Without various flows downstream the Baaka Darling river system will not survive. Flood plain harvesting is genocide to the land and people that live in the Murray Darling Basin. This Graphite and calcium carbonate sanded drawing is part of a series in progress.

14.01.2022 Stephen Spurrier has been making work for over 50 years, this large scale painting ‘Cosmic Moment #3’ features moons which reference a natural pull on the tides, our bodies and our minds. Cloud formations and other natural elements which appear in unlikely places are coupled with floating hand tools, aeroplanes, and highly geometric shapes creating a tension that suggests a link between the elements. The work explores the human condition, focussing on the relationship that h...umans have with each other, and with their environment. ‘Cosmic Moment #3’, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 123cm, $8200 This work is part of the ‘Satellites’ exhibition currently on show at ALG, located at Walton Stores, 482 Ruthven Street, open Wednesday to Saturday from noon - 5.30pm. Pop in - love to chat with you about the work. #alexandralawsongallery #waltonstores #algxstephenspurrier @waltonstores #austtalianpainting #australianart #creativecbdtoowoomba @renewaustralia

13.01.2022 I’m loving this pool painting Repost @catherineparkerartist Sneak preview of new work for an early December show in Brisbane @redcoop_architects. I love painting pools. . .... #poolpainting #australianlandscape #urbanlandscapepainting #theaussiebackyard #australianartist #contemporarypainting #alittlebitretrovibe #australianurbanlandscape #painting #catherineparkerartist . . Image details: The Sunday Pool loungers 2020 acrylic, ink pen + pencil on board 18.5x16cm See more

13.01.2022 repost @petaberghofer ‘Bring a Plate’ - developmental stages of a new body of work. Here’s a study into Australian colonial, ginger beer bottles and all things Jonathan Leak; one of the first convict potters. - This project has been assisted by @artsqueensland @swqregionalarts stART grant and current @outerspace.ari residency via the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Photo: @studiobitsy

13.01.2022 It’s been super nice working with David Usher on his upcoming show ‘The Places we Go’ with @naomiwhiteartist and @leisl_art at @latrobeartspace in Brisbane. This work is called ‘Follow the Endless Sun into the Summer’. The exhibition opens this Friday night 17 September 5-8pm. Look forward to seeing you there. This work and others are on the website in case you can’t make it.. Details: 134 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington. This work:... (2020), acrylic on canvas, 48x43cm, $850 See more

13.01.2022 @russell_shakespeare_leica capturing David Usher with a new painting (the paint is probably wet). This photograph also gives a sense of Deomore, the family property in St George which is one of the main influences/places that David paints, I’ve seen so much work come out of this place, it’s nice to get a sense of the home. @davidmalcolmusher @leica_camera_aus #painting #australianpainting #stgeorge #alexandralawsongallery #arttoowoomba #queenslandartist #darlingdowns

12.01.2022 This beautiful corner of the exhibition features works by @artist_rhi (left) and @monicausher.art (right). I love the way these works starting speaking to each other during the install. They’re also a couple of the few that are still available for purchase, and are a great representation of the artists ideas. Below the surface explores the physical layering of paint and ink, and considers nuances of reality and imagination. The initial conceptual development of this show wa...s based on the way that these artists approach their work. Although both bodies of work have recognisable subject matter, both artists are ‘practice led’, whereby a process of understanding occurs through each act of making. Available to view until July 24 From left Rhi Johnson, ‘Reciprocity’, 2021, reduction linocut, 31 x 36.5, $530 (framed) Rhi Johnson, ‘The Second Window’, 2020, 38.5 x 51cm, reduction linocut, *available for sale through the Print Council of Australia online print shop (search print commission 2020) Monica Usher, 'I'll get up in Spring', 2020, oil on linen, 60 x 75cm, $1200

12.01.2022 Loved installing this work in @zevs_bistro today by @davidmalcolmusher. Beautiful work to be in a space with while you’re eating beautiful food. #australianpainting #art #oilpaintings #food #foodandart

12.01.2022 ALG @alexandralawsongallery is officially open....! See you all on Saturday Dec 12 @ 4pm for the official opening (2pm for artist talk) see previous post or head to @alexandralawsongallery for details... Thanks @catherineparkerartist for the lovely photos x @alexandralawsongallery @davidmalcolmusher @monicausher.art @catherineparkerartist @tiffany_shafran @petaberghofer @tarn.mclean @jude_taggart_roberts @hayleymeganfrench @kylejenkins @artist_rhi @_sarah_ryan__ Sandy Pottinger Stephen Spurrier #waltonstorestoowoomba #toowoombaartists #toowoombaregion #qldartists #contemporaryart #gallery @walton_stores

12.01.2022 Via Raygun Projects with @tarn.mclean - an artist/curator run project I am one half of - We interviewed the amazing @jude_taggart_roberts who we showed at Raygun Projects in 2012@for our FIRST ‘Raygun talks’ podcast, it warmed my heart. LOVED it. Check out the podcast via @raygunlab Repost @raygunlab Introducing Queensland based artist and drawer Jude Taggart Roberts (and her beautiful Grandson Hudson) to the very first episode on the RAYGUN Talks Podcast. - It was so much... fun catching up again, finding out where she is in the great Australian Landscape and what she’s been up to for the last nine years since she initially showed at RAYGUN Projects, Toowoomba in 2012. - Click the link in bio and listen to the fascinating, life long story of a drawer! #raygunlab @jude_taggart_roberts #rayguntalks See more

11.01.2022 So excited to present the exhibition 'Object Studies' by Kyle Jenkins & Peta Berghofer, opening on Saturday March 13, 4pm. All welcome, see you there!

11.01.2022 Gorgeous to see Peta and @kirstyrlee working together - watch this space no doubt Repost @petaberghofer Any day spent with @kirstyrlee is a day well spent.

10.01.2022 This is another favourite section of the show and the first pairing of the artists works I put together.. it was that yellow I love how the two work together The work on the right by @artist_rhi is a view of Toowoomba, but as is the habit of her making process, Rhi Johnson starts with a picture then discards it half way through the lino block carving process, she does the rest by memory, in doing this she’s asking us to consider the nuances of reality and imagination Mor...e on this process from the essay: ‘Johnson is a printmaker, her work is initially based on a scene or situation that evokes an emotional response, then, as the work is created, the original ‘image’ shifts, as it becomes based on her memory. Johnson in some ways has a similar process to Usher, as she draws and cuts into sheets of lino the image then becomes a hybrid of what is, and what could be. Johnson says the works map a duality between conscious and unconscious experience, and the simultaneous implications of what is known and unknown.’ These works from left: Monica Usher, ‘Wattle Stained Cabbage Moths’, 2021, oil on linen, 60 x 60cm, $1150 SOLD Rhi Johnson, ‘Breaking Point’, 2020, reduction linocut, 37.5 x 47, $510 Available to view at @lasso.gallery 12-4pm today, 10-1pm tomorrow (Saturday) @monicausher.art #australianpainting #australianpaintmaking #reductionlinocut #printmaker #toowoombaregion #arttoowoomba

09.01.2022 It was a pleasure to attend, and work with Contra Concerts on this beautiful performance last night repost @contraconcerts On Tuesday night in @lasso.gallery, Contra Concerts returned to Toowoomba presenting Jonathan Henderson and Joel Woods in recital. Surrounded by the reflective, personal exhibition ‘Below the Surface’ featuring works by Monica Usher and Rhi Johnson, REPLAY PIAZZOLLA unfolded in a pan-ethnic whirlwind of emotionally charged works by Bartók, Marais and ...Villa-Lobos. Piazzolla’s music closed the concert in celebration of his 100th Birthday with the charming, insatiable Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar. Our musicians and audience celebrated together post-concert with a glass of delightful @crittendenwines Alexandra Lawson #contraconcerts #chambermusic #piazzolla #bartok #marais #villalobos #fluteguitar #lassogallery #alexandralawsongallery #crittendenwines

09.01.2022 It’s a pleasure to share some of the works by David Usher in his most recent show ‘The Places We Go’, this beautiful large scale painting 'Into the Night (take the long way home), has taken the long way home to its new home. Others are available at the link in bio. This work: Into the Night (take the long way home) 2021, 187 x 63cm $2400 SOLD... @the_david_usher #australianpainting #toowoombaregion See more

09.01.2022 repost @rustypostcards Working away, the Artist David Usher @davidmalcolmusher @alexandralawsongallery Leica M10-R + 35mm Summicron @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards... @leica_camera #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R # See more

09.01.2022 It was great to work on this video explaining what the gallery does and who I represent with the amazing @kirstyrlee for the opening of the new gallery in the Toowoomba CBD. Thanks #creativecbdtoowoomba Walton Stores #alexandralawsongallery #arttoowoomba

08.01.2022 NOW SOLD - Detail from Monica Usher’s new work in our Satellites show. This dreamy reflection from a forgotten corner of her garden reveals flowers that on closer viewing are intertwined with the moths they attract. Monica is as interested in the negative spaces as she is in the light and this beautiful work leaves openings where your eyes can rest. Monica Usher ‘Day of the Moth’, 2020, oil on canvas, 79 x 64 $1200 DM for more information. ... The gallery is open from 12-5.30pm Wednesday - Saturday at 482 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba @toowoombaregion @monicausher.art @walton_stores #creativecbdtoowoomba @renewaustralia #arttoowoomba #australianpainting

08.01.2022 | GRAND OPENING | On Saturday Alexandra Lawson Gallery will launch with an exhibition titled ‘Satellites’, showing artwork by the 13 ALG artists. ALG has teamed up with Walton Stores, Toowoomba City Council, and Renew Australia as a part of the Creative CBD Project, which injects additional creativity in the city’s CBD with the new ALG gallery and artists studios.... Address: 482 Ruthven Street - Walton Stores What’s on: Saturday - 2pm - Artist Talk - Stephen Spurrier and David Usher speak on their exhibition Gathering in the Light’, that I’ve curated at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Saturday - 4pm - Opening - Official launch of the gallery. Then dinner at Walton Stores Opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12-5.30pm #creativecbdtoowoomba #alexandralawsongallery #waltonstores Toowoomba Region Walton Stores Peta Berghofer David Usher Kyle Jenkins Catherine Parker Rhi Johnson Jude Roberts Sarah Ryan Tiffany Shafran Monica Usher

07.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week Always Was Always Will Be. Read about Tyrown Waigana’s work featured in this image below Posted @withregram @naidocweek Tyrown Waigana (@crawlincrocodile), a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition.... His winning entry - Shape of Land - was judged by the National #NAIDOC Committee to have best illustrated the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be. Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WA’s best new and emerging Indigenous artists. According to the 23-year-old, his winning entry depicts the Rainbow Serpent coming out of the Dreamtime to create this country and how we are strongly connected to it. The Rainbow Serpent is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - always was, and always will be Aboriginal land, Mr Waigana added. To find out more about this year’s artwork and winning artist and to download a digital copy of the 2020 National NAIDOC Poster visit the NAIDOC website. Free printed copies of the 2020 National NAIDOC Poster will be available in coming months. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Indigenous #Aboriginal #TorresStrait #FirstNations

07.01.2022 Repost @petaberghofer The third series on show now via @artisanqld for the ‘Unleashed’ emerging craft and design exhibition. ‘Before You Know It’ was made in Denmark at the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre. In part it represents research into Danish ceramic trends, but mostly it’s the little things; Danish roof tops, the tiles of the floor in residency bathroom, & a love affair with the V&A museum during a stop in London. It’s a still life - an altered reality that encapsulates my December to January 2019-20. (Image: @studiobitsy)

06.01.2022 Incredible photograph from Russell Shakespeare taken of @davidmalcolmusher on a painting adventure in St George. Repost @russell_shakespeare_leica The Artist ‘David Usher’ St George, Qld, Australia @alexandralawsongallery Leica M10-R + 35mm Summicron ... @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards @leica_camera #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R #

05.01.2022 It’s a pleasure to present Kyle Jenkins and Peta Berghofer with, ‘Object Studies’ an experimental exhibition that questions traditional expectations, and limits and possibilities of both painting and ceramics. When the paintings and ceramics are installed together, a space of mutuality is created, highlighting the artists seemingly different but similar viewpoints. Opening: March 13, 4pm @kylejenkinsstudio @petaberghofer

05.01.2022 It was a pleasure to curate this beautiful show - opens Friday! 6pm repost @lasso.gallery *First Looks* The opening event of ‘Below the Surface’ by @artist_rhi & @monicausher.art is this Friday 6pm! We hope you can make it. 'Below the Surface' represents a culmination of observational, investigative and reflective visual narratives by artists Monica Usher and Rhi Johnson. Through the processes of oil painting and reduction linocut printmaking, the artists weave intricat...e and overlapping layers that allude to everyday environments, concealed or partially revealed content and aspects of the human condition. (Pictured) Rhi Johnson ‘In Retrospect (Mid)’ 2021 Reduction linocut 38 x 38cm $530 (LASSO is a Creative CBD Toowoomba Project via @renewaustralia @toowoombaregion + @walton_stores) See more

04.01.2022 Sarah Ryan’s work ‘Electricity Rocks’, like all her work explores ideas around idleness, strolling, slowness, taking your time, ennui, boredom, delay, loitering, resting and dreaming. These ideas are widely thought of as being intrinsically at odds with how the rest of the world functions, and despised for it. However, throughout history, great thinkers and revolutionary social movements have plugged into a different way of thinking on the subject: that idleness is not a vi...ce preventing success, but in fact the very key to a good existence. Within Sarah’s images she explores this serene and meditative quality, granting them a moment’s pause within the rush of passing time. Sarah Ryan, Electricity Rocks, 2014, inkjet print, 40 x 60cm, $1600 This work is part of the ‘Satellites’ exhibition currently on show at ALG, located at Walton Stores, 482 Ruthven Street, open Wednesday to Saturday from noon - 5.30pm. Pop in to chat about the work, and feel free to contact me for sales enquiries. #alexandralawsongallery #waltonstores @waltonstores #austtalianpainting #australianart #creativecbdtoowoomba @renewaustralia @_sarah_ryan__

04.01.2022 I’m curating an exhibition called ‘Gathering in the Light’, featuring the work of Stephen Spurrier and David Usher in the main gallery at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery from Saturday 05 December 2020 to Sunday 24 January 2021.. the last days have been about checking out what work we have (there’s a lot of work) and exploring how it all sits together.. it happens in this super wild, lay it all out kind of way... believe it or not, it’s all coming together well

02.01.2022 Throwback to David Usher’s exhibition ‘The Places We Go’, I love this work, titled ‘The place in the horizon (the room in the field), more lovely works from this show can be seen via the link in bio. David Usher 'The place in the Horizon (the room in the field)', 2020, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 41cm $850... @the_david_usher #australianpainting #toowoomba #toowoombaregion #arttoowoomba

02.01.2022 Another from the recent series by Russell Shakespeare of David Usher on his family property in St George called Dromore. Russell and David have been friends since they were 15, it’s nice to see this collaboration unfold. Russell has consistently taken photographs of David’s work, and they’ve also been known to do the odd building project together as well... got to love a good, old, friend. Repost @russell_shakespeare_leica The Artist David Usher Leica M10-R + 50mm Summilux... @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards @leica_camera @nopostcards #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R # @davidmalcolmusher @alexandralawsongallery

02.01.2022 Repost @nopostcards The Artist at work‘David Usher’ @davidmalcolmusher Leica M10-R + 50mm Summilux... @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards @leica_camera @nopostcards #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R # @alexandralawsongallery

02.01.2022 Kyle Jenkins says his work ‘Brace’ refers to ‘radical painting’ out of the 80s which asks how small an amount do you have to do to make an artwork an artwork - that could also look like nothing. Stay tuned for a video of Kyle talking about the work. ‘Brace’ 2020 acrylic on canvas, 94 x 61cm $1600 ... #kylejenkins #radicalpainting #australianpainting #painting #arttoowomba #alexandralawsongallery #creativecbdtoowoomba @walton_stores

02.01.2022 Repost @rustypostcards The Artist ‘David Usher’ Leica M10-R + 50mm Summilux @leica_camera_aus @nopostcards @rustypostcards... @leica_camera @nopostcards #Leica #LeicaCamera #LeicaAustralia #Rangefinder #LeicaRangefinder #RussellShakespeare #Photography #LeicaCameraAus #LeicaM10R # @alexandralawsongallery @davidmalcolmusher See more