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Jan Murphy Gallery

Locality: Fortitude Valley

Phone: +61 7 3254 1855

Address: 486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006 Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.janmurphygallery.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Tomorrow is your last chance to catch ‘Still life after the virus’. We will be here from 10-5pm and would love to see you! . . . @benquilty #benquilty #lastchance #janmurphygallery

24.01.2022 Closing soon - The future is your ocean oyster and Utopia. Were now in the final days of these extraordinary exhibitions by Juz Kitson and Gerwyn Davies. For those of of you not able to pop into the gallery, head to our website to view the exhibitions in full. Following Juz and Gerwyn we have the new solo show by Adam Pyett, open from Tuesday 15 September. For more information, please visit our website. Our gallery hours are 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday.... . . The future is your ocean oyster Gallery 1 . Utopia Gallery 2 . Open until Saturday, 12 September. . . @juz_kitson @ger.wyn @janmurphygallery #sculpture #juzkitson #porcelain #photography #costume #gerwyndavies Image credit: (1) Gerwyn Davies, 99 Cents, 2020, archival inkjet print, 100.0 x 90.0 cm (2) Juz Kitson, Pervasive and enduring. Inheritable traits; the often remarkable resilience, 2020, Jingdezhen porcelain, Delia porcelain,Tibetan gazelle hide, cow leather, rabbit fur, treated pine and marine ply, 150.0 x 50.0 x 35.0 cm (2 - 3) Install photography by Mark Sherwood. See more

24.01.2022 Congratulations to Keith Burt who has been announced as a finalist in the 2020 Brisbane Portrait Prize with his work, Urban artists. The winner of the $50,000 prize is announced on 2 October. Keiths first solo exhibition with Jan Murphy Gallery is scheduled for February 2021. To enquire about available works please contact the gallery: [email protected] The Brisbane Portrait Prize... 30 September - 1 November Brisbane Powerhouse Image credit: Keith Burt, Urban artists, 2020, oil on canvas, 84.0 x 66.0 cm . . . @keithburt_artist @janmurphygallery #keithburt #brisbaneportraitprize #portraiture #painting

24.01.2022 In todays video Adam Pyett gives us a very generous sneak peek at what hes been working on in his home studio. Based in regional Victoria, Adams beautiful paintings are reflective of the landscape around the Macedon Ranges area. We cant wait to see them all finished! To register your interest in Adams forthcoming exhibition opening in September, email us at [email protected]... . . . @adam_pyett #painting #adampyett #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery See more

24.01.2022 Now showing in gallery 2 alongside Juz Kitson we have Utopia, the vibrant new solo exhibition by Gerwyn Davies. The artist has continued his playful use of costume and photographic self-portraiture, appearing in every image concealed by bright, warped fabrics and angular shapes. You can see a selection of works in the gallery until 12 September or head to our website to view the full series. ... . . . Install photography by Mark Sherwood. Image (3): Gerwyn Davies, Utopia, 2020, archival inkjet print, edition of 8 + 1 AP, 86.0 x 100.0 cm Image (4) Gerwyn Davies, 99 cents, 2020, archival inkjet print, edition of 8 + 1 AP, 100.0 x 90.0 cm @janmurphygallery @ger.wyn #janmurphygallery #photography #costume #gerwyndavies #utopia @ Jan Murphy Gallery See more

24.01.2022 KeithBurt/ DAY 11 / Around the world in 12 days Sitting Room, 2020 oil on canvas, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, framed Keith’s poignant work speaks to many of us who have not been able to visit family during 2020. His is a longing for a person rather than place and I defy anyone not to feel emotional when reading the following statement!... This year I've dreamt of going to my mothers house in Melbourne. Since moving to Queensland more than a decade ago I haven't visited her as often as I should have. But in 2020 I have been denied the opportunity altogether. The sitting room holds the relics of her family life. The chair belonged to my grandfather. The painting on the wall was in my childhood home. There's a globe my father bought from a mail order catalogue pre-internet. The treasured crystal cabinet pokes into the background. And on the table is an 80th birthday card from many years ago now. My mother has been alone with these things for most of the year. And I feel a long way away. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @keithburt_artist #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #keithburt#painting See more

24.01.2022 From the studio If youre looking for some Monday afternoon inspiration, todays featured artist is very creative and Gondry-esque! Come with us as we spend some time with protege artist, Leith Maguire and studio friends. She may be working in isolation but she is not alone! Colin (the seagull): paper connoisseur/bonafide feinschmecker. Loves a toothy cotton rag under his webbed feet. Also adores a greasy hot chip. We're trying to meet in the middle on this.... Selwyn (the goat): resident gardener. Is currently obsessed with the movements of the neighbourhood possums, who are allegedly destroying this year's silverbeet crop. Am beginning to have my doubts about existence of said "possums". Pig: features regularly in my drawings. An excellent sitter. Always up for a good existential debate. . . . @leithmaguire #leithmaguire #drawing #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

24.01.2022 Monica Rohans 2016 work, Head up shoulders back, is featured in new exhibition Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 2018 at Redland Art Gallery. During the recent temporary closure of the Redland Art Gallery, this years awards were unfortunately cancelled. But with the gallery having now re-opened, Redland Art Gallery are presenting an exhibition of 14 works acquired for the collection from the awards between 2006 2018. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to v...ote for their favourite acquisition. Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 2018 15 June 2 August Redland Art Gallery For more information, please click the link below. http://artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au//redland-art-awards-/ Image credit: Monica Rohan Head up shoulders back 2016 oil on board 80.0 x 60.0 cm

22.01.2022 Nicolette Johnson | DAY 1 | Around the world in 12 days Entwined, 2020 stoneware with glaze, 53.5 x 47.0 x 20.0 cm On the first day of our campaign we are off to Japan and specifically, Kyoto.... Brisbane based ceramic artist, Nicolette Johnson has managed to capture the essence of this fabled city in her beautifully serene and elegant vessel. Entwined, 2020 is a coiled stoneware pot with six handles twisting around each other, adorned with clay spheres that hint at tree buds, fruits on a branch, or pearls of seaweed. It is shrouded in a crystalline turquoise glaze which lends a patinated texture to the surface. The pot, inspired by a trip to Kyoto last year, is an homage to the city’s historied culture of pottery and reverence for the handmade, as well as its strong connection to the natural world. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @nicolette__johnson #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #nicolettejohnson

22.01.2022 Today we are welcoming Jacqueline Hennessy as the newest addition to the Jan Murphy Gallery protégé program. The Sydney-based artist references photographic images of her own body to create paintings of ghostly, female figures. Produced through a dedicated process of applying layer upon layer of sepia-toned paint, Hennessy creates a form of disrupted realism where faces are often deliberately averted away from the gaze of the viewer. As described by the artist, my process in...volves playing between binary opposites to create tension between appearance and disappearance, painted and unpainted, detail and blur. Jacqueline Hennessys profile is now viewable online on our website. Images (L-R) 1: Jacqueline Hennessy The Gaze II 2018 oil on linen 122.0 x 92.0 cm 2: Jacqueline Hennessy The Gaze I 2018 oil on linen 122.0 x 92.0 cm 3: Jacqueline Hennessy Untitled 2020 oil on linen 101.0 x 76.0 cm . . . @jacqueline.p.hennessy #jacquelinehennessy #painting #protegeartist #janmurphygallery @ Jan Murphy Gallery

21.01.2022 We would love to see you at the gallery (where we are abiding by current social distancing rules), but for those of you who cant make it in to view Guys show in person, we have put together this short video. You will also get a glimpse of our new space, hooray! With special thanks to @guy_maestri #janmurphygallery #25years #newspace #landscapepainting . . . ... Video directed by Daniel Flynn Anderson @flynnanderson See more

20.01.2022 Robert Malherbe / DAY 2 / Around the world in 12 days Lake Pillans Park, Lithgow, 2020 oil on linen, 56.5 x 66.0 cm $6,200 framed ... Rather than paint one of the many international destinations Robert has visited, he decided to stay close to his home in the Blue Mountains and record a place that has provided him great solace during 2020 sometimes there really is no place like home. "This is the place I go to to feel calm and inspired. It's down the other side of the mountain in Lithgow, near NSW's oldest iron blast furnace- the ruins of which are still standing. It's called Lake Pillans, a human-made wetland in an otherwise industrial landscape. A saner, quieter world, a sanctuary for frogs and screeching birds. Not many people wander around here, a few dog walkers, some surveyors in hi-vis gear on their lunch break and when the weather is right, a landscape painter. During the recent lockdown, I made this place my getaway. The light here is most beautiful, just before five, the water still and mirror-like." For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @robert_malherbe #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #robertmalherbe #lithgow #landscapepainting

19.01.2022 Now showing Louise Tate’s solo exhibition ‘Flowerings’ until 10 April 2021. "An hour of solitude, to undo all the wrongs of the world,’ writes poet Pablo Neruda. There have been so many hours of solitude this year. The majority of this exhibition was made during lockdown in Melbourne, where life mostly took place within the four corners of my living room. Each work is a kind of fiction, narrated by the many writers who kept me company during a long and lonely winter. Disemb...odied hands appear again and again, like a community of distant friends that aren’t quite close enough to touch. These paintings became a comfort; an antidote the restlessness that pervaded everything and everyone, and a way to tell the stories that couldn’t exist." The exhibition can be viewed online via our website. https://www.janmurphygallery.com.au//louisetate_flowerings/ Installation photography by Chloe Callistemon.

18.01.2022 Michael Muir / DAY 3 / Around the world in 12 days Light that shines, 2020 oil on linen, 138.0 x 168.5 cm Michael Muir has always used travel as the catalyst for his art practice. With his wings clipped in recent months, Muir has spent time trawling through his photographic archive. New Zealand with its wide open spaces and green rolling hills is one of the countries he looks forward to revisiting.... This particular work is from a trip to New Zealand a couple of years ago. It still is fresh in my mind, the open space, the crisp air and the feeling of being quite small in the majesty of the surrounding landscape. I want to convey a moment, a sense of a place, beauty and hope. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @michael__muir #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #michaelmuir See more

18.01.2022 Today we are welcoming Jacqueline Hennessy as the newest addition to the Jan Murphy Gallery protg program. The Sydney-based artist references photographic images of her own body to create paintings of ghostly, female figures. Produced through a dedicated process of applying layer upon layer of sepia-toned paint, Hennessy creates a form of disrupted realism where faces are often deliberately averted away from the gaze of the viewer. As described by the artist, my process in...volves playing between binary opposites to create tension between appearance and disappearance, painted and unpainted, detail and blur. Jacqueline Hennessys profile is now viewable online on our website. Images (L-R) 1: Jacqueline Hennessy The Gaze II 2018 oil on linen 122.0 x 92.0 cm 2: Jacqueline Hennessy The Gaze I 2018 oil on linen 122.0 x 92.0 cm 3: Jacqueline Hennessy Untitled 2020 oil on linen 101.0 x 76.0 cm . . . @jacqueline.p.hennessy #jacquelinehennessy #painting #protegeartist #janmurphygallery @ Jan Murphy Gallery

17.01.2022 Next up we have Protg artist, Mark Tweedie. Working from his temporary studio at home in Perth, Mark tells us a little bit about the new series he is working on. Currently gathering source material, he is busy sifting through numerous old photographs and reflecting on his childhood growing up in Carnarvon and the Pilbara region - as well as recent time spent in Albany, WA.... To register your interest in Mark Tweedies work please email us at enquiries@janmurphygallery . . . @mark_tweedie #marktweedie #painting #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

17.01.2022 Now showing - Juz Kitsons The future is your ocean oyster. Featuring a series of hand-built urns, wall mounted sculptures, freestanding sculptures and framed relief works, this exhibition marks a significant shift in Kitsons work and it must be seen to be believed. The future is your ocean oyster is current until 12 September.... . . . . Install photography by Mark Sherwood @janmurphygallery @juz_kitson #sculpture #freestandingsculpture #urn #porcelain #juzkitson #thefutureisyouroceanoyster #exhibition @ Jan Murphy Gallery See more

15.01.2022 Celia Gulletts new solo exhibition, Changing Places, is now showing at Jan Murphy Gallery. Featuring a series of exquisite abstract paintings, these artworks have to be appreciated (and experienced) in person! Changing Places is current at Jan Murphy Gallery until 1 August. .... . . @janmurphygallery @celia.gullett #celiagullett #janmurphygallery #abstractpainting #colour @ Jan Murphy Gallery Install photography by Mark Sherwood.

15.01.2022 In todays episode we are shadowing Michael Muir. Captured by Michaels son Jared, this video gives us a little glimpse into how a typical day in the studio looks for the artist. Not bad when you can take off to the beach for surf at the end of the day! Michael is currently working on a new series of paintings for Melbourne Art Fair in early 2021. To register your interest in Michaels work, please email us at [email protected] .... . . @michael__muir #michaelmuir #painting #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery See more

15.01.2022 Victoria Reichelt’s survey show ‘Archive’ is now open at Tweed Regional Gallery. This exhibition presents works spanning Victoria’s 20 year-long career, highlighting her dedication to the documentation of ‘endangered artefacts’ and the painting medium. Tweed Regional Gallery will be hosting a talk with the artist in conversation with Susi Muddiman OAM on Friday 11 December. Spaces are limited, contact Tweed Regional Gallery for ticketing information. Archive - Victoria Reic...helt 4 December - 9 May 2021 Tweed Regional Gallery Image credit: ‘Archive’ exhibition install. Photos courtesy of Tweed Regional Gallery. @victoria_reichelt @tweedregionalgallery #victoriareichelt #archive #tweedregionalgallery #painting

15.01.2022 Our next exhibition Islands by Brisbane local Adam Lester opens on 23 June. Adam is a keen observer and animates his paintings with layers of high key colour and a unique aesthetic. Loosely based on images and scenes that he has either photographed or sketched while travelling, these paintings offer a dreamy porthole to another place and time. While making this body of work, thoughts of escapism played on the artists mind, increasingly so during the last few months of isol...ation. In Adams words, These paintings are optimistic and dreamlike and somehow work as antidote to these crazy times the world is going through. In number of the paintings the figures are either walking or riding a bike, but slowly and purposefully. Here is a sneak peek of 3 works but please email us if you would like an early preview of the full exhibition. Images (L - R) 1: Saint Cloud, 2020 Synthetic polymer paint on truck tarpaulin, 180.5 x 150.5cm 1: Saint Cloud (Landscape), 2020 Synthetic polymer paint on board, 110.5 x 80.0cm 3: At the Point (Cotton Tree), 2020 Synthetic polymer paint on board, 75.0 x 56.0cm . . . . @adslester #adamlester #janmurphygallery #forthcomingexhibition @ Jan Murphy Gallery

15.01.2022 Adam Lesters new exhibition Islands opens today and was featured in Saturdays edition of Q Weekend in the Courier Mail. Writer Phil Brown explores the creative motivation behind Islands, delving into the artists thought process in producing the works. A keen surfer, Adam is often inspired by his travels and this body of work is no exception. To read the article, please head to our website. ... Islands is current at Jan Murphy Gallery until 11 July. Image credit: Adam Lester Saint Cloud (landscape) synthetic polymer paint on canvas 110.0 x 80.0 cm . . . @adslester @janmurphygallery #janmurphygallery #adamlester #painting #qweekend

14.01.2022 Lara Merrett / DAY 4 / Around the world in 12 days It all comes back to nature, 2020 acrylic and ink on linen, 150.0 x 120.0 cm Lara Merrett is another of our artists who found inspiration in their own back yard quite literally. For Lara, the beauty of rediscovering her beachside home in New South Wales after a long hiatus overseas, has been both invigorating and nurturing.... "Returning home is always the other gift of travelling. Being home with fresh eyes and seeing old familiar places as new. Coming back to my NSW South Coast home post fires and Covid gave new meaning to this experience. Everything was different yet here I was standing on the same land I had left 12 months earlier. I could see for kilometres through the bush that was normally dense surrounded by a new eerie silence. Post fire voids meant ocean views and bigger skies. Fragility and resilience of new growth now mattered even more. Charcoal black next to sublime colours gave this foreign landscape a confusing wonder. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @laramerrett #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #laramerrett #painting #nsw See more

14.01.2022 From the studio REPOST from @talking_with_painters Flashback Friday! Today we revisit an interview with Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken filmed last year, shortly after she was announced the winner of the 2019 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. Sylvia is spoke about her winning work and explained the story of the Seven Sisters - the dreaming behind all of her works. Sylvia paints with Tjala Arts in the Amata community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in... South Australia. We are excited to present a new series of works by Sylvia and fellow Tjala Arts artists, Tjungkara Ken and the Ken Sisters Collaborative in 'Seven Sisters Paintings launching on our website today. This exhibition will be hanging in our newly renovated gallery from 5-23 May but at this stage, viewings will be by appointment only, please contact the gallery at [email protected] if you would like to see this extraordinary work in person. A big thank you and congratulations to Maria Stoljar from @talking_with_painters whose podcast was listed as one of the best art-world podcasts to listen to right now by the prestigious British auction house, Christies. This podcast is a great way to learn about some of the most interesting artists working in Australia today. __ . . . @tjalaarts @talking_with_painters @christiesinc @artgalleryofnsw #sylviaken #painting #tjalaarts #talkingwithpainters #stayhome #janmurphygallery

14.01.2022 Now showing Monica Rohan’s solo exhibition ‘Mind how you go’ until 10 April 2021. "When I began painting this exhibition I was interested in the potential for gaps between trees and branches to act as portals or windows. I think this has been influenced both by stories of characters who traverse alternate worlds, as well as a response to feeling stuck in one place while longing to be elsewhere." The exhibition can be viewed online via our website.... https://www.janmurphygallery.com.au/exhib/monicarohan_2021/ Installation photography by Chloe Callistemon.

13.01.2022 Next up we have Protégé artist, Mark Tweedie. Working from his temporary studio at home in Perth, Mark tells us a little bit about the new series he is working on. Currently gathering source material, he is busy sifting through numerous old photographs and reflecting on his childhood growing up in Carnarvon and the Pilbara region - as well as recent time spent in Albany, WA.... To register your interest in Mark Tweedies work please email us at enquiries@janmurphygallery . . . @mark_tweedie #marktweedie #painting #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

13.01.2022 Monica Rohan / DAY 12 / Around the world in 12 days Garden wall, 2020 oil on board, 80.0 x 60.0 cm, framed Oh to be an artist and have the ability to magically transport oneself to any country around the world! On our last day of travels we find ourself in Scotland with Monica Rohan. ... While my hands were trapped in Brisbane in my small courtyard walled in by lilly-pillies, in this painting they’re leaning over a wall in Princes St Garden in Edinburgh, reaching to meet the yellow petals waving and glowing before the old stone, jostling for sunlight. I collaged myself back to Scotland. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @monrohan #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #monicarohan #painting #scotland See more

12.01.2022 NOW OPEN - Recent paintings by Adam Pyett. We are excited to unveil the new solo exhibition by Melbourne-based artist, Adam Pyett. "In this body of work I have concentrated on making landscape paintings where the painting is more important than the landscape. In a painting the sky need not be blue and the leaves of a tree need not be green. The relationship between colours in a painting is the most important thing.... After using a drawing to start a painting I refer back to the drawing less and less as the painting progresses. My memory of the original scene as well as countless other memories of trees, cloudy days, sunny days, mornings, afternoons, distant hills, dry grass etc. combine to inform the development of each painting. When working on a painting Im always looking for it to evoke a memory of sunlight and shadows on a tree or a distant hill or a cold morning or whatever. Once I see it I stop." (Adam Pyett) Recent paintings is current until 3 October. . . . Image credit: (1) Adam Pyett, Thirteen trees, 2020, oil on linen, 102.0 x 87.0 cm (2) Adam Pyett, Tree at Barfold, 2020, oil on linen, 77.0 x 67.0 cm (3) Adam Pyett, Young eucalypt, 2020, oil on linen, 77.0 x 67.0 cm @adam_pyett @janmurphygallery #adampyett #landscapepainting #countryvictoria #janmurphygallery

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12.01.2022 Now showing - Jacqueline Hennessy’s ‘This is a love song’ until 1 May. My process involves playing between binary opposites to create a tension between appearance and disappearance, painted and unpainted, detail and blur. (Jacqueline Hennessy, 2021) This exhibition coincides with Jacqueline's exhibition 'Still Life' on now at Tweed Regional Gallery until 25 July... Both of these exhibitions can be viewed online via link in bio. Install photography by Chloe Callistemon. @jacqueline.p.hennessy #jacquelinehennessy #painting #thisisalovesong #janmurphygallery

11.01.2022 AJ Taylor / DAY 8 / Around the world in 12 days Banksia at Point Lookout, 2020 oil on board, 121.5 x 175.5 cm, framed AJ Taylor has taken a trip across Moreton Bay to a place that many Queenslanders cherish. Our ever beautiful ‘Straddie’, never fails to remind us that we live in a very special part of the world.... North Stradbroke Island, or Minjerribah, has changed only a little in the 30 years I’ve been visiting. It is uniquely peaceful and unhurried, much of it untouched, some of it wild and unforgiving. Happily, sand mining has finally ceased on the island, but now there is talk of replacing it economically with large scale tourism involving resorts, a marina and even a bridge from the mainland. Hopefully we don’t - as we have done in so many places in the world - destroy the very thing we cherish. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @a.j.taylor #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #ajtaylor #landscapepainting #minjerribah

10.01.2022 Now showing - Adam Pyetts Recent paintings. If youre in Brisbane, wed love you to pop in and see the show. Our gallery hours are 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday. Recent paintings is current until 3 October. ... . . . . Install photography by Mark Sherwood @adam_pyett @janmurphygallery #landscapepainting #adampyett #countryvictoria #recentpaintings #janmurphygallery See more

10.01.2022 Its your last chance to catch Fred Fowlers solo exhibition, This is water, closing tomorrow. Following Freds vibrant exhibition, we have two solo exhibitions opening side by side next week. In Gallery 1 we will have Juz Kitsons The future is your ocean oyster and in Gallery 2 Utopia, by Protégé artist Gerwyn Davies. For more information, please visit our website. Our gallery hours are 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday. . .... Fred Fowler This is water Open until Saturday, 22 August . . Juz Kitson The future is your ocean oyster Gallery 1 25 August 12 September . . Gerwyn Davies Utopia Gallery 2 25 August 12 September . . Image credit: Install photography by Mark Sherwood @fredfowler @juz_kitson @ger.wyn @janmurphygallery #fredfowler #painting #thisiswater #juzkitson #sculpture #gerwyndavies #photography @ Jan Murphy Gallery See more

10.01.2022 As we slowly make our way back into the world, today we bring you the last From the Studio. During lockdown, our little Gallery has grown somewhat! We are excited to be moving into our newly renovated space this week and look forward to sharing some images with you. Works from our Seven Sisters show are now hanging and you are welcome to make an appointment to view them. We will resume our normal opening hours, while observing current social distancing rules, from Tuesday... 26 May with Guy Maestris show, The Lane. In the meantime, enjoy some time with Lara Merrett who has been lucky enough to be working from an idyllic spot on the south coast of New South Wales. While Lara and her family were spending a year living in Bali, the community and rural firefighters managed to save their beautiful home from the January bushfires. When COVID 19 hit, they relocated to the coast where Lara has created a makeshift outdoor studio and is letting the surrounding natural beauty inform her current work. . . . @laramerrett #painting #laramerrett #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

10.01.2022 Congratulations to Heidi Yardley who is a finalist in the 2020 Paul Guest Prize @bendigoartgallery with her work Always the same ghost. Celebrating contemporary drawing, this award boasts a top prize of $15,000. The winner will be announced 16 October. Best of luck Heidi! . .... . Image credit: Heidi Yardley, Always the same ghost, 2020, charcoal on primed paper, 76.0 x 56.0 cm @heidi_yardley @janmurphygallery #contemporarydrawing #paulguestprize #heidiyardley See more

09.01.2022 Lucy Culliton is captured here painting in her element, in the breathtaking Monaro landscape. Shot by @charliemaslin for a film about Arthur Streeton. . . .... Reposted from @charliemaslin #lucyculliton #painting #pleinair #monaro #janmurphygallery See more

08.01.2022 Fred Fowlers sell out solo exhibition, This is water, is now open @janmurphygallery Sometimes when Im bushwalking or at a remote beach, I stop for a moment to look around and cant see any people, cars, houses or man made structures. There is an otherworldly sensation that I would be seeing the same thing if this were 500 or even 5000 years ago. The feeling of time standing still and being surrounded by nature is truly magical. We are more than lucky to live in such a v...ast and wondrous country. This work is a celebration of what we have and what we need to protect. This is water. Fred Fowler, 2020 The exhibition is open for viewing during gallery hours (Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm) until 22 August. . . . Image credit L-R: (1) Fred Fowler, View over Ningaloo Reef, 2020, synthetic polymer paint on wood panel, 150.0 x 120.0 cm (2) Fred Fowler, Broken River, 2020, synthetic polymer paint and oil on wood panel, 100.0 x 90.0 cm (3) Fred Fowler, Landscape with whirlpool at Exmouth Gulf, 2020, synthetic polymer paint and mica flakes on wood panel, 70.0 x 60.0 cm @fredfowler @janmurphygallery #fredfowler #thisiswater #painting #janmurphygallery @ Jan Murphy Gallery

08.01.2022 Our new gallery has a number of quiet, contemplative spaces, hidden nooks and beautifully designed cabinets for displaying special pieces. Our glass cabinet, VITRINE, will feature a changing selection of objects by artists we admire. We have opened with a selection of smaller pieces by Brisbane-based sculptor and ceramicist, Jason Fitzgerald. We now have a dedicated BOOKSHELF to feature catalogues, books and monographs by our artists, together with a few select pieces of me...rchandise. Finally, our front counter has an in built JEWEL BOX so we can bring you petite collections by some of favourite jewellers. Our friend and Brisbane icon, Ari Athans has made us some exquisite pieces crafted exclusively for Jan Murphy Gallery. Please feel free to email us or send us a DM with any questions or if you are in Brisbane, pop in and say hello. . . . @jasonfitzgeraldart @ariathans @janmurphygallery . . Gallery and cabinet photography by John Downs @ Jan Murphy Gallery

08.01.2022 Congratulations to Victoria Reichelt and Jacqueline Hennessy who have both been announced finalists in the 2020 Portia Geach Memorial Award. Established in 1961 and exhibited at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, the award recognises an Australian female artist working in the genre of portrait painting. Victoria has entered Interior (artists children) and Jacqueline, The Offering (self portrait). . .... Portia Geach Memorial Award 2020 National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery 14 August - 20 September . . Image credit: (1) Jacqueline Hennessy, The Offering, 2020, oil on linen, 107.0 x 91.0 cm (2) Victoria Reichelt, Interior, 2020, oil on linen, 76.0 x 61.0 cm @victoria_reichelt @jacqueline.p.hennessy @janmurphygallery #portiageachmemorialaward #portraiture #painting #jacquelinehennessy #victoriareichelt #janmurphygallery @ Jan Murphy Gallery

08.01.2022 Now showing - Laura Patterson’s ‘Grotesque grotto’ until 1 May. Informed by her background in architecture, Laura's exquisitely detailed paintings present moments taken from nature, housed within elaborate framing devices. These works, which look at pockets of remnant old growth rainforest ferns, began as a response to the early 2020 Australian bushfires. Exhibition can be viewed online via link in bio.... Install photography by Chloe Callistemon. @laurapatterson__ #laurapatterson #painting #grotesquegrotto #janmurphygallery See more

08.01.2022 Adam Lester / DAY 10 / Around the world in 12 days Temple wall (Kanyakumari), 2020 synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 106.5 x 106.5 cm, framed Kanyakumari is a coastal town on the southern most tip of India, it's renowned for being the place where three seas converge, the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. The place has a bit of an end of the world feel to it, like a frontier town, a bit wild and forgotten about.... Every evening a market would form along the 3000 year old Kumari Amman Temple wall. With the sea right behind, and the 133 ft tall Thiruvalluvar statue sitting on a small just island off the coast, it made for quite a dreamy and surreal backdrop. I've always been drawn to the food and snack carts wherever I would travel in the world, they’re like a one man band, autonomous to regular commerce, free to move and set up wherever they like, you could say they’re like a metaphor for the life of an artist! @adslester#aroundtheworldin12days #adamlester #janmurphygallery #kanyakumari

07.01.2022 As 2020 hasn’t exactly been the year that many of us were planning, we decided to shake up our annual 12 Days of Christmas campaign a little.Commencing Tuesday 24 November and finishing on Wednesday 9 December, we will be releasing a new artwork daily (excluding Sundays and Mondays) by each of the listed artists. These works are inspired by places or holidays that are meaningful to the artists so join us as we take you 'Around the world in 12 days'!Artworks will b...e available to purchase from 12pm (AEST) and can be viewed via email, Instagram or Facebook.All images and the order in which they are released, will be concealed until the day! . . . @janmurphygallery #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery See more

05.01.2022 Jan Murphy Gallery will be closed over the Easter break, reopening on Tuesday 6 April. You will then have one more week to view exhibitions by Monica Rohan and Louise Tate before we install new shows by Jacqueline Hennessy and Laura Patterson. Hennessy and Patterson are both working with us via our protégé program and we are very excited to be exhibiting their new solo exhibitions, 'This is a love song' and 'Grotesque grotto'. We have already had a great response to their wor...k so if you are keen to see previews, please contact us via our website. Image credit: Jacqueline Hennessy, 'Untitled (I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead, I think I made you up inside my head)', 2021, oil on linen, 102.0 x 102.0 cm Laura Patterson, 'Matthina Falls after rain', 2021, oil on board, timber, paper pulp, plaster & cement 52.0 x 48.5 cm

05.01.2022 Juz Kitson recently participated in the NAS Art Forum series. Art Forum is a weekly lecture program where invited guests present talks on their curatorial, artistic and research projects to all members of the National Art School staff and student communities. Kitsons work was also recently featured and profiled in the National Art School's recent #NASRetake Instagram series - celebrating the work and achievements of NAS alumni. To view the Art Forum lecture, please click t...he link below. https://nas.edu.au/art-forum-online/ Image credit: Juz Kitson 'Temporal Fluidity No 6' 2019 Dehua Porcelain 28.0 x 38.0 x 14.0 cm

04.01.2022 A huge congratulations to the following artists who have been announced as finalists in the 2020 Archibald and Wynne prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Wynne Prize) . Lucy Culliton (Archibald and Wynne Prize)... . William Mackinnon (Archibald Prize) . Guy Maestri (Archibald and Wynne Prize) . Monica Rohan (Archibald Prize) . The winner of the Archibald and Wynne prizes will be announced 26 September. . Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes2020 26 September 2020 10 January 2021 Art Gallery of New South Wales . Image credit: (1)Natasha Bieniek, Lalla, 2020, oil on gold mirror Dibond, 54.5 x 41.5 cm . (2)Lucy Culliton, Soils for life, 2019, oil on board, 120.0 x 90.0 cm . (3) Lucy Culliton, Gunningrah, Bottom Bullock, 2019, oil on board, 180.0 x 180.0 cm (photo AGNSW, Jenni Carter) . (4) Guy Maestri, JB reading, 2020, oil on linen, 43.5 x 43.5 cm (photo AGNSW, Jenni Carter) . (5) Guy Maestri, The rain song, 2020, oil on linen, 198.0 x 244.0 cm . (6) William Mackinnon, Sunshine and Lucky (life), 2019, acrylic, oil and automotive enamel on linen 220.0 x 160.0 cm . (7) Monica Rohan, Lucy, 2020, oil on board, 120.0 x 90.0 cm . @natashabieniek @lucyculliton @william_mackinnon @guy_maestri @monrohan #archibaldprize #archibaldprizefinalist #wynneprize #wynneprizefinalist #artgallerynsw #janmurphygallery #natashabieniek #lucyculliton #williammackinnon #guymaestri #monicarohan See more

03.01.2022 Fred Fowlers new solo exhibition This is water is now showing at Jan Murphy Gallery. With the vibrant colours drawing you in, this exhibition alludes to the artists concern with the fragility of specific threatened habitats from around Australia. This is water is current at @janmurphygallery until 22 August. .... . . @fredfowler @janmurphygallery #fredfowler #painting #thisiswater #janmurphygallery @ Jan Murphy Gallery See more

02.01.2022 Jacqueline Hennessy’s ‘Still Life’ is now open at Tweed Regional Gallery. This show is the outcome of the Tweed Regional Gallery National Art School MFA Residency Award. Whilst producing this beautiful new series of works in the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio, Jacqueline took lots of inspiration from the re-creation of Margaret Olley’s home studio. ‘Still Life’ is current at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre until 25 July. For more information, p...lease click the link below. https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Exhi/CurrentExhibitions Installation photography by K.Holmes

02.01.2022 In todays video, A.J Taylor invites us sit back and watch part of his incredible painting process. Andrews painted surfaces have amazing depth and in his own words, he describes his process as demonstrated in the time lapse video: In the first few sections you can see me applying contrasting layers of enamel over an initial impasto layer (there are a few days drying time between each section). Next I sand back all the layers to reveal the resulting system of marks. This i...s the surface I will start to paint on. Later the image is roughed-in using semi-transparent oil paint and slowly the forest emerges from the surface. . . . @a.j.taylor #painting #ajtaylor #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

02.01.2022 Today we call in on Brisbane-based artist Adam Lester. Speaking from his home studio, Adam is painting for his forthcoming solo exhibition, Islands, opening with us in late June. Ironically, the works hes producing are loosely based on some of his favourite places to travel. As this may be the only way we will be going overseas for sometime, we are looking forward to being transported to lands far away by Adams distinctive palette, gestural strokes and dreamy aesthetic. A ...healthy dose of escapism is just what the doctor ordered right now! To register your interest in Adam Lesters forthcoming solo exhibition, email us at [email protected]. . . . @adslester #painting #adamlester #stayhome #artistinisolation #janmurphygallery

02.01.2022 Congratulations to Heidi Yardley and Marina Strocchi who have been both announced as finalists in the 2020 National Works on Paper Prize. Heidi Yardley entered Strangers to ourselves and Marina Strocchi The Escarpment - Kangaroo Valley V. With a long history, this prize attracts leading artists from across Australia working in fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. Established in 1998 by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, NWOP supports... and promotes contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper with a major acquisitive award of $15,000. Good luck Heidi and Marina! National Works on Paper Prize Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 5 December - 21 February . . . Image credit: (1) Heidi Yardley, Strangers to ourselves, 2020, charcoal on primed paper, 76.0 x 56.0 cm (2) Marina Strocchi, The Escarpment- Kangaroo Valley V, 2018, acrylic on handmade Indian rag paper, 55.0 x 75.5 cm @heidi_yardley @marinastrocchi @janmurphygallery @mprg_vic #nationalworksonpaperprize #heidiyardley #marinastrocchi @ Jan Murphy Gallery

02.01.2022 We are excited to welcome Newcastle-based artist, Lottie Consalvo to the Gallery. Working across painting, performance, video and sculpture, Consalvo connects deep internal states of being with finely attuned sensory perception and expression. "Dreaming, desire, longing and loss are prominent themes in my work. I draw out the manifestation of experience and its interplay with memory, the imaginary and the physical world."... Lottie has a strong exhibition history across Australia and internationally, including New Zealand, Mexico and Germany. She has worked with Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, including a performance-based residency with Marina Abramovic in 2015. Her work is held in a number of collections including Artbank, Macquarie University, Allens law firm, The Stevenson Collection and Warner Music Australia. Lottie will be presenting her first exhibition with us in August 2021 and until then, we have some of her major works in stock - including Speaking through water, 2020, Acrylic and enamel on board, 80.0 x 110.0 cm, seen above. For more information or to enquire about available work, please visit our website via our link in profile. . . . @lottieconsalvo @janmurphygallery #lottieconsalvo #painting #nowrepresenting #janmurphygallery

01.01.2022 Heidi Yardley / DAY 9 / Around the world in 12 days Rakotzbrücke, 2020 oil on board, 50.0 x 38.0 cm Melbourne based Heidi Yardley takes us to Germany today. Images of this iconic bridge have haunted Heidi’s imagination for decades and again like so many of us, she hopes to visit one day.... I have painted the enigmatic bridge ‘Rakotzbrücke’, situated in Kromlauer Park in Germany. Commissioned in 1860, the bridge is famous for its shape and reflection which combine to create the illusion of a perfect circle. This vision speaks to me of the relationship between the tangible world and the murky, subterranean layers of our unconscious minds. For purchase enquiries please call the gallery. + 61 7 3254 1855. No DMs please. @janmurphygallery @heidi_yardley #aroundtheworldin12days #janmurphygallery #heidiyardley #landscapepainting #rakotzbrücke #germany See more

01.01.2022 Monica Rohans 2016 work, 'Head up shoulders back', is featured in new exhibition 'Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 2018' at Redland Art Gallery. During the recent temporary closure of the Redland Art Gallery, this years awards were unfortunately cancelled. But with the gallery having now re-opened, Redland Art Gallery are presenting an exhibition of 14 works acquired for the collection from the awards between 2006 2018. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to v...ote for their favourite acquisition. Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 2018 15 June 2 August Redland Art Gallery For more information, please click the link below. http://artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au//redland-art-awards-/ Image credit: Monica Rohan 'Head up shoulders back' 2016 oil on board 80.0 x 60.0 cm