Mythology & Globalisation (after AES+F)
Artist: Roma Aarons
Price: $75
Artist Statement:
This miniature study was created in response to a ‘Curiosity Challenge’ in class designed to extend our knowledge of Contemporary Art. Inspired by the work created by AES+F collective I chose to investigate this small thumbnail section of their work in detail, exploring the elements & principles of design, motifs, symbols and metaphors used to convey non- literal meaning and express chosen narratives to the viewer.
Artist Bio:
Roma Aarons was a Senior Art Student at Fairholme College in 2024. She won the UniSQ ‘Future Visions’ Overall Prize in 2023 and a Finalist in 2024. Furthermore, Roma was awarded a ‘Certificate of Commendation’ in the state-wide Creative Generations Excellence Awards in Visual Art in 2024.
Down By the River
Artist: Timothy Acutt
Price: $1,200
Artist Statement:
‘And they hear the holy silence of the temples on the hill’ - Don McLean. In this work I have been influenced by the Australian social realist artist of the 1940's and 1950's, Noel Counihan. I tried to create a truthful image without sentiment.
Artist Bio:
I am full-time studio potter and visual artist working in Ipswich. In my ceramic practice I create function ware that works well, and I hope has aesthetic value. In my drawing and painting practice I am concerned with the environment I inhabit and my response to social issues that concern me. I have exhibited my works in Ipswich, Brisbane and Southeast Queensland.
Giddy up, Girl Gang
Artist: Holly Jayne Anlezark
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
The Giddy Up Girl Game captures the heart of BHJ, celebrating the simplicity and spirit of polo crosse. With Subby’s gang trotting around, this piece reflects the energy, camaraderie, and timeless tradition of the game, evoking a sense of joy and community in motion.
Artist Bio:
Holly Jayne is an emerging artist and full-time university student studying primary school teaching in Toowoomba, Queensland. As a proud local, she has recently discovered a hidden talent for creating art, which has opened up an entirely new world of creative expression. What began as a personal exploration has quickly blossomed into a deep passion for using various materials to capture the beauty of everyday life. Though still early in her artistic journey, Holly Jayne has already made her debut in a local art show. Participating in this exhibition has been a transformative experience, giving her newfound confidence and a sense of belonging in the creative community. Her work reflects a blend of curiosity and playfulness, inspired by her love for nature, personal experiences, and the vibrant spirit of her hometown. As a future educator and artist, Holly Jayne is driven by the belief that creativity has the power to inspire, uplift, and connect people. With every new piece, she continues to explore and evolve, excited to share her growing artistic voice with the world.
Cool Cabana City
Artist: Lexie Antonio
Price: $1,050
Artist Statement:
The inspiration for this whimsical artwork was the city of Cool Cabanas stretched out on the Noosa beach these summer holidays. Made with a unique 3D technique this aerial holiday scene makes the viewer feel like they are on holidays all over again. Made with moulding paste on and off canvas and painted with acrylic it depicts the random city like structures of vacation Cool cabana madness.
Artist Bio:
LexArt Studio is the name I have given my art practice which emerged after a health scare in 2009. Art gave me an outlet for self-expression and creative experimentation and helped me regain the joy of living. As a self-taught artist, I love to experiment with different mediums and techniques and my art is always evolving and changing. I create in a naive style, with a focus on small details as it expresses a playfulness and less serious side to life. The one thing that never changes with my artwork, is my love of colour, particularly bright and happy tones. I hope you enjoy viewing my art as much as I love bringing them to life.
Flower maze
Artist: Karen Backus
Price: $595
Artist Statement:
This work focuses on the joy found in pattern, colour, texture and repetition. Found objects from nature are celebrated, put on centre stage and tell the story of the familiar.
Artist Bio:
Karen graduated from a Bachelor of Fine Arts from USQ in 1998. Karen has taught art at TAFE and managed Euraba Paper Company in the Boggabilla and Toomelah communities. Karen has been involved in a number of group exhibitions and received awards and acquisitions of her work in art shows. She currently creates small batch ceramics for stockists, commission pieces, original paintings, art cards, limited edition prints and tea towels of her work.
Tip toe through the tulips
Artist: Karen Backus
Price: $570
Artist Statement:
This work focuses on the joy found in pattern, colour, texture and repetition. Found objects from nature are celebrated, put on centre stage and tell the story of the familiar.
Artist Bio:
Karen graduated from a Bachelor of Fine Arts from USQ in 1998. Karen has taught art at TAFE and managed Euraba Paper Company in the Boggabilla and Toomelah communities. Karen has been involved in a number of group exhibitions and received awards and acquisitions of her work in art shows. She currently creates small batch ceramics for stockists, commission pieces, original paintings, art cards, limited edition prints and tea towels of her work.
The Lunch Room
Artist: Leisl Baker
Price: $2,800
Artist Statement:
This is a painting of the lunch room at Angela Smith Interiors. I was inspired to capture this beautiful space just the way I found it; chairs slightly out of order, a magazine open on the table, late afternoon sun streaming in, creating a humble, serene, everyday beauty.
Artist Bio:
Leisl Baker is a Toowoomba-based painter who aims to record moments in time as visual snapshots. A spontaneous, energetic and intuitive painter, Leisl’s approach is physical and deliberate; applying thick layers of oil paint to board, and then working wet on wet to capture the ever-shifting energy, light and atmosphere of a place or scene.
Summer Storm
Artist: Bella Baldwin
Price: $1,200
Artist Statement:
‘Summer Storm’ explores the tension between sky and land using thick layers of oil paint and palette knife textures. Through impasto, I aimed to capture the weight and energy of storm clouds overpowering the golden fields beneath their looming presence.
Artist Bio:
I’m a farm girl who grew up between Brookstead and Millmerran and went to school at St Ursula’s. My love for the richness of oil paint began early, but it was selling my work in London that gave me the confidence to explore new subject matter and push my practice further. I’ve exhibited at the Mall Galleries’ annual Covent Garden show and featured at art fairs across London’s Southbank. Despite that journey, I’ve never forgotten my roots — my favourite subject now is the sweeping skies and golden crop fields of the Darling Downs that shaped me.
Storm on the Downs
Artist: Bella Baldwin
Price: $700
Artist Statement:
‘Storm on the Downs’ strikes tension between the intense blues and greys above and the golden wheatfields below - the land still glows with light and life, but the sky hints at something powerful and ominous. The line of trees, nestled on the horizon, anchors the scene, suggesting shelter and resilience amid looming chaos.
Artist Bio:
I’m a farm girl who grew up between Brookstead and Millmerran and went to school at St Ursula’s. My love for the richness of oil paint began early, but it was selling my work in London that gave me the confidence to explore new subject matter and push my practice further. I’ve exhibited at the Mall Galleries’ annual Covent Garden show and featured at art fairs across London’s Southbank. Despite that journey, I’ve never forgotten my roots — my favourite subject now is the sweeping skies and golden crop fields of the Darling Downs that shaped me.
Push & Pull
Artist: Marisa Ballinger
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
Drawing on individual experiences that shape us and how we process significant changes in our life, the work explores the balance between fragility and strength where both elements coexist literally and metaphorically.
Artist Bio:
Contemporary artist Marisa Ballinger delves into the complexities of self-identity, embracing the notion that identity is not static but dynamic and ever evolving. Marisa finds inspiration in personal stories and the nuance of everyday life, creating works that capture the intrinsic relationship between maker, medium, and creative process. In a practice characterised by an appreciation of form, line, and meticulous process, her work is explorative and diverse, incorporating various media including paper, timber, textiles and clay.
Colour Me
Artist: Marisa Ballinger
Price: $850
Artist Statement:
The work emerged from a process of self-determination and creative exploration combining clay, fibre, and colours of nature. Interwoven with personal and professional narratives, the work embodies a light-hearted preoccupation with gaining a deeper understanding of the world around me and my unique place within it.
Artist Bio:
Contemporary artist Marisa Ballinger delves into the complexities of self-identity, embracing the notion that identity is not static but dynamic and ever evolving. Marisa finds inspiration in personal stories and the nuance of everyday life, creating works that capture the intrinsic relationship between maker, medium, and creative process. In a practice characterised by an appreciation of form, line, and meticulous process, her work is explorative and diverse, incorporating various media including paper, timber, textiles and clay.
Stillness
Artist: Marisa Ballinger
Price: $550
Artist Statement:
Drawing from traditional weaving practices that are both reflective and expressive, repetition creates a sense of rhythm. Concurrently, the vessel is shaped by and retains the memory of these moments, where the self and its representations become expressions of material forces, temporality, and change.
Artist Bio:
Contemporary artist Marisa Ballinger delves into the complexities of self-identity, embracing the notion that identity is not static but dynamic and ever evolving. Marisa finds inspiration in personal stories and the nuance of everyday life, creating works that capture the intrinsic relationship between maker, medium, and creative process. In a practice characterised by an appreciation of form, line, and meticulous process, her work is explorative and diverse, incorporating various media including paper, timber, textiles and clay.
Early Morning on Campbell
Artist: Diana Battle
Price: $2,000
Artist Statement:
For this painting I have combined the many shapes formed by morning light with the design of negative areas to communicates the feeling of a Sunday morning in Toowoomba. The large circle of foliage symbolises the unity and harmony with which these large trees co-exist.
Artist Bio:
Diana Battle (Toowoomba) (Born Brisbane 1946) Style: Expressionistic - Diana believes an original painting breathes life into a room and should encourage conversation. She is a self-taught painter and while working in a photographic studio became influenced by Judy Cassab and Mike Nicholas, followed by Michael Muir and Nicholas Harding. Visiting galleries is always on the itinerary. Diana has received many prizes and held Solo exhibitions of her work.
The view from my kitchen, NaHCO3
Artist: Aurelie Beeston
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
The kitchen: a place of labor and confinement. Here, chemicals used in domestic work become a new world. Growing crystals take over rust, watercolour flows, moving barriers. These shifting substances mirroring the resilience of women who redefine their roles despite boundaries. Women were never meant to stay in the kitchen.
Artist Bio:
I am a photographer who blends historical photographic processes with contemporary techniques. My work explores the interplay of light, texture, chemistry, and nature to create evocative and timeless images. My current focus is driven by a deep concern for the environment, using my practice to respond to climate change and the fragility of the natural world. Through my images, I aim to reflect both its beauty and its vulnerability.
Eucalyptus
Artist: Aurelie Beeston
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
This lumen print captures the fleeting imprint of eucalyptus leaves, recording their essence through light and time. The soft tones and delicate forms reflect a quiet moment of connection with nature, preserving the plant’s ephemeral beauty in an unrepeatable moment. It is a record and a tribute to nature's fragility.
Artist Bio:
I am a photographer who blends historical photographic processes with contemporary techniques. My work explores the interplay of light, texture, chemistry, and nature to create evocative and timeless images. My current focus is driven by a deep concern for the environment, using my practice to respond to climate change and the fragility of the natural world. Through my images, I aim to reflect both its beauty and its vulnerability.
Until there is no more
Artist: Peta Berghofer
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
‘Until there is no more' reflects on social constructs associated with daily work. Merging repetitive visuals with labour symbology, this ceramic assemblage explores lives defined by labour. Driven by watching loved ones endure illness before retirement, it offers an inward quest for freedom within the monotony of the everyday.
Artist Bio:
IPeta Berghofer is a Toowoomba-based artist, practicing on Giabal and Jarowair lands. Her ceramics blend still life and sculptural abstraction, employing hand- building techniques to transform everyday objects into distorted ceramic assemblages. Berghofer explores the peculiarities of human-made realities, creating artifacts that suggest an altered perception of the familiar. Since completing her Bachelor of Creative Arts in 2016, Berghofer has exhibited in Australia, France, and Denmark, with her work held in private and public collections globally.
H.M.A.S Toowoomba in The Swamp
Artist: Shane Berghofer
Price: $400
Artist Statement:
Inspired by a casual exchange with a friend passionate about naval engineering, ‘H.M.A.S Toowoomba in The Swamp’ reinterprets a media release photograph of the naval vessel. While the title playfully critiques the absurdity of militaristic naming conventions, the painting ultimately reflects on how personal connections and everyday conversations can unexpectedly shape creative exploration.
Artist Bio:
Shane Berghofer is an emerging Toowoomba based artist. A retired automotive spray painter, Berghofer has embraced his retirement years as an opportunity to reconnect with a long-standing passion for painting, exchanging industrial finishes for more intimate canvases. Drawing inspiration from family archives, personal history and conversations with mates, Berghofer explores themes of memory and identity, through portraiture and landscape. His works often carry a thread of humour, offering a gentle lens into private, everyday moments.
Collits’ Inn
Artist: Shane Berghofer
Price: $500
Artist Statement:
‘Collits’ Inn’ is inspired by a personal travel photograph, capturing a moment of familial and historical discovery in Hartley Vale, New South Wales. The 1823 heritage-listed inn, designed by Pierce Collit, holds ancestral significance for Berghofer, intertwining architecture, memory, and lineage in a contemplative visual narrative.
Artist Bio:
Shane Berghofer is an emerging Toowoomba based artist. A retired automotive spray painter, Berghofer has embraced his retirement years as an opportunity to reconnect with a long-standing passion for painting, exchanging industrial finishes for more intimate canvases. Drawing inspiration from family archives, personal history and conversations with mates, Berghofer explores themes of memory and identity, through portraiture and landscape. His works often carry a thread of humour, offering a gentle lens into private, everyday moments.
Clara schedules meetings that could’ve been scrolls
Artist: Victoria Beths
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
Clara, ever earnest, schedules meetings that echo like ancient scroll readings. Acrylics, ink, and charcoal on rice paper highlight the fragile absurdity of it all—ephemeral importance, bleeding agendas, and quiet resistance. A gentle roast of workplace rituals, this piece salutes everyone who's whispered, ‘Could’ve been an email.’
Artist Bio:
Victoria Beth’s portraits are quirky, slightly abstract faces bursting with personality. Each piece is titled with a real-life name that hints at the character’s traits, inviting viewers to instantly connect and imagine their story. Her work is playful, expressive, and full of unexpected charm, blending bold marks with a sense of humour and humanity. Based in the Darling Downs, Victoria continues to explore the art of character through her curious, character-filled faces.
Jonah
Artist: Adele Bevacqua
Price: $4,900
Artist Statement:
Jonah explores the biblical tale through turbulent brushstrokes of blue and green. The chaotic seascape mirrors both physical submersion and spiritual struggle. I capture that pivotal moment between resistance and surrender - when transformation becomes possible in the depths.
Artist Bio:
Brisbane-based artist Adele Bevacqua creates textured abstract expressionist paintings, rich in vibrant colour and inspired by her time living in India. Her work, exhibited across Australia, captures emotion, light, and movement. A finalist in awards including the National Contemporary Art Prize and 40under40, her passion lies in crafting beautiful pieces that bring joy and colour into people’s homes.
Harvest Delayed
Artist: Michelle Black
Price: $1,580
Artist Statement:
Stillness after the rain—when blacksoil turns to mire, and ripened, golden grains lie waiting. Harvesters sit at a silent standstill, quietened by the earth's soft refusal. Mother Nature enforces a pause in the farmer’s toil.
Artist Bio:
I am an experimental printmaker who uses natural materials, and sometimes natural processes, from the landscape in the creation of my work. In 2023 I relocated from a coastal village to rural Dalby. I have found inspiration in this new-to-me agricultural landscape in distinct contrast to the coastal and river landscapes I have previously been motivated by and worked with. Rich, fertile Western Downs blacksoil features in these works.
Golden Harvest, Blacksoil Plains
Artist: Michelle Black
Price: $2,500
Artist Statement:
Rich, productive and vast blacksoil plains, cracking in the sun. The Western Downs is a landscape of repetition and pattern; crops change with the seasons, paddocks are ploughed in parallel, fallow or waiting for seed. Golden wheat and barley fields are harvested beneath big skies in spring.
Artist Bio:
I am an experimental printmaker who uses natural materials, and sometimes natural processes, from the landscape in the creation of my work. In 2023 I relocated from a coastal village to rural Dalby. I have found inspiration in this new-to-me agricultural landscape in distinct contrast to the coastal and river landscapes I have previously been motivated by and worked with. Rich, fertile Western Downs blacksoil features in these works.
Sunshine Dunes
Artist: Yvonne Blakeney
Price: $450
Artist Statement:
Memories of holidays, sunshine, the beach, Australian nostalgia. Part of our DNA.
Artist Bio:
Yvonne is an Arts graduate from USQ and also has a Diploma in Art History. She won the 2018 Grand Championship Art Prize at the Toowoomba Royal Show. She has also won the Kenneth Macqueen Memorial Watercolour prize. She has written & illustrated two children’s books. In 2023 she illustrated & successfully published ‘A Year in a Toowoomba Garden’ to raise money for Blush Cancer Care.
MIRAGE
Artist: Paula Bowie
Price: $1,800
Artist Statement:
Mirage suggests the ancient Australian landscape reflecting earthy hues, giving an overall effect of a heat haze. This vessel has been multi fired to achieve complex surface and patterning.
Sitting above are the ubiquitous lines of aged fences that define the bush landscape, eventually collapsing into the Earth.
Artist Bio:
I began my clay journey studying Ceramics at TAFE with Dr. Steven Harrison as my tutor. As a fulltime Ceramic Artist, I am influenced by my local surrounds on Macleay Island. My amphora-like forms, reflect my interest in ancient pottery and archaeological finds. I enjoy testing new dry matte glazes to enhance texture. At present I am working on Vessels for an upcoming solo exhibition at Moreton Bay.
I The things I've learnt are never a straight line
Artist: Tanya Boyes
Price: $340
Artist Statement:
As part of a small series of native Australian birds, 'The things I've learnt are never a straight line' has Tanya's signature minimalist palette knife style. Aiming not to represent the subject realistically but to embrace simplicity through stylized shapes, thick buttery texture and a restrained colour palette.
Artist Bio:
Self-taught Dalby based artist; Tanya Boyes began painting in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic as a meditative experience with a focus on maintaining mental health. This quickly developed into a daily practice, honing her skills and developing her own personal style and voice as an artist. With a love for native Australian flora and fauna, Tanya's work has developed a signature stylized simplicity with thick buttery texture.
Day’s End
Artist: Juliet Bradford
Price: $4,800
Artist Statement:
This artwork portrays my farming background and part of my daily life, symbolizing my love of a rural lifestyle with horses. Always in my boots and hat, either working on the land or with my horse, my boots and hat are removed at the end of each day.
Artist Bio:
Juliet lives in Hampton, Queensland and is a passionate animal/wildlife coloured pencil/pastel artist, specialising in the art of capturing the beauty of nature, bringing subjects to life with her keen eye for detail. From her love of horses, Juliet also specialises in drawing equine related subjects. Although pencils are a slow medium, Juliet enjoys the intricate details that is achieved and continues to expand her art career by transferring her skills to different subjects.
Bumblebee
Artist: Juliet Bradford
Price: $995
Artist Statement:
Through my art, I aim to highlight the importance of the bumblebee, being essential to ecosystems and agriculture. It is a call to protect the often-overlooked powerful pollinators in our evolving world.
Artist Bio:
Juliet lives in Hampton, Queensland and is a passionate animal/wildlife coloured pencil/pastel artist, specialising in the art of capturing the beauty of nature, bringing subjects to life with her keen eye for detail. From her love of horses, Juliet also specialises in drawing equine related subjects. Although pencils are a slow medium, Juliet enjoys the intricate details that is achieved and continues to expand her art career by transferring her skills to different subjects.
Running up that Hill
Artist: Krystal Bradford
Price: $2,000
Artist Statement:
My work is rooted in the tension between movement and stillness, change and return. I explore what it means to not settle—to be constantly shifting, redirected, and reshaped by forces both internal and external. The land plays a central role in this journey. It holds memory. It guides. It is both compass and witness, mapping out forgotten pathways while anchoring me in the present. In many ways, my practice is a reflection of disconnection—feeling adrift, pushed back and forth by the weight of life, like running while standing still. There is beauty and chaos in that imbalance. Sometimes I am propelled forward without control. Other times, I find stillness in unexpected places. In the quiet of home. In the echo of familiar ground.
Artist Bio:
Krystal, with 23 years in the arts industry, she actively engages in both contemporary and commercial art scenes. As a secondary art teacher and Head of Department, she has found success in teaching and exhibiting across Brisbane's dynamic arts landscape. With a fully functional art studio, Krystal is poised to transition her art career into a full-time profession, continuing her teaching, practice and workshops through 2025.
Those afternoon naps
Artist: Krystal Bradford
Price: $2,300
Artist Statement:
My work is a response to the chaos of life—family, change, pressure, and time slipping too fast. I create to hold onto fleeting moments, to find beauty in the mess, and to make sense of love that’s wild and imperfect. This is my way of embracing the noise, grounding myself in the now, and saying: I was here, and I felt it all.
Artist Bio:
Krystal, with 23 years in the arts industry, she actively engages in both contemporary and commercial art scenes. As a secondary art teacher and Head of Department, she has found success in teaching and exhibiting across Brisbane's dynamic arts landscape. With a fully functional art studio, Krystal is poised to transition her art career into a full-time profession, continuing her teaching, practice and workshops through 2025.
Tarlington Street Roundabout
Artist: Barb Brown
Price: $1,850
Artist Statement:
On my morning walks around Middle Ridge I find endless inspiration for my painting… seeing the roads disappear into the distance and the bush behind make a great composition.
Artist Bio:
Painting is my happy place. I enjoy finding the unexpected version of something that is everyday. I love colours and how they work together and lines and shapes to create perspective.
This Way
Artist: Max Caesar
Price: $900
Artist Statement:
The Australian ‘Swaggie’ emerged during the depression in the 1890’s and 1930’s when unemployed men had to keep walking to find sometimes menial work in return for meals. Their best friend was commonly a dog with which they formed a strong bond.
Artist Bio:
I grew up on a dairy farm leaving school at 14 to complete a three-year course at the National Art School in Sydney, under Jeffrey Smart, David Strachan, Jack Kilgour before working in advertising agencies. The bush beckoned, so I bolted to work on cattle and sheep stations developing an affinity with bush life. To support several struggling farms, I worked in Printing and Newspapers. Staging several solo and joint exhibitions, has won a respectable number of awards and commissions.
Freedom (after Ah Xian)
Artist: Lily Cameron
Price: $75
Artist Statement:
This miniature study was created in response to a ‘Curiosity Challenge’ in class designed to extend our knowledge of Contemporary Art. Inspired by the work created by the work of Chinese-born, now living in Australia, Artist, Ah Xian, I chose to investigate this small thumbnail section of his work in detail, exploring the elements & principles of design, motifs, symbols and metaphors used to convey non-literal meanings and express chosen narratives to the viewer.
Artist Bio:
Lily Cameron was a Senior Art student and Boarder at Fairholme College in 2024. Her artworks were chosen as a finalist in the UniSQ ‘Future Visions’ in both 2023 and 2024.
Over the Valley
Artist: Jane Canfield
Price: $1,600
Artist Statement:
I sat on the edge of the valley looking through the trees… a gentle breeze was blowing, and the valley had a slight misty feel to it. The weather was changing.
Artist Bio:
My paintings are produced through memory of where I have been and small studies in gouache or sketches created en plein air, and then simplified in the studio. I am always trying to simplify and pare back, using contrast and shapes to create a painting.
Trees I
Artist: Jane Canfield
Price: $680
Artist Statement:
A small panel of green. I love trees in all their forms and this and the other panel, are two paintings produced together in the studio where I just enjoy reducing and simplifying with contrast and simple shapes.
Artist Bio:
My paintings are produced through memory of where I have been and small studies in gouache or sketches created en plein air, and then simplified in the studio. I am always trying to simplify and pare back, using contrast and shapes to create a painting.
Trees II
Artist: Jane Canfield
Price: $680
Artist Statement:
A small panel of green. I love trees in all their forms and this and the other panel, are two paintings produced together in the studio where I just enjoy reducing and simplifying with contrast and simple shapes.
Artist Bio:
My paintings are produced through memory of where I have been and small studies in gouache or sketches created en plein air, and then simplified in the studio. I am always trying to simplify and pare back, using contrast and shapes to create a painting.
Beekeeper #2
Artist: Karen Canning
Price: $280
Artist Statement:
Beekeeper #2 captures the delicate dance between nature and nurture. Using encaustic wax and mixed media, this piece explores the translucency and depth of flowers in a dream-like state, hovering between reality and memory, with a subtle nod to the vital role of bees in our ecosystem.
Artist Bio:
For over 20 years Karen has explored different mediums including, acrylic paint, mixed media, textiles, wire art and encaustic wax. Experimentation is important in her process, and she loves nothing more than creating beautiful and treasured objects from something unexpected or discarded. Karen continues to explore new mediums and techniques to produce a diverse array of artwork.
That’s my Boy
Artist: Casey Charles
Price: $1,950
Artist Statement:
If you were a cow, you too would be proud that this bull is your ‘boy’…
Artist Bio:
Casey Charles is a Queensland based artist working in oils. His paintings are bright and loud, behind which there is always an interesting and intriguing story.
Rhapsody in Blue
Artist: Elena Churilova
Price: $900
Artist Statement:
Spring blossoms are nature’s poetic nod to the fleeting beauty of life. Loose pastel strokes reveal a sense of movement, as if the blossoms are gently swaying evoking both stillness and the passage of time.
Artist Bio:
Elena Churilova is an award-winning artist working with oils, pastels and watercolours. Her work is intuitive and inspired. In 2006 Elena Churilova moved from Russia to Australia as a qualified professional. She works in a style which combines reality and fantasy.
Sunflowers
Artist: Elena Churilova
Price: $900
Artist Statement:
Historically, sunflowers have been celebrated by artists—from Van Gogh’s iconic series to contemporary interpretations—for their ability to capture the exuberance of nature and the light of the sun itself. This work is an ode to optimism, light and joy.
Artist Bio:
Elena Churilova is an award-winning artist working with oils, pastels and watercolours. Her work is intuitive and inspired. In 2006 Elena Churilova moved from Russia to Australia as a qualified professional. She works in a style which combines reality and fantasy.
Are You Walking Your Own Path?
Artist: Leisa Clark
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
This piece reflects on the power of choice. It prompts the viewer to consider whether the paths they take are truly their own or shaped by external influences. Are they living authentically, or merely following the expectations of others? It’s a call to embrace personal autonomy.
Artist Bio:
In her teens, Leisa dreamt of being an artist, but external pressures led her to a career in Nursing and Midwifery. After a back injury, surgeries, and battling depression, she realised she was living a life shaped by others. In her early 30s, Leisa left Midwifery to pursue art. Drawing inspiration from Impressionism and pop art, her vibrant acrylic paintings aim to evoke joy and hope, offering a sense of comfort to those facing depression and anxiety.
What was and what will be
Artist: Leisa Clark
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
This artwork captures the space between the past and the future – where memories linger as new possibilities unfold. It speaks to the quiet moments of transition, letting go of what was, and stepping forward into the uncertainty of what will be, embracing the change that comes with every new step.
Artist Bio:
In her teens, Leisa dreamt of being an artist, but external pressures led her to a career in Nursing and Midwifery. After a back injury, surgeries, and battling depression, she realised she was living a life shaped by others. In her early 30s, Leisa left Midwifery to pursue art. Drawing inspiration from Impressionism and pop art, her vibrant acrylic paintings aim to evoke joy and hope, offering a sense of comfort to those facing depression and anxiety.
Speckle Surprise
Artist: Catherine Clark Dowden
Price: $1,980
Artist Statement:
Simple but so powerful, the maternal love of a mother and the fluffy cuteness of a new born calf, hopefully causing the viewer to smile just a little and feel the love!
Artist Bio:
There is a magic to animals that consumes Catherine as an artist. She is inspired to capture the spirit, energy, and emotion of her subjects. She continually expands her skills through workshops, both in-person and online, and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others through teaching. Catherine finds art so very rewarding; it is challenging and can be frustrating at times, but the more she does, the more inspired she becomes. Possibilities are endless with art!
The Watchful One
Artist: Catherine Clark Dowden
Price: $1,600
Artist Statement:
Capturing the spirit and emotion of the donkey while surrounded in the lush vegetation from the wet season with lots of texture and palette knife work. No judgement, just a watchful soul.
Artist Bio:
There is a magic to animals that consumes Catherine as an artist. She is inspired to capture the spirit, energy, and emotion of her subjects. She continually expands her skills through workshops, both in-person and online, and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others through teaching. Catherine finds art so very rewarding; it is challenging and can be frustrating at times, but the more she does, the more inspired she becomes. Possibilities are endless with art!
Violet and Rose
Artist: Helen Clulow
Price: $125
Artist Statement:
‘Violet and Rose’ is a small pastel work that captures a tender moment between a young girl and her cat, seated together in a flower filled garden. The softness of the medium mirrors the quiet emotion of the scene. Intimate in both subject and scale, Violet and Rose offers a gentle reflection on love and the moments we carry with us.
Artist Bio:
Helen Clulow is a local Toowoomba artist specialising in oils and pastels. Helen’s work draws from the emotional landscape of childhood, bringing themes of connection, memory and imagination to each piece. When not creating art, Helen spends her time on a rural property creating magical gardens and caring for a menagerie of animals. She is a regular exhibitor at Toowoomba Grammar Art Show, Foothills Art Show and the RME Downlands Exhibition.
Coolah Afternoon
Artist: Dylan Cooper
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
Using a minimal palette, I aimed to blur the view where the eye naturally wants to focus, emphasising the afternoon light.
Artist Bio:
Dylan Cooper is an Australian artist who is currently based in the vibrant city of Toowoomba, located in Queensland. In his creative practice, he primarily utilizes both acrylic and oil paints while drawing profound inspiration from the natural beauty that surrounds him. His deep-seated love for nature, particularly the mesmerising ocean, greatly influences the land and seascapes he skilfully creates, often employing impressionistic styles that convey emotion and atmosphere.
Where The Light Creeps In
Artist: Cynthia Copley
Price: $3,200
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the serene beauty of Coomba Falls, this painting captures the tranquil moment where sunlight filters through the rugged landscape, reflecting on the still water. Layers of colour and texture evoke the peaceful atmosphere and subtle energy of this Southeast Queensland haven.
Artist Bio:
Cynthia Copley's contemporary landscape paintings explore the vibrant essence of the Australian environment. Through bold brushwork and a rich colour palette, Copley captures the dynamic interplay of light and shadow across diverse terrains. Her work seeks to evoke an emotional connection to the land, inviting viewers to experience its raw beauty and subtle nuances. Copley's paintings offer a fresh and expressive perspective on the timeless allure of the natural world.
A Skip and a Jump
Artist: Cynthia Copley
Price: $2,500
Artist Statement:
This painting captures the dynamic flow and rugged beauty of the Cascades at Crows Nest National Park. Through expressive brush strokes and a focus on light and shadow, I am to convey the natural textures of this beautiful Queensland landscape.
Artist Bio:
Cynthia Copley's contemporary landscape paintings explore the vibrant essence of the Australian environment. Through bold brushwork and a rich colour palette, Copley captures the dynamic interplay of light and shadow across diverse terrains. Her work seeks to evoke an emotional connection to the land, inviting viewers to experience its raw beauty and subtle nuances. Copley's paintings offer a fresh and expressive perspective on the timeless allure of the natural world.
Everywhere all at once
Artist: Kaylah Daniel-Stafford
Price: $850
Artist Statement:
This artwork fuses Jean-Michel Basquiat raw expression that echoes my aboriginal identity. By the layering and chaotic symbolism throughout the piece and layered textures, it maps my journey at home. Each image represents fragments of stories of struggle, travel, memory and connection to country.
Artist Bio:
I’m an indigenous student at Fairholme, exploring the themes of identity, memory and nature though the expression of mixed media and using the expressive practice inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s from my two art pieces. My work invites reflection and emotional connection, blending the textures and storytelling through a contemporary lens. I’ve entered and sold in Facets before as well as exhibited in north Queensland galleries and continuing to grow my practices plus share my heritage.
Danger Zone
Artist: Kaylah Daniel-Stafford
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s art practice, this artwork exposes the clash between native life and colonial destruction. Images showing sacred animals are under siege from different perspectives/stories. Crying out in colour and chaos, protesting against man’s harm, trying to survive, to stand up and represent themselves positively.
Artist Bio:
I’m an indigenous student at Fairholme, exploring the themes of identity, memory and nature though the expression of mixed media and using the expressive practice inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s from my two art pieces. My work invites reflection and emotional connection, blending the textures and storytelling through a contemporary lens. I’ve entered and sold in Facets before as well as exhibited in north Queensland galleries and continuing to grow my practices plus share my heritage.
Just keep swimming 1
Artist: Gina Debinski
Price: $495
Artist Statement:
Observation, summer 2025.
Artist Bio:
My career began after completing a Bachelor of Education in Art & Craft with major studies in Textile design & Metalwork. With a strong interest in the fashion industry and a special interest in knitwear and textile design I was lured to New York and developed into a successful knitwear designer. I worked for a number of companies in the USA including Liz Claiborne accessories and later Jennifer Reed where I had the opportunity to design private label for many major department stores including Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Saks and Nordstrom. My love for fashion and accessories, colour and design inspired me to open my own retail stores in Melbourne when I returned to Australia. I spent the next 10 years running my own retail stores. In 2014, after a 10-year hiatus I returned to my first love, painting. I now work as a full-time artist.
I have always loved colour, fashion, and design and this has been reflected in everything I have done throughout my varied career. I now express myself through painting, which I could probably do 24 hours a day if life didn't get in the way. Inspired by observations of everyday life and my photography, my figurative works express a relaxed and relatable realism. Using simple lines and layers of acrylic paint I build a familiar scene in a contemporary style. Lately, I have focused on water-soaked canvases with figures in mid-motion. I focus on movement in a modern play of light and shade.
Just keep swimming 2
Artist: Gina Debinski
Price: $495
Artist Statement:
Observation, summer 2025.
Artist Bio:
My career began after completing a Bachelor of Education in Art & Craft with major studies in Textile design & Metalwork. With a strong interest in the fashion industry and a special interest in knitwear and textile design I was lured to New York and developed into a successful knitwear designer. I worked for a number of companies in the USA including Liz Claiborne accessories and later Jennifer Reed where I had the opportunity to design private label for many major department stores including Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Saks and Nordstrom. My love for fashion and accessories, colour and design inspired me to open my own retail stores in Melbourne when I returned to Australia. I spent the next 10 years running my own retail stores. In 2014, after a 10-year hiatus I returned to my first love, painting. I now work as a full-time artist.
I have always loved colour, fashion, and design and this has been reflected in everything I have done throughout my varied career. I now express myself through painting, which I could probably do 24 hours a day if life didn't get in the way. Inspired by observations of everyday life and my photography, my figurative works express a relaxed and relatable realism. Using simple lines and layers of acrylic paint I build a familiar scene in a contemporary style. Lately, I have focused on water-soaked canvases with figures in mid-motion. I focus on movement in a modern play of light and shade.
Shallow waters bring deep memories
Artist: Gina Debinski
Price: $995
Artist Statement:
Observation while doing the Bondi to Bronte walk.
Artist Bio:
My career began after completing a Bachelor of Education in Art & Craft with major studies in Textile design & Metalwork. With a strong interest in the fashion industry and a special interest in knitwear and textile design I was lured to New York and developed into a successful knitwear designer. I worked for a number of companies in the USA including Liz Claiborne accessories and later Jennifer Reed where I had the opportunity to design private label for many major department stores including Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Saks and Nordstrom. My love for fashion and accessories, colour and design inspired me to open my own retail stores in Melbourne when I returned to Australia. I spent the next 10 years running my own retail stores. In 2014, after a 10-year hiatus I returned to my first love, painting. I now work as a full-time artist.
I have always loved colour, fashion, and design and this has been reflected in everything I have done throughout my varied career. I now express myself through painting, which I could probably do 24 hours a day if life didn't get in the way. Inspired by observations of everyday life and my photography, my figurative works express a relaxed and relatable realism. Using simple lines and layers of acrylic paint I build a familiar scene in a contemporary style. Lately, I have focused on water-soaked canvases with figures in mid-motion. I focus on movement in a modern play of light and shade.
Masked Owl
Artist: Deborah Dieckmann
Price: $150
Artist Statement:
I am fascinated by birds and love the wisdom and peace that this owl resonates. These are native to my area and always seems dignified.
Artist Bio:
I’m a bush artist now from the Freestone Valley. I have been painting birds for 7 years and recording the birds and their environment is inspirational. I work in all mediums depending on what suits my subject. I love to tell stories of the bush.
Skies the Limit
Artist: Poppy Doyle
Price: $200
Artist Statement:
This image captures a fleeting moment where light and atmosphere converge in quiet drama. The soft ember tones of the clouds are suspended in transition - neither day nor night, storm nor calm - symbolising a liminal space between the known and the possible. With ‘Skies the Limit’ I wanted to reflect on the duality of stillness and movement, presence and impermanence. The clouds, illuminated by the setting sun, mirror the emotional landscape we carry within: always shifting, sometimes heavy, sometimes light, but always beautiful in its unpredictability. This piece invites the viewer to pause and look up - literally and metaphorically. To find wonder in the sky’s ever - changing canvas, and to remember that above us, there is always room to dream.
Artist Bio:
My name is Poppy Doyle and I am an 11-year-old emerging artist with a big imagination and a love for capturing the world through her lens. Ever since I can remember, I have loved being creative - whether it's through drawing, painting, or taking photos. I find inspiration in everyday moments, especially the sky, nature, and the little things that often go unnoticed. Even though I’m still very young, I’m excited to keep learning, exploring, and expressing myself through art and photography. For me, creating is a way to share how I see the world - curious, colourful, and full of wonder.
Cost of Colonization (after Presley)
Artist: Lina Duong
Price: $75
Artist Statement:
This miniature study was created in response to a ‘Curiosity Challenge’ in class designed to extend our knowledge of Contemporary Art. Inspired by the work created by the work of Indigenous Australian Artist, Ryan Presley, I chose to investigate this small thumbnail section of his work in detail, exploring the elements & principles of design, motifs, symbols and metaphors used to convey non- literal meanings and express chosen narratives to the viewer.
Artist Bio:
Lina Duong was a Senior Art student at Fairholme College in 2024. Her artworks were chosen as a finalist in the UniSQ ‘Future Visions’ in both 2023 and 2024.
Reeding between the lines
Artist: Lucy Easton
Price: $290
Artist Statement:
In nature, I find a rhythm shaped by light, water, and the gentle repetition of form. ‘Reeding Between the Lines’ captures the quiet geometry of reeds mirrored in still water—where pattern and stillness converge and provide a moment to pause and feel the quiet beauty woven into nature’s design.
Artist Bio:
I am an Australian photographer with a deep love for wild landscapes and quiet moments in nature.
The cottage
Artist: Lucy Easton
Price: $290
Artist Statement:
Perched on the edge of the Atlantic, the cottage clings to Ireland’s rugged west coast, weathered by time and salted by the wild breath of the sea. The magic of Inishbofin calls me back, year after year.
Artist Bio:
I am an Australian photographer with a deep love for wild landscapes and quiet moments in nature.
Kew Garden 2024
Artist: Diane Elsden
Price: $1,900
Artist Statement:
I have always been a garden lover and a painter of gardens from around the world. This is the second of the Kew Gardens (London) series.
Artist Bio:
I am an award-winning artist with many solo exhibitions and the Feature Artist for prestigious art shows. In 2023 I was Downlands College feature artist. Painting overseas gardens and the stunning Toowoomba gardens is an ongoing passion. I paint between two studios - the ‘messy’ one is for large abstract acrylic and oil paintings and the ‘tidy’ one is for watercolours.
Covet
Artist: Aurora Elwell
Price: $1,200
Artist Statement:
Covet explores longing and fulfillment in human connection. The golden glaze reflects the preciousness of romantic bonds, while the vessel symbolises the body- holding our desires and vulnerabilities. An open mouth expresses yearning, as the form translates emotions into a tangible object, capturing tension and longing present in intimate relationships.
Artist Bio:
Aurora Elwell is an emerging ceramic artist working on Yuggera Ugarapul lands, creating sculptural vessels that explore her own identity. Elwell meditates on her emotions during the making process and translates unspoken thoughts into tangible objects. Her ongoing body of work, The Body Vessel, is an investigation of deep emotions such as desire, depression, and ego.
Covet II
Artist: Aurora Elwell
Price: $290
Artist Statement:
Covet II continues the exploration of longing and fulfilment, serving as an intimate study in form and emotion. As an experimental piece, it distils the concept of desire into a compact form—quietly embodying vulnerability, tension, and emotional resonance.
Artist Bio:
Aurora Elwell is an emerging ceramic artist working on Yuggera Ugarapul lands, creating sculptural vessels that explore her own identity. Elwell meditates on her emotions during the making process and translates unspoken thoughts into tangible objects. Her ongoing body of work, The Body Vessel, is an investigation of deep emotions such as desire, depression, and ego.
Covet IIII
Artist: Aurora Elwell
Price: $290
Artist Statement:
Covet IIII continues the exploration of longing and fulfilment, serving as an intimate study in form and emotion. As an experimental piece, it distils the concept of desire into a compact form—quietly embodying vulnerability, tension, and emotional resonance.
Artist Bio:
Aurora Elwell is an emerging ceramic artist working on Yuggera Ugarapul lands, creating sculptural vessels that explore her own identity. Elwell meditates on her emotions during the making process and translates unspoken thoughts into tangible objects. Her ongoing body of work, The Body Vessel, is an investigation of deep emotions such as desire, depression, and ego.
Panda’s Pool Party
Artist: Robbie Erskine
Price: $2,200
Artist Statement:
‘Panda’s Pool Party’ is an energetic and playful depiction of a panda’s birthday party. Surrounded by his friends frolicking in the water, the panda celebrates, with the smaller characters creating their own sub stories with a surrealist twist.
Artist Bio:
A love of surrealism, quirkiness and wit takes my art to a level above the everyday. Developing a narrative, thinking outside the box, mixing it up are all my favourite ways of preparing an artwork, but presented with the traditional oil painting or drawing methods. Animals feature strongly in my work, shown in a realistic painting or drawing style but with an element of surrealism to create a narrative, a quirky twist or a deeper meaning.
Woolshed Creek Upclose
Artist: Trish Evans
Price: $1,350
Artist Statement:
‘Woolshed Creek Up Close NZ is part of a body of work called Roaming Landscapes sharing my experiences of places hiked, paddled or simply sat within. It is colour and light that captures my attention and I aim to record that colour and light to encourage the viewer to recognise a similar real or desired experience of their own.
Artist Bio:
Trish Evans is an oil painter living and working in Meanjin/Brisbane. Trish’s paintings combine abstraction and representation of landscapes or settings she has personally experienced. She paints to capture place and a particular human experience of that place.Trish undertook a period of formal training at the South Australian School of Art then again while travelling at San Jose State University in California USA. While maintaining her art interests during her professional career her art practice has only resumed in recent years.
Into the distance
Artist: Joe Faust
Price: $375
Artist Statement:
‘Into the distance’ is an original oil paint and cold wax painting on board. The composition features of a light snow falling on a bush landscape of dry charcoal powder, Zinc white, linseed oil and cold wax creating a sense of looking straight ahead, what's beyond the path and tree line.
Artist Bio:
Joe Faust is an oil painter who was fortunate to have grown up in the bush environments of North Queensland’s sugar town Proserpine and at Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays, which influenced his love and respect for the Australian bush. Joe’s painting process, his choice of palette, brush strokes and palette knife technique, is evoked by sensations from listening to varied music genres. His emotional response to these transcendent feelings, is the source from which he draws upon to capture Australia's natural environment, evidenced in combinations of colours, textures and expressive strokes. Joe’s individualistic painting style has evolved through experimentation and openness to new ideas and influences.
Edge of the bush
Artist: Joe Faust
Price: $287
Artist Statement:
‘Edge of the bush’ is an original oil and cold wax painting on board, refers to a wild natural bushland environment of untouched beauty, that is slowly dwindling to the more man-made developed inhabited areas.
Artist Bio:
Joe Faust is an oil painter who was fortunate to have grown up in the bush environments of North Queensland’s sugar town Proserpine and at Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays, which influenced his love and respect for the Australian bush. Joe’s painting process, his choice of palette, brush strokes and palette knife technique, is evoked by sensations from listening to varied music genres. His emotional response to these transcendent feelings, is the source from which he draws upon to capture Australia's natural environment, evidenced in combinations of colours, textures and expressive strokes. Joe’s individualistic painting style has evolved through experimentation and openness to new ideas and influences.
Dr Linda Evans
Artist: Ruben Fitton
Price: $850
Artist Statement:
Even though my interactions with Dr Linda Evans have been brief, she has inspired me greatly. Her kind and encouraging words have stuck with me and that is the reason why I wanted to paint her portrait.
Artist Bio:
Ruben Fitton is an artist based in Melbourne for his tertiary studies in classical voice. Ruben won the ‘Future Visions Visual Art Exhibition’ (2022), ‘Mary Snow Emerging Artist Award’ and ‘Live Portrait Painting Award’ at Facets of Fairholme (2024) and was a finalist in Melbourne Brunswick Street Gallery’s ‘Fifty Squared Art Prize’ (2024). This year, Ruben painted Grammar old boy Sean Johnston for the Archibald Prize which awaits judging. Recently, Ruben received a place in the Neil Semer Vocal institute where he will be travelling to Italy for an intensive two-week program to continue his vocal training.
Sweetest Moments
Artist: Madison Fleur
Price: $395
Artist Statement:
‘Sweetest Moments’ captures the joy in life’s simple pleasures — a playful mix of colour and pattern reflecting moments we treasure most. Bold blooms, layered textures, and vibrant contrasts, invite viewers to pause and savour the sweetness found in everyday beauty.
Artist Bio:
Madison Fleur is a Brisbane-based artist known for her vibrant still life works that blend watercolour, collage, ink, and mixed media. Drawing from her design background and love of florals, her pieces are playful, detailed, and full of pattern. Since launching her career in late 2022, Madison has exhibited frequently across Queensland and New South Wales, and featured in all three Australian Affordable Art Fairs with Aspire Gallery in 2024.
Midnight Dreaming
Artist: Madison Fleur
Price: $395
Artist Statement:
‘Midnight Dreaming’ reflects the calm and stillness of night, using dark tones and layered patterns to set the scene. Bright flowers contrast against the deep background, capturing the quiet moments when thoughts wander. It’s a simple mix of colour, shape, and balance — a gentle nod to late-night reflection.
Artist Bio:
Madison Fleur is a Brisbane-based artist known for her vibrant still life works that blend watercolour, collage, ink, and mixed media. Drawing from her design background and love of florals, her pieces are playful, detailed, and full of pattern. Since launching her career in late 2022, Madison has exhibited frequently across Queensland and New South Wales, and featured in all three Australian Affordable Art Fairs with Aspire Gallery in 2024.
Split face with camellia
Artist: Kristen Flynn
Price: $500
Artist Statement:
My self-portrait plays in the grey area between beautiful and ugly. As a viewer of my work, I can transcend and consider past, present, and possible experiences – exploring my identity within a non-linear timeframe. I have created this work by layering two solar plate etchings and one monotype.
Artist Bio:
Flynn creates works that investigate and communicate her identity. Living on a rural property, and being a mother, she is drawn to investigating facets of motherhood, beauty, decay, and life cycles through found objects and images she finds in her direct environment. Her art practice serves to stimulate her thoughts and feelings of transcendence- a moving between worlds, whilst foregrounding the abject nature of the human body and its destiny to return to the earth.
Woven Chainmaille Bracelet
Artist: Sharon Forbes
Price: $1,400
Artist Statement:
Sterling silver hand made links woven together and made into a platted style, elegant, soft Chainmaille bracelet.
Artist Bio:
Just on 3½ years ago I started my journey as an artisan jeweller. I have had a couple of amazing mentors throughout who have taught me so much about metals timbers tooling gems and finding my own techniques. As a nearly 64yr old women who has been many things in my life, and had health issues that have made big changes in my life, I have been grateful to find another outlet for creativity and expression. Yet another thing to help teach me patience and keep pushing the envelope. Loving the process of working with others to create an idea they have in their mind, a beautiful piece of wearable art.
Chainmaille Snake Lariate
Artist: Sharon Forbes
Price: $2,000
Artist Statement:
Fully hand made Sterling Silver links woven into a beautiful soft slinky necklace, with soft Sterling tassels finished with Garnet gemstone Beads.
Artist Bio:
Just on 3½ years ago I started my journey as an artisan jeweller. I have had a couple of amazing mentors throughout who have taught me so much about metals timbers tooling gems and finding my own techniques. As a nearly 64yr old women who has been many things in my life, and had health issues that have made big changes in my life, I have been grateful to find another outlet for creativity and expression. Yet another thing to help teach me patience and keep pushing the envelope. Loving the process of working with others to create an idea they have in their mind, a beautiful piece of wearable art.
Over the Downs
Artist: Meg Frances
Price: $950
Artist Statement:
This piece seeks to capture the light. Those fleeting magic moments at the end of the day as the sun sets and bathes the landscape in a warm golden light. This piece is inspired by the afternoon light across the Darling Downs in Queensland.
Artist Bio:
Meg loves immersing herself in the vibrant Australian landscape. She is drawn to capturing the vast expanse of land and sky by layering her paintings to create depth. Meg has always been passionate about painting and adopts a mostly self-taught approach to her art. She exhibits her work in galleries and stockists across Australia.
Juno
Artist: Bron Francis
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
This piece captures the quiet resilience and beauty of an often-overlooked creature. The vibrant green beetle, set against a moody backdrop, reflects nature’s elegance in unlikely forms. Through bold contrasts and close observation, the work invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with the small, strange wonders of the world.
Artist Bio:
As an emerging high school artist, my paintings explore the intersection of light, emotion, and memory. Through vibrant color palettes and dynamic brushwork, I aim to capture fleeting moments that resonate with the viewer’s own experiences. My work reflects personal growth and a deep curiosity about the world around me. Each piece is an invitation to pause and connect, offering a glimpse into the emotions and stories that shape our daily lives.
Wallum Carcophany
Artist: Joolie Gibbs
Price: $3,800
Artist Statement:
Raising attention of the threatened environments of the coastal Wallum heathlands I have represented at least eight different wildflower species here using botanical inks I make from trees on my property.
Artist Bio:
My career spans over 40 years in arts related industries from making the models for Playschool (NZ), tombstone art, graphic design, paste up artist, tutor, set design, community artist, desktop publisher, papermaking and basketmaking to Director of the Gympie Regional Gallery for 23 years. I completed my Master of Art in Fine Art (MAVA) at the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, in 2013. I now work at my art practice almost full time.
Nullarbor
Artist: Pauline Good
Price: $525
Artist Statement:
Crossing the Nullarbor in Spring with its vast landscape was a feast for the eyes, and I set out in my painting to capture the early morning light, the colours of the earth, diversity of flora and the beauty of the unexpected gum trees on the southern end of the plain.
Artist Bio:
Pauline has been painting in watercolour for over 25 years and is a member of the Watercolour Society of Queensland and the Toowoomba Art Society. She has undertaken numerous workshops with respected Australian artists and a residential course in England. Over the years, she has received multiple awards and commendations. Pauline is inspired by the beautiful Australian landscape and loves painting the light and atmosphere of back roads, old barns, gum trees and the coast.
Coast
Artist: Pauline Good
Price: $625
Artist Statement:
Walking through the sand dunes in the afternoon light, the shadows drew my interest. In this painting, I wanted to convey a feeling of coolness contrasting with the brightness of the sun on the sand and the grasses.
Artist Bio:
Pauline has been painting in watercolour for over 25 years and is a member of the Watercolour Society of Queensland and the Toowoomba Art Society. She has undertaken numerous workshops with respected Australian artists and a residential course in England. Over the years, she has received multiple awards and commendations. Pauline is inspired by the beautiful Australian landscape and loves painting the light and atmosphere of back roads, old barns, gum trees and the coast.
The interviewer
Artist: Karen Gray
Price: $1,400
Artist Statement:
His pose is simultaneously conveying confidence and a little intimidating to the interviewee.
Artist Bio:
I’m a storyteller who aims to convey a narrative with few props. This allows the viewer to add to the story, bring their own experiences to the painting. For me, less is more.
Quarry
Artist: Karen Gray
Price: $1,200
Artist Statement:
The man and his hound, looking for prey in the distance.
Artist Bio:
I’m a storyteller who aims to convey a narrative with few props. This allows the viewer to add to the story, bring their own experiences to the painting. For me, less is more.
Lawson Lane Hopscotch Game
Artist: Robyn Gray
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
The laneway behind my regular art group facility provides me with a lot of inspiration, catching glimpses backyards, of flowering vines escaping over fences, jacaranda trees, and I imagine days gone by when deliveries were made by cart and children played.
Artist Bio:
Robyn Gray is an acrylic artist from Toowoomba, who works mostly in romantic/ impressionism style. After a varied career, ranging from office work, merchandising, she later qualified as a Diversional Therapist hoping to make a difference in the lives of others by helping them lead healthier fulfilling lives and worked in this field part time for seven years. Her inspiration comes from nature, and everyday scenes of life, striving to convey the way the light picks up ordinary objects and turns them into extraordinary moments of joy and magic to treasure.
The Weight of Society
Artist: Seth Green
Price: $2,285
Artist Statement:
As young people navigate the world, they are met with a cacophony of voices telling them who they should be, what they should achieve, and how they should appear. I aim to match this complex experience—representing feelings of being watched and measured against an untenable standard that corrodes our creativity.
Artist Bio:
Seth Green is a 17-year-old emerging artist with over eight years of dedicated practice. His achievements in various awards and competitions, including the prestigious Brisbane Portrait Prize, have enabled him to refine his skills in oil painting with confidence and precision. Driven by a forward-looking mindset, Seth actively seeks new opportunities and exhibition spaces that challenge him to think ambitiously, engaging a diverse audience and exploring the shared emotions and experiences that connect us all.
Alpine Sentinel
Artist: Bruce Griffiths
Price: $870
Artist Statement:
Falls Creek trek & last hill before going down. This magnificent sentinel appeared from nowhere. Breathtaking.
Artist Bio:
Bruce has both practical & formal qualifications. Having learnt from some of the best in the world in watercolour; an emotive artist searching for mood, atmosphere, storyline & the pursuit of light focusing traditional semi realism juxtaposing impressionism in watercolour. He paints what he sees but more importantly paints what he feels. Toowoomba Royal Show First Place Watercolour 2025 & Grand Champion of Paintings 2022 & 2023. Artist in Residence Falls Creek 2025. A CQU graduate, past McGregor & AOTB tutor, prize-winning artist, exhibitor & sought after for commissions & workshops. Member of Toowoomba Art Society, Watercolour Society Queensland & Watercolour Society Victoria. Bruce exhibits 3 times a year. He conducts structured watercolour classes & travel workshops within Queensland. His sales include England, United States, New Zealand & Australia. He has a website & a social media footprint.
Hey Dad
Artist: Em Hacon
Price: $800
Artist Statement:
He’s our eagle eye in the sky and these babies always have one eye on him… I wonder if one day I’ll get the reverse image… With this little guy steering the chopper and Dads watchful gaze from the ground… I won't be surprised.
Artist Bio:
I’m Em, Mum of three little wild ones and wife to Will. I feel privileged to be doing life in our special part of the world! I’m also grateful to have my trusty canon riding shotgun most of the time. It is after all the little mundane moments that hold the magic of life.
Daisy
Artist: Dominique Haddin
Price: $550
Artist Statement:
School Mascot inspired artwork. Daisy was created with colour pencil on paper.
Artist Bio:
After many years of entering the Facets of Fairholme using a stippling technique, I decided to test my artistic abilities and add a bit of colour to my pieces. I swapped the black pen for some coloured pencils to try something new. I have loved experimenting and creating hyper realistic pieces and loved the different texture and shine that comes with it. I am enjoying a splash of colour and the smoothness that you can get from pencil. Over the years I have dabbled with paints, pen and pencil, loving all of them but still experimenting with all. I am a teacher, mother and wife and as most artists know it is hard to find the time to create when you are in the right ‘head space’. With many years of art techniques behind me but with little time to create, it has been refreshing to try something new to exhibit at the Facets of Fairholme. I hope it is enjoyed as much as I have enjoyed creating it.
Pop Eye
Artist: Dominique Haddin
Price: $550
Artist Statement:
Childhood and vintage clock inspired, pencil on paper.
Artist Bio:
After many years of entering the Facets of Fairholme using a stippling technique, I decided to test my artistic abilities and add a bit of colour to my pieces. I swapped the black pen for some coloured pencils to try something new. I have loved experimenting and creating hyper realistic pieces and loved the different texture and shine that comes with it. I am enjoying a splash of colour and the smoothness that you can get from pencil. Over the years I have dabbled with paints, pen and pencil, loving all of them but still experimenting with all. I am a teacher, mother and wife and as most artists know it is hard to find the time to create when you are in the right ‘head space’. With many years of art techniques behind me but with little time to create, it has been refreshing to try something new to exhibit at the Facets of Fairholme. I hope it is enjoyed as much as I have enjoyed creating it.
Spinifex Spectre
Artist: Jodie Handley
Price: $1,250
Artist Statement:
In 2013, on Maiawali Country in remote western Queensland, a ghost was discovered. Thought extinct for a century, the Night Parrot re-emerged. In the composition of this piece the feathers were embroidered to resemble scale armour, representing their resolution to survive as their spinifex habitat fades away around them.
Artist Bio:
Jodie Handley is an Australian embroidery artist who initially discovered her interest in textile art when studying visual arts at USQ in Toowoomba in the early 2000s. After putting away the needle and thread for some time, she attempted thread painting for the first time in 2021 and realised she had found her medium. Her work is hand embroidered and often focuses on the day to day struggles of living with chronic illnesses and conditions.
Autosuggestion (Burgundy)
Artist: Andy Harwood
Price: $8,900
Artist Statement:
Autosuggestion explores the ability to subconsciously adopt ideas. Originating from one’s mind, the repetitive idea becomes a self-induced proposal, influencing feeling and behaviour, manipulating one’s bodily state. The mathematically arranged composition engages the viewer’s emotional response through the interruption of foreground and background, shifting focus between inner and outer space.
Artist Bio:
Andy Harwood, b.1983, a Brisbane artist exhibiting 20 years throughout Australia and internationally, harnesses his design background to create mathematically derived compositions. In 2020, Harwood’s painting, ‘9 To The Power Of 9’, was shown in the Museum of Brisbane’s Bauhaus Now! exhibition. The influence of the Bauhaus is evident within his practice. Recently, successful solo exhibitions ‘Future Rumination’ in Sydney, 2022 and ‘Adjusted Light’ in Brisbane, 2023 were shown with represented gallery, Studio Gallery Group.
Walking with the Animals
Artist: Vivienne Heckles
Price: $1,900
Artist Statement:
Again this painting evolved from my imagination starting with scribble and paint. Then I had to look for what suggested itself to me. After that the process was to add interring things to the painting to add to the story.
Artist Bio:
My work is always evolving wherever my imagination takes me. At the moment increasing the imagination painting on my art room floor using the leftover paint instead of wasting it. I have had an exciting opportunity as I was selected as one of the finalists out of 310 entries in an art exhibition in Sydney later this year.
Boab Nest
Artist: Jo Higgins
Price: $360
Artist Statement:
A little kingfisher has decided to lay her three precious eggs in the safety of an open Boab nut under the large Boab tree instead of a sandy hollow.
Artist Bio:
Jo Higgins is a recently retired high school teacher and is pursuing her love of art full time in 2025. Jo is currently planning to open a small studio at the end of the year. She uses lines, dots and natural shapes and forms found in nature to create her unique style using flora and fauna. She recently was a finalist in the National Gallipoli Art Prize.
Whispers
Artist: Claudia Hiscox
Price: $990
Artist Statement:
I was taken by the stillness of the two station horses as they mindlessly stood falling in and out of consciousness. I couldn’t help but admire the juxtaposition of this moment to the busy day of mustering that had not long since ceased the day prior. Through this piece, I hope to summon a sense of calm and reflection within the viewer, encouraging a reconnection with the quietude that often goes unnoticed in the hustle and bustle of our busy lives.
Artist Bio:
My name is Claudia Hiscox and I am a rural photographer living and working on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory. My passion lies with the land; the people, places and animals are what make my creative heart sing. Through my work, I hope to evoke emotion and encourage connection.
Curiosity
Artist: Claudia Hiscox
Price: $990
Artist Statement:
Curiosity is about slowing down and noticing. These two horses wandered over and just stood there, staring right at me. There was something about the way they looked at the camera, not startled or wary, just curious. To me, this piece is about connection and presence. It’s a small reminder of how much can be said in silence and how curiosity can create a moment of understanding.
Artist Bio:
My name is Claudia Hiscox and I am a rural photographer living and working on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory. My passion lies with the land; the people, places and animals are what make my creative heart sing. Through my work, I hope to evoke emotion and encourage connection.
Stallion
Artist: Indianna Hitchcock
Price: $100
Artist Statement:
‘Stallion’ is an artwork which aims to artistically express the majestic nature and strength of the equine breeds, which have become an integral part of Australian culture and history, particularly poetry.
Artist Bio:
Indianna Hitchcock, a (primarily) graphite artist from the North Burnett in Queensland, Australia, finds inspiration from her rural home. Currently a Year 12 boarding student in Toowoomba, she wants to glorify God and his creation through her art: consequentially applying much time, commitment, and her highest quality of work to all such endeavours.
The Camp Draft
Artist: Indianna Hitchcock
Price: $200
Artist Statement:
Camp drafting is a unique Australian sport, showcasing the horsemanship and skill of the rider as they attempt to control and drive cattle through a course.
Artist Bio:
Indianna Hitchcock, a (primarily) graphite artist from the North Burnett in Queensland, Australia, finds inspiration from her rural home. Currently a Year 12 boarding student in Toowoomba, she wants to glorify God and his creation through her art: consequentially applying much time, commitment, and her highest quality of work to all such endeavours.
The Winner
Artist: Indianna Hitchcock
Price: $300
Artist Statement:
This winning racehorse is not arrogant or proud in its victory, it is humble and knows success comes from something bigger than itself.
Artist Bio:
Indianna Hitchcock, a (primarily) graphite artist from the North Burnett in Queensland, Australia, finds inspiration from her rural home. Currently a Year 12 boarding student in Toowoomba, she wants to glorify God and his creation through her art: consequentially applying much time, commitment, and her highest quality of work to all such endeavours.
Expectations #1
Artist: Jayne Hodge
Price: $395
Artist Statement:
Silence… no bird sounds, no traffic, just wind. This is it, what we have prepared for. It is deafening, it’s hard, it’s rude and it messes things up. Then suddenly, you wake and it’s over. What was it? Something to do with the cyclone!
Artist Bio:
As an abstract expressionist I am constantly exploring different ways to express my art practice. I explore ways to reconfigure and change plans until I’ve exhausted all avenues. I tend to work mainly with acrylics on canvas, which suits my style of work. I don’t begin to paint until I have mentally exhausted the idea, then I’m ready to start. I work very quickly once I reach this stage.
Expectations #2
Artist: Jayne Hodge
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
The creek has swollen, it frightens itself. The once quiet babbling brook is gushing, and any small creatures in its way have joined the turmoil of twist and turn. Will they survive? Some will, some won't - it's just what is expected.
Artist Bio:
As an abstract expressionist I am constantly exploring different ways to express my art practice. I explore ways to reconfigure and change plans until I’ve exhausted all avenues. I tend to work mainly with acrylics on canvas, which suits my style of work. I don’t begin to paint until I have mentally exhausted the idea, then I’m ready to start. I work very quickly once I reach this stage.
Oceans Alive
Artist: Jayne Hodge
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
It’s a moonlit night but it’s a dark moon. The sky is black and the waves catch a glimpse of light as they flash by. A sea creature leaps from the froth, and in a flash, it’s all over.
Artist Bio:
As an abstract expressionist I am constantly exploring different ways to express my art practice. I explore ways to reconfigure and change plans until I’ve exhausted all avenues. I tend to work mainly with acrylics on canvas, which suits my style of work. I don’t begin to paint until I have mentally exhausted the idea, then I’m ready to start. I work very quickly once I reach this stage.
Snapper Rocks
Artist: Jayne Hodge
Price: $495
Artist Statement:
This busy place has had my heart since childhood. Slimy man-made relics of concrete mingle dangerously with barnacle-covered rocks. The gentle swish of the ocean filling gaps between rocks, swaying seaweed and bits of rubbish. To me it’s a natural wonder of the world.
Artist Bio:
As an abstract expressionist I am constantly exploring different ways to express my art practice. I explore ways to reconfigure and change plans until I’ve exhausted all avenues. I tend to work mainly with acrylics on canvas, which suits my style of work. I don’t begin to paint until I have mentally exhausted the idea, then I’m ready to start. I work very quickly once I reach this stage.
Afternoon on George Street
Artist: Nate Hornery
Price: $2,600
Artist Statement:
This exquisite still life floral painting is a masterful celebration of green hues, showcasing a stunning arrangement of blooms and foliage in a beautiful, serene composition.
Artist Bio:
Fresh Blooms on a Sunday
Artist: Aliki Kapoor
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
This exquisite still life floral painting is a masterful celebration of green hues, showcasing a stunning arrangement of blooms and foliage in a beautiful, serene composition. The dominant bold palette is carefully nuanced, with a range of shades and tones that evoke the freshness and vitality of nature. Giving the audience a feeling of happiness and thought to stop and enjoy the simple things in life - bright flowers on a Sunday morning.
Artist Bio:
Aliki K is an Australian artist from Melbourne. Formally trained in fashion design, earning her a BA Fashion at RMIT Melbourne. She worked in the industry as a designer and buyer for many leading apparel brands for over 15 years, before making the switch to creating art. Aliki has taken this passion and her extensive experience working with colour, trends and design and applies it to her beautiful art to create a style that is is free flowing, intuitive, colour driven and full of spontaneity. Her style is free flowing, intuitive, colour driven and full of texture. She combined her love of nature, fashion & textiles, Interiors and everyday beauty in all her artworks. Aliki is a full time artist and operates a from her small private creative space in inner Melbourne. Her original artworks have been featured in Home Beautiful and Art Edit magazines and are currently sold directly from her and also exhibited in galleries and interior homeware retailers across.
Thoughtstorm
Artist: Susan Keen
Price: $220
Artist Statement:
Thoughtstorm (2024) shows a figure engulfed in an abstracted landscape that depicts the whirling energy of her busy mind.
Artist Bio:
My name is Susan Keen. I am an emerging artist based in Toowoomba, studying a Bachelor of Arts (Studio Practice) at UniSQ and specialising in Painting and Ceramics. My themes centre around the human condition and the quest for equilibrium, with influences of Abstract Expressionism and Fauvism and Wabi-Sabi.
Nirvana
Artist: Susan Keen
Price: $220
Artist Statement:
Nirvana (2024) represents unity and connection that is attainted through enlightenment. The figure is integrated into the surrounding landscape.
Artist Bio:
My name is Susan Keen. I am an emerging artist based in Toowoomba, studying a Bachelor of Arts (Studio Practice) at UniSQ and specialising in Painting and Ceramics. My themes centre around the human condition and the quest for equilibrium, with influences of Abstract Expressionism and Fauvism and Wabi-Sabi.
Noosa Pink
Artist: Catherine Ketton
Price: $900
Artist Statement:
This image is about the FEELING of being at Noosa and taking that first walk in the National Park. It is warm, there is the smell of banksia and salt spray. The sharp shadows create patterns on the path and once again I am in one of my favourite places on earth.
Artist Bio:
Becoming an artist is mind blowing. There are so many paths and so much to explore. I identify with the words of Vincent Van Gogh ‘I am always doing what I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it’. I love learning, so I experiment with different techniques and genres. I experience joy when I paint and I want to share that with the viewer.
Into the Abyss
Artist: Neil Kirby
Price: $286
Artist Statement:
The Busselton Jetty stretches into the abyss, its glowing lights fading into the dark horizon where the endless black sea and sky emerge, swallowing the pier’s distant end. Shadows dance on the shore, and the silent whispers of the unknown hide beyond the shimmering void.
Artist Bio:
As a passionate photographer, I find inspiration in landscapes and bird life, capturing both their beauty and the stories they tell. My goal is not just to document a moment, but to convey the emotion and atmosphere within it. Through my lens, I seek to share nature’s quiet wonders—its fleeting light, subtle movements, and hidden narratives—inviting viewers to see the world with fresh eyes and a deeper appreciation.
Beyond the Jetty
Artist: Neil Kirby
Price: $264
Artist Statement:
The quiet, haunting beauty invites you into the unknown. The jetty whispers secrets in the night, while the distant ship passes by–a silent reminder of time slipping away and opportunities awaiting those who dare to follow the light.
Artist Bio:
As a passionate photographer, I find inspiration in landscapes and bird life, capturing both their beauty and the stories they tell. My goal is not just to document a moment, but to convey the emotion and atmosphere within it. Through my lens, I seek to share nature’s quiet wonders—its fleeting light, subtle movements, and hidden narratives—inviting viewers to see the world with fresh eyes and a deeper appreciation.
Be Still
Artist: Neil Kirby
Price: $264
Artist Statement:
Golden hues melt into calm waters, radiating stillness and warmth. Gentle reflections enhance the serenity, yet nearby ripples subtly threaten the tranquillity, hinting at movement beneath the surface. The silhouetted posts stand silent, witnesses to the fleeting balance between undisturbed peace and nature’s quiet stirrings.
Artist Bio:
As a passionate photographer, I find inspiration in landscapes and bird life, capturing both their beauty and the stories they tell. My goal is not just to document a moment, but to convey the emotion and atmosphere within it. Through my lens, I seek to share nature’s quiet wonders—its fleeting light, subtle movements, and hidden narratives—inviting viewers to see the world with fresh eyes and a deeper appreciation.
Santosha
Artist: Kelly Kondis
Price: $1,390
Artist Statement:
Evoking the quiet contentment of a misty mountain outlook and inspired by the Sanskrit concept of inner peace, this painting captures the stillness of a hike above the clouds—where clarity comes not from what’s seen, but from presence. It’s a visual breath, a moment of being rather than seeking.
Artist Bio:
Kelly’s landscape artworks offer a deep connection to the natural world, capturing the essence of ever-changing forests through layered oil paintings. Inspired by light, weather, and texture, her subdued palette and evolving process reflect nature’s rhythms. Working between the Mornington Peninsula and Sherbrooke Forest, she finds constant inspiration in fleeting moments.
I Know The Way
Artist: Helen Lange
Price: $950
Artist Statement:
This piece is a reflection of a place that exists somewhere between memory and imagination. I aimed to capture the soft, hazy quality of a dream — where landscapes blur, light glows a little too warmly, and time feels suspended. It’s less about representing a real location and more about evoking a feeling: calm, distant, and quietly hopeful. Through layered brushwork and muted tones, I wanted to invite the viewer into a space where they can wander, pause, and perhaps reconnect with their own inner landscapes.
Artist Bio:
Headed Back To Where I’ve Been
Artist: Helen Lange
Price: $850
Artist Statement:
This painting explores the quiet strength and timeless beauty of a grove of trees, a place where nature’s rhythm is palpable. Each tree stands as an individual, yet together they create a sense of unity, growth, and resilience. The interplay of light and shadow, the gentle sway of the branches, and the subtle hues of the foliage invite the viewer to pause and reflect on the calming power of nature. Through this piece, I wanted to capture the serenity of being immersed in a natural sanctuary — a reminder of both the stillness and the movement that coexist within the natural world.
Artist Bio:
Lost in the Lines
Artist: Helen Lange
Price: $1,100
Artist Statement:
This wall sculpture captures the raw, unfiltered essence of thought through the simplicity of a scribble. What often starts as a spontaneous mark on paper is transformed here into a dynamic, three-dimensional form. The fluidity of the lines invites the viewer to engage with the chaotic beauty of the creative process, where meaning is not predetermined but instead emerges through the act of expression. The sculpture blurs the boundary between drawing and sculpture, offering a visual representation of the subconscious, where every twist and turn tells a story that is both personal and universal. It is a celebration of the imperfect, the unfinished, and the freedom found in letting go of control.
Artist Bio:
Sunset Lounge
Artist: Bethany Lawrence
Price: $820
Artist Statement:
Rich oranges, lush pinks, and cool blues mirror the way the sky melts into dusk, while sharp expressive brushstrokes add energy to the scene. A playful yet serene homage to slow afternoons and moments of stillness - Sunset Lounge is a celebration of colour, light, and the art of unwinding.
Artist Bio:
Bethany is an emerging contemporary Australian artist driven by a love for colour and the beauty found in everyday life. Bethany’s work combines vibrant palettes in bold styles, taking viewers on a journey through botanical wonderlands with touches of surrealism, and scenes that celebrate the charm of everyday moments. Each piece is full of character and will make you feel a sense of joy.
Barnyard Chic
Artist: Bethany Lawrence
Price: $500
Artist Statement:
A portrait of a woman strides through life unbothered, dressed to impress no one but herself, equally at ease in cowboy boots and a blazer as she is with a hen tucked under her arm. In a world that often demands we fit in, this celebrates those who stand out.
Artist Bio:
Bethany is an emerging contemporary Australian artist driven by a love for colour and the beauty found in everyday life. Bethany’s work combines vibrant palettes in bold styles, taking viewers on a journey through botanical wonderlands with touches of surrealism, and scenes that celebrate the charm of everyday moments. Each piece is full of character and will make you feel a sense of joy.
Calippo
Artist: Bethany Lawrence
Price: $400
Artist Statement:
Dripping in sunshine, 'Calippo' is 100% unbothered relaxation. With stripes as bold as the midday sun and a palette straight from a melting calippo ice block, this piece is all about slowing down, stretching out, and soaking it all in.
Artist Bio:
Bethany is an emerging contemporary Australian artist driven by a love for colour and the beauty found in everyday life. Bethany’s work combines vibrant palettes in bold styles, taking viewers on a journey through botanical wonderlands with touches of surrealism, and scenes that celebrate the charm of everyday moments. Each piece is full of character and will make you feel a sense of joy.
Tex
Artist: Carolyn Lawrence
Price: $520
Artist Statement:
This artwork features a striking, surreal depiction of a bull, rendered in deep blues with contrasting neon green horns. The background is a star-speckled, abstract night sky, giving the piece a dreamlike quality. Geometric elements and bold colour blocking add a modern, almost cubist feel, while the textured brushstrokes enhance its expressive energy. The composition blends the organic and the abstract, evoking a sense of mystery and power.
Artist Bio:
Carolyn Lawrence is an artist based in the beautiful city of Toowoomba. Her style and technique continue to evolve, ranging from bold and colourful to subdued and peaceful, as well as quirky and unconventional. Each artwork is distinct, sometimes featuring intricate patterns and at other times embracing a more restrained approach. Carolyn often works with plywood, incorporating the natural grain of the timber into her subjects, adding depth and texture to her pieces. Favoured mediums include acrylics, gouache, pen, and ink. Beyond art, gardening is another passion that deeply inspires her Art. The ever-changing beauty of the garden filled with birdsong, the shifting seasons providing endless creative ideas and inspiration.
A Striking Moment
Artist: Katie Leavey
Price: $1,090
Artist Statement:
‘A Striking Moment’ explores the simple memories that seem to remain vivid in your mind . For me these moments occur all the time when staring at breathtaking skies - I remember where I was , who I was with and exactly how I was feeling.
Artist Bio:
Katie Leavey is an emerging artist from Leonay, near the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Raised in that region, the natural beauty surrounding her each day has been a constant source of inspiration. Working with a range of mediums Katie aims to create pieces that are unique, captivating and reflective. The use of texture in the works by Katie adds a three-dimensional quality that brings the immersive scenes to life.
Serenade of Shadows and Light
Artist: Edward Lucas
Price: $870
Artist Statement:
‘Serenade of Shadows and Light’ captures a tranquil afternoon in Toowoomba’s famous Queens Park, where sunlight filters through the tree canopies, casting rhythmic shadows. Painted in en plein air style, this work expresses the fleeting beauty of nature through thick, expressive brushstrokes, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and immerse themselves in the landscape.
Artist Bio:
I am an artist based in Toowoomba, inspired by the Australian landscape. I often find my creative voice through En Plein Air painting. By immersing myself in nature and studying the landscape and its history, I strive to capture its beauty with oils, emphasising the vibrant interplay of colour and light that defines our natural surroundings. I invite viewers to experience a sense of wonder and awe, challenging them to see the world from new perspectives.
Dudley Street Morning Light
Artist: Edward Lucas
Price: $870
Artist Statement:
On a September morning, I witnessed the soft glow of light filtering through the purple jacaranda canopy on Dudley Street, Toowoomba. This piece captures the fleeting dance of shadows and colour across the street, using expressive brushstrokes to evoke movement, warmth, and the quiet beauty of an everyday moment.
Artist Bio:
I am an artist based in Toowoomba, inspired by the Australian landscape. I often find my creative voice through En Plein Air painting. By immersing myself in nature and studying the landscape and its history, I strive to capture its beauty with oils, emphasising the vibrant interplay of colour and light that defines our natural surroundings. I invite viewers to experience a sense of wonder and awe, challenging them to see the world from new perspectives.
Red Box Gum on Barunngam Country
Artist: Melinda Luscombe
Price: $2,500
Artist Statement:
The boldness of this monochromatic artwork captures the distinct round shape of red box gum leaves, their forms striking against a subtle backdrop. Hidden within are delicate patterns - ancient symbols of weather and environment - woven like a silent tapestry. It's a visual story, rich in cultural memory and deep environmental connection.
Artist Bio:
Melinda Luscombe is an emerging contemporary Indigenous artist of Gomeroi descent, whose work reflects a deep appreciation for Australia's native flora. Drawing inspiration from the plants that have sustained her ancestors for thousands of years - both as food and medicine - Melinda's art explores the enduring connection between Country, culture and community. Her practice spans detailed acrylic paintings and intricate weavings, characterised by bold, monochromatic colour schemes that highlight the beauty and significance of native plant life. Through her work, she invites viewers to engage with the natural world in a meaningful way, fostering a greater understanding of the cultural knowledge embedded in these botanical forms.
The Edge of Reason
Artist: Cindy Macdonald
Price: $550
Artist Statement:
Edge of Reason. It’s about letting go of our fears. As an artist it’s easy to make art within the safe zone of our capabilities but it’s so important to push those boundaries and dance on the edge of reason. For that is where the magic is.
Artist Bio:
I love the challenge of capturing the essence of a living soul, the divine spark within us all. Oil and charcoal are my favourite mediums to se and love to paint in an expressive representational style.
Nirvana
Artist: Amanda Mahony
Price: $1,100
Artist Statement:
Nirvana, born of land and sci-fi, imagines a vulnerable landscape. Its unconventional palette and composition create a portal. Encountering this realm, its precious nature demands protection. It’s a vision of restoration, urging immediate action. Like science reveals our planet’s fragility, this painting reminds us: true change lies in caring for the land we inhabit.
Artist Bio:
Amanda Mahony, Eora/Sydney-based, paints contemplative abstract Australian landscapes informed by her childhood connection to nature. She uses sgraffito and sanding to reveal the artwork’s history and builds depth with layered acrylics and oils, translating the land's tactile and emotive qualities. This iterative process complements her visual language. A 2023 NAS graduate, with studies in the USA and a Macquarie University Media BA, Mahony exhibits in Sydney. Her works are held in Australian private collections.
Left Of Field
Artist: Amanda Mahony
Price: $675
Artist Statement:
Inspired by Lutruwita/Tasmania’s oldest park, bush light and sounds have been abstracted. Acrylics and oil stick translate tall eucalyptus, ferns and black cockatoo cries. From plein air to studio, this work evokes Mount Field’s immense beauty and stillness, inviting viewers to experience the raw, peaceful heart of the Australian bush.
Artist Bio:
Amanda Mahony, Eora/Sydney-based, paints contemplative abstract Australian landscapes informed by her childhood connection to nature. She uses sgraffito and sanding to reveal the artwork’s history and builds depth with layered acrylics and oils, translating the land's tactile and emotive qualities. This iterative process complements her visual language. A 2023 NAS graduate, with studies in the USA and a Macquarie University Media BA, Mahony exhibits in Sydney. Her works are held in Australian private collections.
Sterling Silver Necklace
Artist: Barbara Manuel
Price: $350
Artist Statement:
This is not quite the right photograph. Not a statement, did one at the end. A note to say to I cant load this picture at the moment but if selected I will have someone do it for me. I also have a range of display cabinets , with locks if necessary Busts and other equipment.
Artist Bio:
I started doing a course at night school over 50 years ago. I loved it, made some very interesting pieces but 3 children in 3 years then a move from crowded Victoria to a relatively isolated property 40 ks on all dirt roads northwest of Westmar ended that. I arranged a 2 day seminar at Westmar. I was hooked. Weeklong Seminars at Alpha, Winton and others then the McGregor Summer School and I have continued. I like to explore different techniques and use of different metals with different colours.
Mabe Pearl set in Sterling Silver
Artist: Barbara Manuel
Price: $195
Artist Statement:
A Broome Pearl, set by a fellow Australian..
Artist Bio:
I started doing a course at night school over 50 years ago. I loved it, made some very interesting pieces but 3 children in 3 years then a move from crowded Victoria to a relatively isolated property 40 ks on all dirt roads northwest of Westmar ended that. I arranged a 2 day seminar at Westmar. I was hooked. Weeklong Seminars at Alpha, Winton and others then the McGregor Summer School and I have continued. I like to explore different techniques and use of different metals with different colours.
Island Outlook
Artist: Kate Marek
Price: $2,000
Artist Statement:
Painted en plein air from Macleay Island, I wanted to convey the passing of time and the lived experience of being there. Each panel captures a moment in the day’s changing light as I was transfixed with the constant change of the water’s colour, the tide and the unique colours and wilderness that perseveres there.
Artist Bio:
Brisbane artist Kate Marek is primarily a landscape oil painter, drawing inspiration from her travels around Australia where she paints on location. Kate is fascinated and endlessly excited by colour, its evocative power and painterly application. She has been a practicing artist for over 20 years, with a background in visual arts, animation and teaching and has been a finalist and prize winner of multiple art awards. Her work is held in private collections worldwide.
Balik-Bye-And Hello
Artist: Nathanlie Marie
Price: $800
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the Filipino word, ‘Balikbayan’, which refers to the act of returning to the Philippines after living abroad, the work represents my return to my roots after living within Australian culture for 17 years. Here, I appreciate pre-colonial traditions: kamayan (eating with hands); Visayan tattooes; and the Baybayin script.
Artist Bio:
Nathanlie Marie is a Filipino emerging artist whose practice investigates the connection between everyday life, memory and identity. Inspired by their lived experience, the artist is interested in the sentimentality towards mundane situations and objects, and its effects on the creation of self.
Flying Home
Artist: Jude McBean
Price: $2,800
Artist Statement:
The Macintyre River flows through the landscapes I have travelled between home and family all my life. Here it is moving through the black soil plains, the flowing heart of this huge landscape in which I seek its beauty and romance.
Artist Bio:
After graduating from the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, Jude returned to regional New South Wales. Her works are held in the Stanthorpe, Tweed, Grafton and Inverell regional gallery collections in addition to many private collections. The artist enjoys carrying out commissions, entering the regional art prizes and creating work for exhibitions.
Early Morning
Artist: Jude McBean
Price: $2,600
Artist Statement:
The rich colours and patterns of the cultivated landscape shine in the early morning light, casting over new wheat and grazing paddocks.
Artist Bio:
After graduating from the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, Jude returned to regional New South Wales. Her works are held in the Stanthorpe, Tweed, Grafton and Inverell regional gallery collections in addition to many private collections. The artist enjoys carrying out commissions, entering the regional art prizes and creating work for exhibitions.
The Sentinel
Artist: Dennis McCart
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
My drawing interrogates the expanding role of AI in the creative sphere, particularly its impact on authenticity and authorship. Utilizing a machine learning program Runway ML, I harness AI trained on my curated archive of photographs and drawings depicting liminal landscapes using the labour-intensive 1860s carbon transfer method. The image is further refined with ink and charcoal.
Artist Bio:
I am a Brisbane based artist working across a range of mediums including painting, drawing, animation and machine learning, drawing inspiration from the tension between humans' instinctive connection to nature and ever-increasing signs of detachment. Repetition, remembrance, and recreation are all key components in my artworks. I have exhibited widely and been shortlisted as a finalist in notable art prizes within Australia. In 2024 I was awarded the winner of the Digital prize in the Brisbane Portrait prize.
The red bench
Artist: Carol McCormack
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
At the Bunya Mountains, one of the walks takes you past a red bench, a welcome resting place on a warm day. The bench is dwarfed by surrounding trees and almost camouflaged by foliage.
Artist Bio:
As a landscape artist, retiring from Western Queensland to Toowoomba has enforced a change of palette. However we still travel, and my paintings still reflect the variety of inspirational scenery we pass through.
Sue Ching: Making Space in the Witching Hour
Artist: Angela McHugh
Price: $3,700
Artist Statement:
‘The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.’ - Roald Dahl.
Artist Bio:
Angela McHugh, is a suburban dreamer, who creates art to explore personal connections with nature, history and her surroundings. She typically paints at night, after her workday, in the backyard studio of her North Brisbane residence. The nocturnal creatures that inhabit her garden frequently find their way onto her canvas. In her latest series, Angela delves into the intricate dance between necessity and desire.
Self Portrait as a Female Artist/Self Portrait as a Ghost
Artist: Angela McHugh
Price: $4,900
Artist Statement:
There is a psychological challenge that comes with undertaking a self-portrait. It isn’t easy to explore your innermost thoughts or your outer skin. Here I am unveiling all the things that make me feel most alive. Here I am nurturing what I neglected for too long.
Artist Bio:
Angela McHugh, is a suburban dreamer, who creates art to explore personal connections with nature, history and her surroundings. She typically paints at night, after her workday, in the backyard studio of her North Brisbane residence. The nocturnal creatures that inhabit her garden frequently find their way onto her canvas. In her latest series, Angela delves into the intricate dance between necessity and desire.
Speak in Silence (2024)
Artist: Andy Mckie
Price: $160
Artist Statement:
The work is a depiction of AUSLAN in a 2D non-moving format, translating to ‘don’t talk now’. As a deaf person, the way of demonstrating communication with hands showing movement in art is fascinating. Conversation is achieved in many ways and the language of sign is a beautiful visual storytelling one.
Artist Bio:
Andy McKie is an emerging artist finishing their Bachelor of Visual Arts (with Honours) at UniSQ. McKie’s practice is printmaking focused, however explores multidisciplinary practice when the medium feels more conceptually appropriate. McKie speaks on their experiences as a deaf person through some of their art and has a fascination with birds in printmaking - the high contrast between the black ink and the white of the paper often highly effective with depicting crows.
Stumps
Artist: Brian Merriman
Price: $1,500
Artist Statement:
Painted from reference. The old Commercial Hotel in Ipswich. I didn’t try to get an accurate interpretation. I’m interested in the balance of shapes and colors. It’s an impression that leaves everyone feeling comfortable with the painting.
Artist Bio:
Influences that shaped my art: Brian Merriman grew up in Papua New Guinea. Warm vibrant colours. Rich wonderful peoples. St Peters Lutheran college. Faith and philosophy. To look sensitively at life and environment. Valuable support for expression in Fine Art and drama and music. Qld college of art 1977-79 Fine Art. Influences by some masters of the craft in Qld. Numerous Brisbane exhibitions and private acquisition of work. Now based in Ipswich and working on developing my impressionist landscapes.
Bremer River
Artist: Brian Merriman
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
I’ve only recently moved to Ipswich. The Bremer River is a hidden gem. It snake‘s through Ipswich barley celebrate at all. It’s predominantly wild banks and reflections with this historic bridge. I have intentionally painted through the structure to capture an impression.
Artist Bio:
Influences that shaped my art: Brian Merriman grew up in Papua New Guinea. Warm vibrant colours. Rich wonderful peoples. St Peters Lutheran college. Faith and philosophy. To look sensitively at life and environment. Valuable support for expression in Fine Art and drama and music. Qld college of art 1977-79 Fine Art. Influences by some masters of the craft in Qld. Numerous Brisbane exhibitions and private acquisition of work. Now based in Ipswich and working on developing my impressionist landscapes.
The Condamine River
Artist: Donna Mitchell
Price: $1,200
Artist Statement:
The Condamine River, heart of the Darling Downs, symbolic of resilience, renewal and hope. Tapestry of waters flow with grace and certainty, reflecting heavens above, rugged gums keep watch, whispering stories of generations past. Connection between nature, people and region, beauty and significance, testify to the enduring power of creation.
Artist Bio:
Donna Mitchell is driven by desire to share Christian faith through art. Nature and human form is expressed in oils, composition, bold brushstrokes, rich colour, texture, intentional line and a quiet but profound connection to faith. Testament within people's faces, beauty and significance in nature, the artist invites viewers to connect with people and places. Inspiration is echoed through life and struggles of Van Gogh, concluding in life, it is never too late to find purpose.
You’re all my favourites
Artist: Libby Moore
Price: $1,300
Artist Statement:
In this painting you can see some of my favourite ceramic and glass characters which often appear in my work. Each object has a particular personality and is vying for attention, wanting to be the most popular in the group but needing reassurance to deal with their self-doubt.
Artist Bio:
Libby Moore works primarily with acrylic paint and draws inspiration from her printmaking background at the National Art School. Her ongoing fascination with shapely vessels reflects both a reverence for the female form and a commitment to being a plausible role model for her family. Libby received the Georges River Art Prize Acquisitive (2023), was a finalist in the Basil Sellers Art Prize, Hornsby Art Prize, and Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2024).
Mark-making (after Kngwarreye)
Artist: Celina Mouzouris
Price: $75
Artist Statement:
This miniature study was created in response to a ‘Curiosity Challenge’ in class designed to extend our knowledge of Australian Art. Inspired by the work created by the work of Indigenous Australian Artist, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, I chose to investigate this small thumbnail section of her work in detail, exploring the elements & principles of design, motifs, symbols and metaphors used to convey non-literal meanings and express chosen narratives to the viewer.
Artist Bio:
Celina Mouzouris was a Senior Art student at Fairholme College in 2024. Her artworks were chosen as a finalist in the UniSQ ‘Future Visions’ in both 2023 and 2024. Furthermore, Celina artwork was chosen to represent the College in the DDSWQ exhibition of the state-wide Creative Generations Excellence Awards in Visual Art in 2024.
Red Berries
Artist: Priscilla Mundell
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the work of Samuel John Peploe RSA (1871-1935), I sought to create a piece that captures the essence of his style while incorporating my own choice of colours and floral elements etc., blending his influence with my own vision and artistic language.
Artist Bio:
Priscilla Mundell grew up in the UK and moved to the Condamine district after marriage. She relocated to Toowoomba eight years ago, joining the Toowoomba Art Group (TAG) and the Toowoomba Art Society (TAS). A longtime member of the Miles and District Art Group, she participated in exhibitions and collaborative projects. Priscilla enjoys exploring various mediums on paper and canvas, currently focusing on acrylics. She has exhibited in numerous art shows.
ULUṞU, last of the winter sun
Artist: Robert Nason
Price: $1,400
Artist Statement:
ULUṞU, late afternoon as the setting Sun lights up its western face and lingers along its southern side.
Artist Bio:
Through my career in farming, aspects of our country’s rural landscape have often been reflected in my painting. Retired now to Toowoomba, I enjoy involvement with the Toowoomba Art Group, exploring previously unvisited rural areas and participation in various painting exhibitions. My work is represented in many private collections and has received numerous awards.
Magpie Reverie
Artist: Paul Neale
Price: $1,000
Artist Statement:
‘Magpie Reverie’ with it’s soft purples, blues and white weaves a serene mood. The magpie, poised gracefully and facing left, guides the eye across the paper, hinting at subtle movement. Delicate blossoms in the background frame the magpie and lend harmony to a tranquil composition.
Artist Bio:
Paul Neale is a pastel artist based in the Caloundra region of the Sunshine Coast. Paul finds great inspiration from the natural and varied beauty of the coast and surrounding hinterland. Paul has been passionate about his art since taking it up in 2012 and specialises in a realistic style of pastel painting. Paul has a special interest in painting birds, animals and people with an emphasis on conveying the emotional essence of a subject.
All the rivers run
Artist: Leisa O’Gorman
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
From high mountain passes, water finds its way through the land. Glaciers become streams and streams eventually meet to become rivers, sustaining life through its many seasons.
Artist Bio:
Leisa O’Gorman is a stock room artist at Aspire gallery and in 2024 she was listed a as finalist in The Toowoomba Gallery’s The Next Big Thing. In 2025 she participated in The Grammar art show and in May the BGS art show. Her work aims to capture the ephemeral landscape. Her pieces sit between abstraction and realism. She hopes to create pieces which evoke memory in the viewer, of places both known and unknown.
First snow in Ortisei
Artist: Leisa O’Gorman
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
High in the Italian alps, the first flurries of soft snow begin to fall. A moment of magic which heralds the end of one season and the beginning of another.
Artist Bio:
Leisa O’Gorman is a stock room artist at Aspire gallery and in 2024 she was listed a as finalist in The Toowoomba Gallery’s The Next Big Thing. In 2025 she participated in The Grammar art show and in May the BGS art show. Her work aims to capture the ephemeral landscape. Her pieces sit between abstraction and realism. She hopes to create pieces which evoke memory in the viewer, of places both known and unknown.
Tall Stories
Artist: Katrina O’Shannessy
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
Being a teacher I have heard some fantastic stories, the best is the Preps. This painting was inspired by a conversation I had with the little ones and their convincing statements that coloured milk comes from coloured cows. So ‘Tall Stories’ was formed. The dairy industry is a significate part of the Australian way of life. I remember as a kid always going to the Kenilworth Dairy and my parents use to always buy us their chocolate or strawberry milks and my parents telling us stories about those milks the same as what the Preps were telling me. So I thought I would include the mapping of Kenilworth in the background of each painting to bring back those memories.
Artist Bio:
I am an emerging artist residing in Wondai. Having been selected for the Emerging Artists exhibition by the Flying Arts 2024 & 2025 I have been recognized for my ability to use a variety of artistic materials to produce hyper realistic artwork. I enjoy working on pieces that are inspired by the natural environment. I don’t have a preferred medium but rather enjoy the challenge of spontaneously picking up a medium and running with it.
The Red Centre
Artist: Robyn O’Sullivan
Price: $840
Artist Statement:
I am not sure where this pile of rocks is, but they must be in the red center of Australia somewhere. As soon as I laid my eyes on it, it was a must paint with all those different rocky colours and that brilliant clear blue western sky.
Artist Bio:
Born at Roma Queensland with a lifetime on the land and an artistic mother, Robyn sketched landscapes. Attending Quilpie Artist Lyn Barnes’ pastel workshop in 2020 and selling their Charleville cattle property, retirement to Toowoomba beckoned. She now pastel paints figurative landscapes from photos. Robbie has painted many commissions, held exhibitions at Toowoomba, Roma, Tambo and Charleville and won prizes in local Queensland shows including Mitchell Grand Champion. She takes inspirational photos during holidays.
En Pointe
Artist: Matilda Paffey
Price: $120
Artist Statement:
My artwork was originally created as a school assignment. It was made through the use of graphite pencils and portrays the use of realism to display an image of ballet shoes. I chose this image, from a selection of other shoes, with the help of my art teacher, who also assisted me throughout the creation of this piece.
Artist Bio:
Matilda Paffey is a Year 11 student at Fairholme College. Her artwork is a realistic drawing of ballet shoes, this piece is drawn entirely through the use of graphite pencils. She created this artwork for an art assignment at school and, with the help of my art teacher, was able to make it the realistic piece it now is.
Am I all the places I’ve been
Artist: Johanna Park
Price: $1,045
Artist Statement:
The drawing is a reflection on the extent to which our identities are moulded by the places we inhabit. The mental landscape of memory is informed by our various experiences of different spatial contexts, so the challenge for the contemporary artist is to create a compelling image from these fragments.
Artist Bio:
Melding familiar imagery into new memory images and objects, Toowoomba-based artist Johanna Park’s work explores the built structures of everyday experience. Recognising the connection between memory-making and the frame of architectural place, Park uses various processes to embody and enhance these fragmented mental images. Currently in the final stages of completing her PhD, her central research objective is to demonstrate how art can be used to reclaim memory from the escalating forgetfulness of contemporary culture.
Vista #17
Artist: Laura Phillips
Price: $1,000
Artist Statement:
This work is a combination of two of my favourite painting subjects – still life & landscape. Overall, this painting refers to my fifteen years living in the country. The magnolia flowers grew in a large pot and the passionfruit grew in pure cow manure unattended for ten years. The seeds were given to me by my father.
Artist Bio:
My love of the visual arts began in my childhood when my father began teaching me copperplate writing at the age of three. He also taught me how to make plaster of paris models. These were painted in bright colours. And my mother taught me many crafts & also took me to many concerts e.g. Cossack dancers, flamenco, the Osipov ballet. When I moved to Canberra I attended the Canberra School of Art where I majored in ceramics & sculpture.
Tulips & Agave
Artist: Laura Phillips
Price: $1,000
Artist Statement:
I love to imagine plants growing happily beside companions that seem dissimilar. Agaves grew madly in the country where I lived & when a friend gave me a bunch of tulips, I could not resist making a composition of the two wonders of the natural world.
Artist Bio:
My love of the visual arts began in my childhood when my father began teaching me copperplate writing at the age of three. He also taught me how to make plaster of paris models. These were painted in bright colours. And my mother taught me many crafts & also took me to many concerts e.g. Cossack dancers, flamenco, the Osipov ballet. When I moved to Canberra I attended the Canberra School of Art where I majored in ceramics & sculpture.
Water Girl
Artist: Lacey Pohle
Price: $1,000
Artist Statement:
This oil painting shows a girl in water, water girl, symbolizing how both water and art connect us all. Just like painting does, the ocean reflects emotion, memory, and movement. Using oil paints, I explored how art, like water, can express what words often can’t. This connection feels personal.
Artist Bio:
I’m a 15-year-old artist in Year 10 and have been attending art school since 2018, when I was eight. I work across many mediums, always aiming to improve, but I feel most connected to oil painting. My main focus is portraiture because I want to honour the people I love through my art. The people in my life mean everything to me and painting them allows me to express who I am and what matters most.
Constant 34
Artist: Tracey Pope
Price: $550
Artist Statement:
There are over 80 pattern sequences you can use to attain the constant 34 in Durer’s magic square. Can the balanced, controlled purity of his mathematical construct withstand the idiosyncrasies imposed by the earthy human hand as it is translated into visual code using line, shape and colour?
Artist Bio:
Growing up as part of an artistically inclined family, I enjoy exploring the world around me through the Arts. Teaching art is an avenue which constantly inspires and enlightens me. Picasso once said, ‘Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.’ Unfortunately, I have grown up. My current phase tasks me with presenting work in a more unrefined and unapologetic manner.
Chasing the Sun
Artist: Kim Price
Price: $350
Artist Statement:
‘Chasing the sun’ expresses that sense of pure joy when summer begins - the warm sun on your body, the cool ocean as it hits your feet, the sand between your toes. The layers of tissue paper and paint give texture and depth and the warm yellows up against the teal green reflect the sun against the ocean.
Artist Bio:
Based in Brisbane, Kim is a contemporary, abstract artist using acrylic and collage. Kim seeks to create colourful, expressive, energetic paintings that explore what is underneath - those hidden elements of secret discovery. A self-taught artist, Kim left her corporate job in March 2023 to focus full time on her art practice. Kim held her first solo exhibition in June 2024 at the Land Street Gallery Brisbane and has participated in several group exhibitions throughout Queensland and Melbourne.
Sea Level, Bribie Island
Artist: Clare Purser
Price: $790
Artist Statement:
This painting follows on from my investigation of sea, coastal and island ecologies with a particular focus on Moreton Bay where I live. Bribie Island is low lying at the edge of Moreton bay, its vulnerable to coastal erosion and rising water levels. Through this work I depict the beautiful jewel like colours of the beach but on closer observation the surface is exposed, scratched, layered - a subtle reminder that environmental changes are layered and often unnoticed.
Artist Bio:
Clare Purser is a Brisbane-based Artist and Art Educator with the Brisbane Institute of Art. Central to her practice is en plein air painting - seeking to connect people with the landscape through painting and drawing. A primary theme of her work is the environment, with a particular focus on the ecologies of Moreton Bay. Clare holds an Honours degree from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Clare is represented by the Woolloongabba Art Gallery in Brisbane and several interstate galleries. Her work is held in private and public collections, she has been a finalist in many art prizes and won the Milburn Art Award in 2016.
Urban Hills
Artist: Grant Quinn
Price: $395
Artist Statement:
Structures, not only standing as memories of the past, but also as enduring symbols of identity and communal memory, paying homage to the enduring legacy or urban landscapes and architecture, a visual exploration of spaces that define and shape our heritage.
Artist Bio:
With a fondness for architectural/documentary style photography, and a love of our amazing landscape, Grant approaches his art without expectation. His work being a reflection of the intricate dialogue between the natural world and the urban landscapes that frame our daily experiences. Through his art, Grant aspires to evoke a sense of curiosity and contemplation about our place within this intricate web of life. Encouraging a heightened awareness of our environment and a deeper appreciation for the subtle wonders that often go unnoticed.
Winters Mist
Artist: Grant Quinn
Price: $295
Artist Statement:
These atmospheric conditions serve as a metaphor for the unseen and unknown, inviting viewers to ponder what lies beyond the immediate and the tangible. Acting as a veil, blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination, the mist encouraging a deeper engagement with the world around us.
Artist Bio:
With a fondness for architectural/documentary style photography, and a love of our amazing landscape, Grant approaches his art without expectation. His work being a reflection of the intricate dialogue between the natural world and the urban landscapes that frame our daily experiences. Through his art, Grant aspires to evoke a sense of curiosity and contemplation about our place within this intricate web of life. Encouraging a heightened awareness of our environment and a deeper appreciation for the subtle wonders that often go unnoticed.
Moogerah Blues
Artist: Grant Quinn
Price: $225
Artist Statement:
The natural environment serves as my muse, providing a timeless backdrop where subtleties of light, shadow and texture are meticulously captured. Moogerah Blues invites you to pause, observe finding solace in the quiet majesty that nature offers, reminding us of the enduring power and tranquillity that reside within our landscapes.
Artist Bio:
With a fondness for architectural/documentary style photography, and a love of our amazing landscape, Grant approaches his art without expectation. His work being a reflection of the intricate dialogue between the natural world and the urban landscapes that frame our daily experiences. Through his art, Grant aspires to evoke a sense of curiosity and contemplation about our place within this intricate web of life. Encouraging a heightened awareness of our environment and a deeper appreciation for the subtle wonders that often go unnoticed.
Behind The Scenes
Artist: Grant Quinn
Price: $195
Artist Statement:
The heritage architecture is not just a backdrop but an active participant in the narrative of co-existence. I strive to reveal the hidden beauty and complex interconnection that exists within these spaces, where the resilient presence of nature often asserts itself amid concrete and steel.
Artist Bio:
With a fondness for architectural/documentary style photography, and a love of our amazing landscape, Grant approaches his art without expectation. His work being a reflection of the intricate dialogue between the natural world and the urban landscapes that frame our daily experiences. Through his art, Grant aspires to evoke a sense of curiosity and contemplation about our place within this intricate web of life. Encouraging a heightened awareness of our environment and a deeper appreciation for the subtle wonders that often go unnoticed.
Connected (after Watson)
Artist: Georgia Radnedge
Price: $75
Artist Statement:
This miniature study was created in response to a ‘Curiosity Challenge’ in class designed to extend our knowledge of Contemporary Art. Inspired by the work created by the work of Indigenous Australian Artist, Judy Watson, I chose to investigate this small thumbnail section of her work in detail, exploring the elements & principles of design, motifs, symbols and metaphors used to convey non- literal meanings and express chosen narratives to the viewer.
Artist Bio:
Georgia Radnedge was a Senior Art student and Boarder at Fairholme College in 2024. She enjoyed exploring a wide variety of mediums to creatively express her ideas about how artists can manipulate artistic devices to evoke emotional responses from the audience.
Red and Blue
Artist: Tom Ryder
Price: $120
Artist Statement:
Red and Blue marked a breakthrough in colour and distance. I explored how change in hue - warm in the foreground, cool in the distance - can create depth, space and presence.
Artist Bio:
I’m a painter based in Toowoomba, Qld, working mainly in oils on canvas. I’ve been painting for about a year. My work focuses on real landscapes like mountains, skies, forests and water, but I often exaggerate colour to create something more dreamlike or heightened. I’m drawn to mood, scale and the awe of nature.
Tweed Weeds #12 - Undo
Artist: Leigh Schoenheimer
Price: $3,000
Artist Statement:
Invasive plant species and their far-reaching effects on native ecosystems, are the subject of the ‘Still-Scapes’ - a series of triptychs. One of these works, ‘Tweed Weeds #12’ - Undo depicts a roadside weed juxtaposed with a seemingly serene Tweed Valley landscape; one of many picturesque, Australian places populated by invasive plants. Contemporary Brisbane artist Leigh Schoenheimer has exhibited in solo exhibitions in public and commercial galleries throughout Qld, most recently in 2024 where her environmentally themed triptych works were featured as the inaugural exhibition at the Mezzanine, Redland Art Gallery. In 2022 she undertook an artist’s residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW. Her work has been extensively featured in Visual Arts textbooks for Qld secondary students.
Artist Bio:
Contemporary Brisbane artist Leigh Schoenheimer has exhibited in solo exhibitions in public and commercial galleries throughout Qld, most recently in 2024 where her environmentally themed triptych works were featured as the inaugural exhibition at the Mezzanine, Redland Art Gallery. In 2022 she undertook an artist’s residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW. Her work has been extensively featured in Visual Arts textbooks for Qld secondary students.
Brisbane Weeds #1 - EJECT
Artist: Leigh Schoenheimer
Price: $5,000
Artist Statement:
Each of the ‘Still-Scapes’ triptychs features text appropriated from the computer keyboard. These words take on new meanings when placed beside weedy still lifes and landscape paintings of the place in which those weeds were found. Brisbane Weeds #1 features two species introduced to the bush behind where I live.
Artist Bio:
Contemporary Brisbane artist Leigh Schoenheimer has exhibited in solo exhibitions in public and commercial galleries throughout Qld, most recently in 2024 where her environmentally themed triptych works were featured as the inaugural exhibition at the Mezzanine, Redland Art Gallery. In 2022 she undertook an artist’s residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW. Her work has been extensively featured in Visual Arts textbooks for Qld secondary students.
Moonlit Reverie
Artist: Zoe Sernack
Price: $1,350
Artist Statement:
E‘Moonlit Reverie’ is a distilled moment - an intuitive response to organic forms and shifting atmospheres found in nature. This painting is not just a representation but an invitation - to observe, to feel and to connect with the rhythm of the natural world in a more intimate and imaginative way.
Artist Bio:
Zoe Sernack is a Sydney-based artists with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The National Art School. With a dedicated full-time studio practice, she has exhibited for over 28 years and has been a finalist in numerous prestigious art prizes across Australia. Zoe’s paintings are multilayered explorations, as much about the process and medium as they are about the essence of the Australian landscape. Through instinctive understanding of colour, line and texture, she bridges the connection between memory, nature and the subconscious. Zoe’s work seeks to evoke a visceral response - a sense of place, a fleeting emotion, or a distant memory.
Tarkine Wilderness
Artist: Leigh Shutter
Price: $1,370
Artist Statement:
The Tarkine wilderness is a place of extraordinary primal beauty, a place to value, silently imploring us all to commit to protecting the diminishing natural environment. ‘Painted’ on an iPad, the work offers the allusion of ‘photo realism’ perhaps reminiscent of historical works but dissolves into an abstract aesthetic of marks and gestures as the viewer draws near: a rich visceral representation capturing the sense of the wild untamed sprawling rainforest.
Artist Bio:
Academic, architect and artist, ‘drawing and painting’ landscapes is an expanded creative direction since retiring from academia. I am interested in the intersection between ‘realism’ and abstraction, traditional and new techniques in the representation of the landscape and how that influences our engagement and valuing of those environments.
Corpus non sacrificium
(the body is not a sacrifice)
Artist: Cara-Ann Simpson
Price: $5,000
Artist Statement:
Using symbolism and beauty’s guise, I comment on the female body and environment’s control and sacrifice. Male voices dominate women’s reproductive rights re-politicisation. Similar voices control Earth’s environment. Time calls for this masculine battleground to transform into an aesthetic of care. The body, Earth or woman, is not a sacrifice.
Artist Bio:
Cara-Ann Simpson is an interdisciplinary artist based on the lands of the Wakka Wakka nation, southern Queensland. Her practice explores sensory perception, environmental interaction, plants, memory and deep listening. Simpson won the Heysen Prize for Landscape 2022, University of Ballarat Emerging Artist Award 2012, and Hobday and Hingston Bursary 2007 (QAGOMA). Public collections holding her work include Hahndorf Academy, Darebin City Council, Toowoomba Regional Council and Albury City Council. Simpson is represented by Onespace.
On the ball
Artist: Ross Smith
Price: $145
Artist Statement:
Lawn bowls and birds share a common love of the outdoors in which the automata action depicts drinking in the joy of the outdoors.
Artist Bio:
Ross Smith’s carving and sculpting creations are based on spoon carving techniques and the application of various finishes which can include materials additional to the base materials. His current art fascination is in the field of Automata where relatively simple operating machines respond to predetermined sequences which impress, entertain or enchant people.
Palm Cockatoos
Artist: Heather Sullivan
Price: $1,800
Artist Statement:
Love the contrasting colours of Palm Cockatoos.
Artist Bio:
Nature interests me. The merging of the birds and animal colours with their surrounding landscapes.
Bush Tapestry
Artist: Suellen Terry
Price: $950
Artist Statement:
The many colours and textures of the hinterland bush remind me of a tapestry with its unique depth, colours and patterns.
Artist Bio:
I have been painting since my early teen years having used Acrylic, Pastel, and Mixed Media. I have attended many workshops over the years and still enjoy attending the odd one, as there is always something to learn. I taught art classes at my home studio for 10 years from 2009 until 2019, delving into Pastel, oil pastel, acrylics, drawing, and mixed media.
Spotlight
Artist: Jasmine Thomas
Price: $300
Artist Statement:
Our subject radiates exuberance, his guitar solo so powerful that the spotlights start to draw the colours from his outfit. The audience has no choice but to surrender to the interconnected energy created in this ephemeral moment.
Artist Bio:
By day Jasmine navigates the corporate labyrinth, but by night her spirit wanders to urban landscapes, iPhone or Canon always in hand. Jasmine is yet to meet an animal she did not resonate with.
Invisibility Barong
Artist: Ben Tupas
Price: $4,350
Artist Statement:
‘Invisibility Barong’ explores dual identity through a garment inspired by the traditional Philippine barong. Set against the Australian landscape, it reflects on diaspora, belonging, and ancestral resilience—honouring those who endured colonialism and displacement, while navigating what it means to be seen, remembered, and rooted in two worlds. View video »
Artist Bio:
Ben Tupas is a Filipino Australian artist based on Giabal, Jarowair, and Western Wakka Wakka land (Toowoomba, Qld). He explores identity, place, and memory through video and sound, focusing on the intersection of art and technology. Recent exhibitions include Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts (2024), Rosalie Gallery (2024), Brunswick Street Gallery (2023) and Salon des Refusés for Lethbridge 20000 (2023). Currently, Ben is developing a new performance work for FutureNOW Lab for Arts Coast.
Forest of Dreams
Artist: David Usher
Price: $1,100
Artist Statement:
These works continue the endless pursuit of reinterpreting the Australian Landscape experience.
Artist Bio:
My arts practice continues to focus on the Australian Landscape and finding new ways of expressing the sense of wonder and joy I experience whenever I am passing through it or spending time sitting in the middle of a field.
Before the Flood Vase #3
Artist: David Usher
Price: $1,400
Artist Statement:
These ceramic vessels are also a response to spending time in the Australian Landscape and seeking new ways to express those encounters.
Artist Bio:
My arts practice continues to focus on the Australian Landscape and finding new ways of expressing the sense of wonder and joy I experience whenever I am passing through it or spending time sitting in the middle of a field.
Blissful loneliness
Artist: Sandra Van Der Stelt
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
Captures the quiet strength of a solitary female figure set against the backdrop of an overstimulated world. Inspired by Gustav Klimt’s Golden Period and iconic portraits like The Lady in Gold, the work also reflects my admiration for the grace of Japanese women. Through her poised posture, intricate patterns, and decorative framing, the figure embodies stillness and resilience. Guided by the belief that art should stir emotion and reveal hidden truths, this piece suggests that solitude is not emptiness, but a cherished, radiant state—where the inner world quietly glows amidst the noise and rush of modern life.
Artist Bio:
Sandra van der Stelt is a graphic designer and artist based in Toowoomba, specialising in illustration and acrylic painting. With a strong background in digital media and creative technology, her work blends vibrant colours and intricate details to tell stories and evoke emotions. Sandra’s art reflects her commitment to innovation and positive change, combining traditional techniques with modern concepts. Always exploring new styles and mediums, she strives to create dynamic, visually engaging pieces that connect with audiences in expressive ways.
Equilibrium
Artist: Jasmine Veronique
Price: $2,600
Artist Statement:
Our subject radiates exuberance, his guitar solo so powerful that the spotlights start to draw the colours from his outfit. The audience has no choice but to surrender to the interconnected energy created in this ephemeral moment.
Artist Bio:
By day Jasmine navigates the corporate labyrinth, but by night her spirit wanders to urban landscapes, iPhone or Canon always in hand. Jasmine is yet to meet an animal she did not resonate with.
Foliage by the window
Artist: Florence Wang
Price: $750
Artist Statement:
I am often drawn to the light against the window for the effect of tranquil liveness to my eyes. This is a still life painting where I painted indoor plants by the window from a local café I frequently visit in the morning. The interplay of light with the foliage hopes to reflect the passage of time, the singular, non-static experience that brings endless possibilities to life.
Artist Bio:
I am a visual artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. I completed a PhD degree in Computer Science across Visual Art from University of Sydney in 2014. Within the painting practice, I am drawn to the symbolic representations of my subject matters, which are elevated visual elements from my own life experiences, surroundings, or the narratives of those I am familiar with. I primarily paint in oil, acrylic and at occasion watercolour. I take an interest broadly in portraiture, still life, and landscape that represent or is part of everyday experience.
The Olive Grove
Artist: Chelsea Ward
Price: $210
Artist Statement:
‘The Olive Grove’ is number two of a limited edition of six nearly identical multi-coloured reduction lino block prints, which demonstrate the indicate Relief printing process of carving, registering and printing each consecutive onto the paper.
Artist Bio:
Chelsea Ward is a Year 11 Art student at Fairholme College who is passionate about creating art using a variety of different medias.
Twilight figs
Artist: Toni Ware
Price: $425
Artist Statement:
These figs are from my father-in-law’s tree. I love painting his produce because they represent his love of gardening and showering an abundance of figs on family and friends. This was my final fig painting from his 2024 crop!
Artist Bio:
Toni Ware is Queensland fine artist who achieves a realism style through the combination of a loose, painterly technique with the application of intense detail to her work. Working exclusively with oils, her art is deeply symbolic, often representing societal observations, relationships, connections to and poignant memories of places and moments in time. She has exhibited in galleries in Brisbane, regional parts of Queensland and the Gold Coast. Some of her recent exhibitions and prizes include: Highly Commended, 2024 Lethbridge Small Scale Exhibition; finalist, 2024 Clayton Utz Art Award; finalist, 2024 Rotary Brisbane Art Prize; finalist, 2024 Doyles Art Award.
Peonies II
Artist: Toni Ware
Price: $795
Artist Statement:
My floral designer and scientist friend, Krista, developed a method for growing peonies under environmentally controlled conditions on the Sunshine Coast. This is a tribute to one of her first blooms. I adore peonies. The range of pastel colours and the crisp, layered petals are truly stunning.
Artist Bio:
Toni Ware is Queensland fine artist who achieves a realism style through the combination of a loose, painterly technique with the application of intense detail to her work. Working exclusively with oils, her art is deeply symbolic, often representing societal observations, relationships, connections to and poignant memories of places and moments in time. She has exhibited in galleries in Brisbane, regional parts of Queensland and the Gold Coast. Some of her recent exhibitions and prizes include: Highly Commended, 2024 Lethbridge Small Scale Exhibition; finalist, 2024 Clayton Utz Art Award; finalist, 2024 Rotary Brisbane Art Prize; finalist, 2024 Doyles Art Award.
Blue ceramics
Artist: Toni Ware
Price: $1,495
Artist Statement:
This piece celebrates the peacefulness of blues and how a discord in shades and patterns can work beautifully against a neutral palette. The Waterhousea cutting from my garden, celebrates the remarkable array of colours and tones including pinks, limes and rich, blue greens all found in one branch cutting!
Artist Bio:
Toni Ware is Queensland fine artist who achieves a realism style through the combination of a loose, painterly technique with the application of intense detail to her work. Working exclusively with oils, her art is deeply symbolic, often representing societal observations, relationships, connections to and poignant memories of places and moments in time. She has exhibited in galleries in Brisbane, regional parts of Queensland and the Gold Coast. Some of her recent exhibitions and prizes include: Highly Commended, 2024 Lethbridge Small Scale Exhibition; finalist, 2024 Clayton Utz Art Award; finalist, 2024 Rotary Brisbane Art Prize; finalist, 2024 Doyles Art Award.
Co-Parent
Artist: Lulu Watson
Price: $280
Artist Statement:
Why bother with pesky streaming fees? Why bother with the hassle of prying that iPad from your child’s hands? Co-Parent provides what you need to keep your kid inactive, incommunicative and socially withdrawn, with our new overstimulation machine. We’ve proven it before! Co-Parent will you’re your kid addicted, just like Cocomelon, or Paw Patrol.
Artist Bio:
Lulu Watson is an emerging visual artist based in Queensland Australia who is currently completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. Watson's work has been shown in the Junior Art Expo 2021, within the Toowoomba Art Society where she received a certificate of commendation. She also participated in the founding and organisation of The Corridor Collective, a student artist run curative group.
An Echo of Stillness
Artist: Maryika Welter
Price: $600
Artist Statement:
Landscape interpretation and expression have always been a focal point of my arts practice. Here, I focus on the depth of perspective, line, and the clarity of a space to rest and listen to the warm echoes of stillness that this ancient land instills within in me.
Artist Bio:
Maryika Welter has thirty-five years as a practicing Artist working with Mixed Media. Her formal study at North Adelaide School of Art and SQIT. Major in Printmaking and painting. She represented Australia at the Florence Biennale, 2009. Welter is a recipient of many awards, accolades, short listings, sales nationally and internationally and has been employed as workshop facilitator, tutor, judge, mental health mentor and curator. Her voluntary work and memberships include theToowoomba Art Society, Arts Council Toowoomba, R.A.D.F., Woodford folk Festival, Rosalie Gallery, Lecturing, Mentoring, Public speaking, Arts Cooperatives, Social support worker and gifting donations.
Lightning over Vicenza
Artist: Giahn Werner
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
‘Lightning over Vicenza’ is a photograph I took at home of the distant lightning.
Artist Bio:
Giahn Werner is a Year 11 Boarder at Fairholme College who enjoys photography and expressing herself creatively through her art.
Well… we better put the kettle on
Artist: Lisa West
Price: $800
Artist Statement:
Lisa’s tablescape is one in a series exploring personal and family rituals. This artwork is titled for the directive that would be uttered by her maternal grandmother when she wanted to talk to her daughters around the farm table. Having a ‘cuppa’ was seen as a panacea for all situations.
Artist Bio:
Lisa is interested in themes of memory and shared experiences, exploring these through her practice. Her acrylic and mixed media technique focuses on layering, glazing and rubbing back materials, with a focus on the interplay between positive and negative space. Lisa has undertaken tuition through BIA and Bienarte Art School. She has been a finalist in The Revival Emerging Artist Prize (2024/25), Fairholme Open Art Award (2024) and the SPLC Armidale Signature Art Prize (2024).
Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo (Black Bird Series)
Artist: Shani White
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
From Shani’s current series of Australian black birds sketched in charcoal. These miniature pieces are float mounted in a stylish black frame to complement the finish of the drawing and to deliver a vignetted portrait of the bird.
Artist Bio:
Shani grew up in the picturesque tropics of Papua New Guinea, inspired by the flora, fauna and landscapes of her surroundings. Her work shows a keen fascination with birds and nature. Now living in Queensland, she admires the avian creatures that frequent her own backyard. ‘Birds have become a customary part of my artistic vocabulary’. Her attraction to painting birds draws attention from bird lovers across the globe.
Ibis (Black Bird Series)
Artist: Shani White
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
From Shani’s current series of Australian black birds sketched in charcoal. These miniature pieces are float mounted in a stylish black frame to complement the finish of the drawing and to deliver a vignetted portrait of the bird.
Artist Bio:
Shani grew up in the picturesque tropics of Papua New Guinea, inspired by the flora, fauna and landscapes of her surroundings. Her work shows a keen fascination with birds and nature. Now living in Queensland, she admires the avian creatures that frequent her own backyard. ‘Birds have become a customary part of my artistic vocabulary’. Her attraction to painting birds draws attention from bird lovers across the globe.
Willie Wagtail (Black Bird Series)
Artist: Shani White
Price: $650
Artist Statement:
From Shani’s current series of Australian black birds sketched in charcoal. These miniature pieces are float mounted in a stylish black frame to complement the finish of the drawing and to deliver a vignetted portrait of the bird.
Artist Bio:
Shani grew up in the picturesque tropics of Papua New Guinea, inspired by the flora, fauna and landscapes of her surroundings. Her work shows a keen fascination with birds and nature. Now living in Queensland, she admires the avian creatures that frequent her own backyard. ‘Birds have become a customary part of my artistic vocabulary’. Her attraction to painting birds draws attention from bird lovers across the globe.
Red Devotchkin
Artist: Alana Wilkie
Price: $2,000
Artist Statement:
‘Red Devotchkin’ captures the fierce vulnerability of Brisbane burlesque performer Red Devotchkin. Through hyperrealistic detail and bold, emotive expression, the work explores themes of performance, femininity, and inner tension. The contrast between theatrical makeup and raw gesture invites viewers to consider the complexities behind beauty and strength.
Artist Bio:
Alana Wilkie is an Australian artist working in oil painting and drawing, grounded in contemporary classical realism. Her highly detailed works reinterpret found imagery, weaving together themes of nostalgia, femininity, and identity. Figures from archival photography and vintage portraiture are often disrupted by surreal elements, creating quiet tension and new meaning. Alana holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University and has exhibited internationally, with works held in collections across Australia, Europe, and North America.
Ziegfeld Girl
Artist: Alana Wilkie
Price: $1,500
Artist Statement:
This painting juxtaposes a Ziegfeld girl—an icon of vintage glamour—with a vibrant swallow, symbolising freedom and fleeting beauty. Rendered in oil, the ghostly figure and vivid bird evoke themes of nostalgia, performance, and escape, inviting reflection on identity, elegance, and the transience of both nature and fame.
Artist Bio:
Alana Wilkie is an Australian artist working in oil painting and drawing, grounded in contemporary classical realism. Her highly detailed works reinterpret found imagery, weaving together themes of nostalgia, femininity, and identity. Figures from archival photography and vintage portraiture are often disrupted by surreal elements, creating quiet tension and new meaning. Alana holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University and has exhibited internationally, with works held in collections across Australia, Europe, and North America.
Puss
Artist: Carolyn Wishart
Price: $450
Artist Statement:
My favourite medium is graphite pencil. I love the challenge of creating an image that is realistic, but also one that has been simplified with its lack of colour. I compare it to a beautiful black and white photograph.
Artist Bio:
Currently based in Toowoomba, I’m a creator and lover of anything art or craft - it’s what my childhood was made of and I loved it. I am a former display artist. I spent years hand building and painting oversized props for shopping centre displays. I learnt to signwrite, screenprint & design graphics. My personal art life is ever evolving. I love bright and colourful acrylics, loose and subtle watercolours and the slow pace of realism drawing. I’ve exhibited in the Downlands College Art Show, Toowoomba Grammar Art Exhibition and won the competition for the cover image of the 2018 Visitor Guide (The Chronicle Garden Competition). I’m also involved in the Carnival of Flowers parade (designing and creating the Toowoomba Regional Council float each year). I don’t take myself too seriously & I love to laugh.
Down by the shed
Artist: Nerida Woolley
Price: $790
Artist Statement:
This painting was based on a scene I was drawn to on one of our family road trips through the central west of NSW. I’ve always been drawn to old sheds and relics on farms. This particular scene captured by imagination at the time, inspiring me to paint on my return.
Artist Bio:
Nerida Woolley is a contemporary landscape artist known for her signature palette of muted greens and blues as well as emotive works that explore themes of nature, identity, and the human experience. With a unique blend of traditional and modern techniques, Woolley creates visually striking pieces that invite viewers to engage deeply with their surroundings.
Hidden Gem
Artist: Nerida Woolley
Price: $790
Artist Statement:
Quietly perched up on a little south Lismore Hill, at the end of a no-through road, this quaint old weatherboard sits in quiet beauty away from passing public. It made me think about the lives once lived under the old tin roof and the stories forever held within those aging timber walls.
Artist Bio:
Nerida Woolley is a contemporary landscape artist known for her signature palette of muted greens and blues as well as emotive works that explore themes of nature, identity, and the human experience. With a unique blend of traditional and modern techniques, Woolley creates visually striking pieces that invite viewers to engage deeply with their surroundings.
Sight Threshold: Study #1
Artist: Emily Young
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
In this series, I explore the boundaries between abstraction and representation—where the clarity of a full image gives way to fragmented, re-imagined details. Each work occupies a ‘sight threshold’, an in-between space where perception shifts, inviting the viewer to reconsider the familiar, contemplating what lies just beyond the edge of vision.
Artist Bio:
Sight Threshold: Study #2
Artist: Emily Young
Price: $250
Artist Statement:
In this series, I explore the boundaries between abstraction and representation—where the clarity of a full image gives way to fragmented, re-imagined details. Each work occupies a ‘sight threshold’, an in-between space where perception shifts, inviting the viewer to reconsider the familiar, contemplating what lies just beyond the edge of vision.
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