Welcome to Abstraction 2020: This year we are running this exhibition online and in the Petrie Terrace Gallery from Friday June the 12th when the Gallery will re-open.
Abstraction was Judged by Andrew Baker with the Award presentation to be held at 2pm, on Saturday 27th June.
If you would like to come along bookings are essential, please RSVP with any attendees by 20th June by email or phone to the Gallery directly.
ABSTRACTION 2020 – WINNERS
First Prize – Untitled I (Deliberate Picture Series) by Natalie Lavelle
Above all other works in the exhibition, this painting connects directly with the origins of Western abstraction from the 1910s and -20s. In so doing, it exhibits lessons learned from early adherents such as Kazimir Malevich and Theo van Doesburg. Echoing Japanese and Chinese calligraphy, Natalie’s single sweeping brush stroke is at once deliberate and controlled — yet has a looseness that provides both movement and tension to the picture. The vertical string-line bisecting the picture plane adds a note of formality and provides a reference against which the viewer might contemplate placement of the large shadowy brush stoke upon the painting’s brilliant white rectangular ground.
Second Prize – Thereabouts by Helen Creed
This painting is a rare bird — that is, one which works as well hung on a diagonal as it does on the square. Reminiscent of knitting or Indigenous weaving patterns, the tricolour stripes, in progressively darker tones from front to back, give the painting an impression of depth and airiness. The warm tones of Helen’s painting are inviting while the imperfect straight lines provide an elasticity filled with tension.
Third Prize – Night Market by Kim Lowry
Straddling pure abstraction and physical reality, this tonal study of light in relation to objects could only exist in modern times. Devoid of gesture, the flatly painted areas of merged and fragmented shapes play with notions of focus and depth of field in a photographic sense. The modest size of Kim’s painting is appropriate for its humble subject matter and probably wouldn’t have worked as well on a larger scale.
Peoples Choice – LCS.1 by Petalia Humphreys
ABSTRACTION 2020 – ENTRIES
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Waters Edge by Theresa Rule $900 Mixed Media -
Flora by Kip McCauley-Wassell $160 90x125cm Acrylic on Canvas -
All Over Town by Lauren Hughes $760 61x61cm Ink -
Upcycled Landscape by Lee Wilkes $900 41x41cm Oil on Canvas -
Skyline by Esther Austin $320 31x40cm Oil on Canvas -
Arson by Kip McCauley-Wassell $200 90x140cm Acrylic on Canvas -
Jungle by Keili Major -
Soaring Upwards by Beverley Tainton $ xcm Acrylic -
Snake be Keili Major $350 51x110cm Mixed Media -
Singularity by Glen Buckley $1200 60x60cm Acrylic pen on wooden panel -
Abstract Village II by Esther Austin $500 40x50cm Oil on Canvas -
Conversations by Tracy Spalding $950 75x75cm Mixed Media and Collage on Canvas -
Don’t Let the Sun go down on Me by Minal Karim $200 40x60cm Oil on Canvas -
Slow Burn by Carolyn O’Neill $2500 120x100cm Oil on Canvas -
Transmutation by Rawdon Slater $800 76x76cm Oil on Canvas -
The Tree That went Berserk by Laura Phillips $2000 Mixed Media -
Abstract 9 by Joanne Heath $400 93x61cm Acrylic -
Red Vase by Esther Austin $320 31x40cm Oil on Canvas -
Changed Perspective by Tracy Spalding $350 50x50cm Mixed Media on Canvas -
Unfurling by Rawdon Slater $900 96x73cm Oil on Canvas -
Abstract Village I by Esther Austin $500 40x50cm Oil on Canvas -
The Language of Giraween by Alan Morrison $2500 Acrylic and Mixed Media -
The Returning by Lara Bakes Denman $250 41x61cm Digital on Canvas -
The Dichotomy of Good and Evil by Minal Karim $100 Acrylic on Canvas -
Moana by Claire Grant $550 Oil, Encaustic and Mixed Media -
Moody by Bee Twomey $1050 Acrylic on Canvas 76x76cm -
Dancing in the Rain by Lara Bakes Denman $200 41x41cm digital on Canvas -
Gently Breathing Love Back into Life by Lara Denman $200 41x41cm Digital on Canvas -
What I Remember About City Life by Lara Denman $250 41x61cm Digital on Canvas -
Mangrove Watch by Jacki Archibald $890 Mixed Media **SOLD** -
LCS.1 by Petalia Humphreys $950 90x90cm Acrylic an Plywood -
Botanical by Beverley Tainton $2450 98x98cm Acrylic on Canvas -
Hong Kong Harbour by Christine Groh $275 Acrylic -
From Above the Freeways by Ross Halfacree $1500 125x65cm Acrylic, Pen and Pencil on Canvas Paper Triptych -
In A Perfect World by Ross Halfacree $1800 61x61cm Acrylic and Spray Enamel on Canvas -
Solitary Although Together by Marijke Lambregtse $660 61x61cm Mixed Media on Canvas -
Impressions of Uluru by Gaye Cook $300 40cms Mixed Media **SOLD** -
Where Did It Go? by Marijke Lambregtse $660 76x51cm Mixed Media and Collage -
Decomposing Autumn Leaves on a Rainforest Floor by Marianne Grigore $1000 Oil -
People Assembled by Marijke Lambregtse $660 76x51cm Acrylic on Canvas -
City Cat by Elisabeth Ruiz $450 80x80cm Acrylic on Canvas -
Abstract180420 by Allan Green $900 60cm x 120cm Oil on Canvas -
Jubilation by Owen Hutchison $600 Digital Print of Woodcut -
Amphibious by Jo Langley $490 42cms -
Circle Squared by Joanne Heath $350 50x50cm Acrylic on Canvas -
Blue and Yellow Cockatoo -
Abstract260220 by Allan Green $900 90cm x 90cm Oil on Canvas -
Idolatries by Anna Gonzalez $1800 Archival Inject Print -
City At Night Collage by Kathleen Dempsey $400 Acrylic and collage -
Plastic Cell by Tracie Axton $100 Mixed Media Found Plastics -
Armchair by Kip McCauley Wassell $250 76x105cm Acrylic on Canvas -
Running Before the Wind by Christine Groh $275 61x61cm Acrylic -
Tropical Capers by Vivienne Serle -
Covid Musings by Vivienne Serle -
SR.1B by Petalia Humphreys -
Face the Music by Karen Knight -
Waterfall by Karen Knight -
Orange Sky by John Hartley Dunne -
Fantastic Fungi by Jan Hutchison $520 83cm Textiles -
Fly Me To The Moon by John Hartley Dunne -
The Joy of Licorice Allsorts by Glenmary Swan $250 -
Budgies by Wendy Pound $350 76x30cm Acrylic on Linen -
My Country Life -Whirlee Whirlee by Jennifer Parker $TBA Acrylic on Canvas -
Imagined Landscape by Vashti-Sita $150 matted, $170 framed, 43x53cm. Mixed Media on Paper. -
Blue Opal, by Meredith Howse $1200 121x91cm Acrylic -
Coastal Walk by Tracy Spalding $750 75x75cm Acrylic on Canvas
Artists
To find out more about the Artists & RQAS Members in this online exhibition, please click their links below:
Louise Brakenridge
Glen Buckley
Helen Creed
Allan Green
Christine Groh
Jan Hutchison
Minal Karim
Alan Morrison
Jennifer Parker
Wendy Pound
Therese Rule
Glenmary Swan
Rawdon Slater
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:
The Small Art Show – 2024
22 November 2024 – 13 December 2024Gallery Closed for Christmas Holidays
15 December 2024 – 14 January 2025Hidden Gems 2025
23 January 2025 – 16 February 2025