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An Artists Place 2022 – Online Gallery

See a new and insightful view of the daily lives of our Artists, with the scenes and views of the artists creative places.

If you would like to purchase a painting please contact the Petrie Terrace Gallery on 3367 1977 Wednesday-Saturday 10:00-3:30pm.

Please be aware the Gallery is closed for Christmas from Saturday 18th December, re-opening again on Wednesday 18th January.

The exhibition will be run online only during this time, but will continue in the gallery from Wednesday 18th until Sunday 29th January. 

Call of the Bush by Beverley Tainton
$2990 Acrylic 98x98cms
Call of the Bush by Beverley Tainton $2990 Acrylic 98x98cms
Supervisor Barney by Andrew K
$500 Oil and Charcoal 61x91cms
Supervisor Barney by Andrew K $500 Oil and Charcoal 61x91cms
My Studio by Leo Liu
$1200 Oil 60x50cms
My Studio by Leo Liu $1200 Oil 60x50cms
Hay St. Studio by Glen Gillard
$5000 Oil 108x140cms
Hay St. Studio by Glen Gillard $5000 Oil 108x140cms
Runs of Colour by Diane Leftwich
$1200 Oil 93x93cms
Runs of Colour by Diane Leftwich $1200 Oil 93x93cms
Penelope by Don Wotton
$125 Digital 90x120cms
Penelope by Don Wotton $125 Digital 90x120cms
My Dream Studio by Elisabeth Ruiz
$800 Acrylic and Collage 76x61cms
My Dream Studio by Elisabeth Ruiz $800 Acrylic and Collage 76x61cms
The View from my Studio by Mel Hayton
$1800 Oil and Acrylic on Board 75x58cms
The View from my Studio by Mel Hayton $1800 Oil and Acrylic on Board 75x58cms
Self Portrait on Easel by Mel Hayton
$1800 Oil and Acrylic on Board 75x58cms
Self Portrait on Easel by Mel Hayton $1800 Oil and Acrylic on Board 75x58cms
Studio Scene by Peter Hubbard
$500 Oil on Board 32x42cms
Studio Scene by Peter Hubbard $500 Oil on Board 32x42cms
By the Loo by Chantelle Weippert
$450 Acrylic 70x100cms
By the Loo by Chantelle Weippert $450 Acrylic 70x100cms
The Art Room by Chantelle Weippert
$600 Acrylic 100x70cms
The Art Room by Chantelle Weippert $600 Acrylic 100x70cms
Lake House by Diane Leftwich
$450 Oil 43x53cms
Lake House by Diane Leftwich $450 Oil 43x53cms
Boxes by Diane Leftwich
$400 Oil and Ink 43x53cms
Boxes by Diane Leftwich $400 Oil and Ink 43x53cms
Shapes by Diane Leftwich
$900 Oil and Ink 80x80cms
Shapes by Diane Leftwich $900 Oil and Ink 80x80cms
Kalbar Landscape by Nigel Gillespie
$600 Oil, Beeswax and Oil Stick 120x120cms
Kalbar Landscape by Nigel Gillespie $600 Oil, Beeswax and Oil Stick 120x120cms
Clam Within Chaos by Noreen Walsh
$195 Acrylic and Oil 20x25cms
Clam Within Chaos by Noreen Walsh $195 Acrylic and Oil 20x25cms
Blue and Cream at the Power House by Robert Vallance
$290 Digital 50x40cms
Blue and Cream at the Power House by Robert Vallance $290 Digital 50x40cms
Golden Sunrise by Robert Vallance
$290 Digital 60x40cms
Golden Sunrise by Robert Vallance $290 Digital 60x40cms
Studio Tulips by Jennifer Long
$550 Oil on Linen 48x64cms
Studio Tulips by Jennifer Long $550 Oil on Linen 48x64cms
The Lull by Graham Preston
$600 Pastel 63x82cms
The Lull by Graham Preston $600 Pastel 63x82cms
I don't have a Garret, just a Garage by Graham Preston
$600 Pastel 89x68cms
I don't have a Garret, just a Garage by Graham Preston $600 Pastel 89x68cms
Studio Quintet by Jennifer Long
$450 Five Plate Intaglio Etching 84x29cms
Studio Quintet by Jennifer Long $450 Five Plate Intaglio Etching 84x29cms
The Cat in the Art Studio by Victoria Bladen
$750 Acrylic 76x76cms
The Cat in the Art Studio by Victoria Bladen $750 Acrylic 76x76cms
Exposed in Artist's Place by Robyn Moon
$2000 Oil 79x64cms
Exposed in Artist's Place by Robyn Moon $2000 Oil 79x64cms
Welcome by Diane Murphy
$90 Watercolour 20x35cms
Welcome by Diane Murphy $90 Watercolour 20x35cms
Collected World by Jennifer Long
$1900 Oil 71x105cms
Collected World by Jennifer Long $1900 Oil 71x105cms
Forrest Water Cascades by Dr Kay Kane
$800 Graphite 101x77cms
Forrest Water Cascades by Dr Kay Kane $800 Graphite 101x77cms
The Light Comes in by Justine Wake
$250 Watercolour, Collage and Found Objects 22x13cms
The Light Comes in by Justine Wake $250 Watercolour, Collage and Found Objects 22x13cms
Still Life in my Kitchen by Hetty Doyle
$495 Watercolour 41x51cms
Still Life in my Kitchen by Hetty Doyle $495 Watercolour 41x51cms
River Fireworks by Hetty Doyle
$799 Acrylic 124x46cms
River Fireworks by Hetty Doyle $799 Acrylic 124x46cms
Marking Time by Tony Walker
$900 Ink 36x54cms
Marking Time by Tony Walker $900 Ink 36x54cms
Gap Creek 2 by Qi Liu
$8000 Oil 140x100cms
Gap Creek 2 by Qi Liu $8000 Oil 140x100cms
No Rules! by Lesley Bright
$250 Acrylic 40x50cms
No Rules! by Lesley Bright $250 Acrylic 40x50cms
Monster House by Jordan Lambi
$510 Oil 66x41cms
Monster House by Jordan Lambi $510 Oil 66x41cms
Low Tide by Karen Collins
$350 Oil on Board 33x24cms
Low Tide by Karen Collins $350 Oil on Board 33x24cms
Afterglow by Courtney Reid
$110 Watercolour and Gouache 42x30cms
Afterglow by Courtney Reid $110 Watercolour and Gouache 42x30cms
Recycling my Desktop by Hugh Edwards
$950 Acrylic and Mixed Media 90x43cms
Recycling my Desktop by Hugh Edwards $950 Acrylic and Mixed Media 90x43cms
Geisha: Getting Ready by Yuko Sherry
$400 Watercolour 45x55cms
Geisha: Getting Ready by Yuko Sherry $400 Watercolour 45x55cms
All Set for Me Time by Yuko Sherry
$450 Watercolour 45x55cms
All Set for Me Time by Yuko Sherry $450 Watercolour 45x55cms
Rosy Room by Jane Griffin
$300 Watercolour 62x44cms
Rosy Room by Jane Griffin $300 Watercolour 62x44cms
Tessa's Peace by Tessa Trinchini
$350 Acrylic 40x50cms
Tessa's Peace by Tessa Trinchini $350 Acrylic 40x50cms
Singing with Pinky by Karen Jackman
$499 Mixed Media 60x122cms
Singing with Pinky by Karen Jackman $499 Mixed Media 60x122cms
Creating with Pinky by Karen Jackman
$499 Mixed Media 60x90cms
Creating with Pinky by Karen Jackman $499 Mixed Media 60x90cms
The Kitchen Table by Lisa Stansfield
$275 Acrylic 75x60cms
The Kitchen Table by Lisa Stansfield $275 Acrylic 75x60cms
The Artist is Not Quite Present by Tamara Beale
$1600 Acrylic 122x91cms
The Artist is Not Quite Present by Tamara Beale $1600 Acrylic 122x91cms
The Artist's Spontaneous Combustion by Anna Gonzalez
$900 Oil on Paper 60x79cms
The Artist's Spontaneous Combustion by Anna Gonzalez $900 Oil on Paper 60x79cms
The Artist Painting an Exorcist by Anna Gonzalez
$900 Oil on Paper 60x79cms
The Artist Painting an Exorcist by Anna Gonzalez $900 Oil on Paper 60x79cms
My Creative Bubble by Russell Solomon
$150 Digital 60x30cms
My Creative Bubble by Russell Solomon $150 Digital 60x30cms
My Pleasant Art Studio by Jim Crawshaw
$220 Watercolour 56x45cms
My Pleasant Art Studio by Jim Crawshaw $220 Watercolour 56x45cms
Peaks and Troughs by Glen Gante
$2500 Digital 85x60cms
Peaks and Troughs by Glen Gante $2500 Digital 85x60cms
Bird on Easel by Luella Price 
$350 Digital 42x30cms
Bird on Easel by Luella Price $350 Digital 42x30cms
Silence of My Studio by Esther Austin 
$550 Oil 45x61cms
Silence of My Studio by Esther Austin $550 Oil 45x61cms

Gary Myers

Cows with Gums 1200 $7800
Outback 1200 $7900
Woodland Farm

Gary was born in Brisbane where he received private tuition under the late David Fowler. He also trained in illustration and has worked extensively in this field. His training and involvement in the graphics industry are evident in his use of colour and composition.

Beginning with his first one-man show in 1971 in the Harry Dunwell Gallery, Rowes Arcade, Brisbane, Gary has held over 45 successful one-man showings, including Shanghai and Brighton, UK. His works have been purchased for private, corporate, and educational institution collections across Australia and many overseas countries.

Currently he is represented in galleries across the eastern States including Tasmania. He exhibits on a regular basis with Kevin Hill as a Top Ten Australian Artist. He is an exhibitor and visiting tutor at Sydney Art School and occasionally tutors for various Art Societies as well as from his own Studio.

Gary has attained many awards over the last 50 years and most recently, he has been a finalist in the Clayton Utz, Hornsby, and the Sunshine Coast Art Prizes. Gary is a full-time artist residing in Maleny in Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast Hinterland where his family dates back four generations.

Artist Opportunities for 2023 Exhibitions


The Royal Queensland Art Society has so many exciting exhibitions and opportunities for artists coming up in 2023.

Click the Exhibition Titles below to find out more about entering the exhibitions and important dates.


Exhibition on show: Friday 31st March – Sunday 23rd April
Entries closed


Exhibition on show: Friday 12th May – Sunday 4th June
Entry forms due: 12th April


Exhibition on Show: Wednesday 14th June – Sunday 23rd July

Entry forms due: 10th May


Exhibition on Show: Friday 4th August – Sunday 3rd September

Entry Forms Due: 4th July

Exhibition on Show: Friday, 4th Aug August to Sunday, 3rd September 2023

Fashion Parade: One Night Only on Saturday, 5th August at 7pm

Awards Night: Friday 11th August at 7pm

Tickets Available on Eventbrite- Click here to purchase

Entries have now closed for Materially Designed.


Exhibition on Show: Friday 29th September – Sunday 29th October

Entries due: Tuesday 1st August (Via Brisbane Portrait Prize)

Opening Night

Saturday, 7th October at 6pm

Ticket Cost: $60 members and $75 non-members

First drink and canapes included

Wine and Cheese Afternoons

Saturday 14th & 28th October 2-4pmTicket Cost: $20 members and $30 non-members. These wine and cheese events will be a chance to hear the artists, entrants and key individuals talk about their artwork and their art practice.

Book in to all our events at https://petrieterracegallery.eventbrite.com.au 


Exhibition on show: Friday 17th November – Friday 15th December

Entry forms due: 10th October

For more information & entry form click here 

Book in to all our events at https://petrieterracegallery.eventbrite.com.au 

 

 

Salon des Refusés 2022 – Prize Winners

Congratulations to all the recipients of the Petrie Terrace Gallery Awards. Each Selector for the Salon des Refuses has chosen a work to receive this award. Visitors have also voted and chosen the Peoples Choice award.


Selected by Lizzie Reik

Portrait of a Queer Father as Icon

by Jeremy Plint

SELECTORS COMMENTS

 

Plint’s self-portrait immediately stood out to me. It’s deeply personal, its challenging, and it’s also familiar. What comes to mind is the ‘mother and child’ imbedded in art history, juxtaposed with that exaggerated masculine character from the movies – the ‘bad guy’ sitting in the loungeroom with a gun.

He looks at the viewer defiantly, showing that these symbols – the tiara, the floral chair, the gun, the tattoos, don’t have to inherently belong to separate identities.

Plint’s work is strong technically, and it is also thought-provoking – it makes us want to know more about the sitter, but also makes us reflect on our own preconceptions about others, and how we construct and constrain identity.


Selected by Dr Kay Kane

Purple

by Purple Chang

SELECTORS COMMENTS

Purple Chang 

This self-portrait evidences a relentless intensity of looking and seeing. The viewer cannot help but gain a very real sense of the perceptiveness of the artist and thus the character of the subject. 

I see here a soul laid bare, achieved through masterly use of the medium. Colour harmony, composition and exposition of edge are so well-ordered that to change anything would be, in my view, to spoil the whole thing. I will say no more except to quote one of Australia’s best contemporary writers on art, Christopher Allen: 

“Talk is cheap in art, and the only ideas that have true weight in painting are those that have been fully assimilated and realized in the very handling of the subject matter and the shaping of the imaginary world, such insights reaching deep into the mind of the viewer.”

Congratulations Purple. 

 


Selected by Laura Brinin

Self-portrait in the Morning

by Leo Liu

SELECTORS COMMENTS

Shadowing, dripping washes of colour alongside heavier brushstrokes of thicker paint and a relatable facial feature of discerning one’s own creative work strike the viewer with a real sense of witnessing a realistic and at once exaggerated version of a studio environment. The skill and dedication of Zheng Liu’s creative practice are evident in the paint application, witnessed with the mix of expressive marks, controlled shadowing and the use of colour to sway the timbre of the work.
The self-portraiture genre is a sometimes damning and at once celebrated revelation of how an artist views themself; in this instance, the subject appears to be nonplussed with their creative results, looking upon their work with a critical but experienced view. A resigned stance, along with the title suggesting an early-rising and committed practising artist, adds volumes to the relatability of the piece for many viewers and artists alike.


Peoples Choice

Jamie

by Simon Brown

 


 

Salon des Refusés 2022 – Finalists

Congratulations to all the artists selected in the 2022 Salon des Refusés, run in conjunction with the Brisbane Portrait Prize.

Exhibition on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery from Thursday 6th October – Sunday 6th November 2022

Opening Night is sold out, but get your tickets to our wine and cheese afternoons here. To find out more about our selectors click here.


Anna (Lady ‘C’) Leigh Schoenheimer
Tired
Chris England
Queen of Drama
Lindy Mackintosh
Merging Worlds of Clairy Laurence
Bronwyn Doherty
Tarcisio
Carol Oh
Just a Moment
Timothy Grey
Muse in green
Marijke Lambregtse
Poet and Dog (Anthony and Benny)
Julie Manning
Stable Table
Robyn Moon
Monique
Kirsty Dixon
Art + Music = an interesting life
Linda McInally
2021 Isolation and exhaustion
Margaret Bending
A Journalistic Researcher
Christine Hall
5:19am
Kirilee West
Liz Preston: “Grandmother” to many
Graham Preston
Lounge Art
Jo McFadyen
Selfie 2022
Justin Buchner
Damien Power
Alison Mooney
All That Glitters
Elizabeth Barden
Nature Nutures Nurse
Lynne Day
Outcomes of Introspection
De Gillett Cox
To Joh
Sangeeta Mahajan
Purple
Purple Chang
“I can’t wear yellow…”
Carol Goodwin
Born in the Year of Tiger
Nam-Trung Nguyen
Lost but now I’m Found
Laine Walker
Dylan
Stephen Tiernan
Seize the Clay
Tania Carmichael
Johnny in the Studio
Min Jia Johnny Huang
The Conduit
Kris Anderson
Portrait of Dr Andrew Amey
Brett Poulsen
Lingering
Hannah Brouard
The Show Must Go On
David Wells
Patience
Cameron Seymour
Andrew + HB4
Andrew Weil
Camila
Monique Baques
The Profound Void of an Empty Stomach
Charlotte England
Steph
Nadya Constantinidis
Lighting up Change
Carla Benzie
Dr Young
Zhi Peng Wu
Nina Ginsberg and Leki The Flower Bike
Dr. Ekaterina Strounina
Buckley
Mr. Casey Charles
Floating Mind
Reece Woodland
Next Gen Claudia paints Keith, Emerging to Established
Donna Gibb
The Enabler
Samantha Groenestyn
This is Me. Self Portrait.
Monica Batiste
Decisions, Decisions…What Shoes Will I Wear
Jamie Congdon
Jamie
Simon Brown
The Colour Behind the Uniform
Melanie Kilby
Portrait of a Queer Father as Icon
Jeremy Plint
Marcel
Daniel Butterworth
Calming the Mind
Wendy Fry
The Bubblegum Blazer
Amy Knie
Buckley
Natalia Bertelli
Self-portrait in the Morning
Leo (Zheng) Liu
Unfinished Business
Annette Raff
Lineage
Nicola Hooper
In Her Eyes
Amy Bridge


Salon des Refusés 2022 – Selectors

We are delighted to introduce to you our selectors, who have the unenviable job of choosing the finalists for the Salon des Refusés.

With so much talent on offer it isn’t easy and we appreciate their professionalism and expertise when faced with the daunting task of selecting approximately 60 works out of over 300.


Lizzie Riek

Lizzie Riek is the Collections and Curatorial Officer at Redland Art Gallery and has experience working in public and university galleries. Beginning her arts career with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Printmaking) at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Lizzie has gone on to recently complete a Master of Museum Studies at University of Queensland (UQ), and is currently undertaking a PhD (UQ) on contemporary archival art practices.


Dr Kay Kane

RQAS Fellow and former President, Kay completed a fine art degree at Central School of Art, London, in 1981, and has thereafter exhibited in international and local galleries, including solo exhibitions. She has long been active in the art world, conducting many workshops and has extensive experience judging art awards, including one in New York in 2017. Kay is an experienced portrait painter and her work is represented in art collections in Australia and internationally, and has been hung in many major Australian exhibitions. She has been twice winner of the Harold and Agnes Richardson Art award and received several first prizes including the prestigious Queensland Figurative in 2016, and was a Salon Des Refusés winner in 2021.


Laura Brinin

Laura Brinin is a Brisbane-based curator of contemporary art. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) in 2012 and continued her visual art practice overseas in 2013 in Canada with a Visual Art residency. Upon returning home, Laura has since pursued professional curatorial practice at QUT and Side Gallery in Red Hill. Laura has exhibited her own work both in Australia and overseas and as an independent freelance curator across Brisbane. This primarily focussed on engagement and activation of public spaces, as well as consulting for private interior collections. You can find her most days reading, playing with her sausage dogs, and visiting art galleries.


Congratulations to all the artists selected in the 2022 Salon des Refusés, run in conjunction with the Brisbane Portrait Prize.

Click here to view the list of finalists

Exhibition on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery from Thursday 6th October – Sunday 6th November 2022


Elisabeth Ruiz

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About Artist

Elisabeth spent her early years in Barcelona where she dabbled in drawing and painting  from an early age. As an adult Elisabeth continued developing  her art with watercolours at the Queensland Watercolour Society. She soon found that this didn’t define her as an artist and furthered her formal training at Brisbane Institute  Art and Bremer TAFE focusing in painting in oils and acrylics.

Her first solo exhibition was at St Stephens Gallery, Brisbane City Hall in 2000.

Elisabeth likes to use her work in aid of community support exhibiting for Life Line, Mitchelton Community Centre, Qld Police Services, St Steven’s Catholic Gift Shop, View Club and Brisbane Ethnic and Multicultural Arts Centre [BEMAC].

Her style, expressionist abstraction, is meditative and at the same time energetic. It derives from observed reality and never looses all contact with it. Themes and locations are entwined so that everyday life is, not only urban, but also a mystical experience.

James Brown

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“Art has been art of my life for as long as I can remember, and I have been oil painting for at least 60 years, on and off, with breaks of 10 years or more.

Now I am retired it is my passion.

I love painting Light and Portraiture, so many of my current paintings are Faces sculpted by Light. All my paintings are experiments, attempts to resolve problems, and when the experiment has concluded I move on to another challenge.

I paint Fast because that’s a side effect of my technique. Fast is good because I can experiment more!

I paint what I want to paint and refuse most commissions; if Art becomes Work – I am not interested.

Ultimately, I paint because I Must and sometimes it’s good and sometimes bad, but always a great pleasure, and right now that is what drives me :)”

Winners – Queensland Figurative 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the 2022 Queensland Figurative Exhibition, part of the RQAS Biennial.

Thanks also to our Judge Ben Smith.

Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.


First Prize

Dad at Home

by Greg Jessup

JUDGES COMMENTS

Conveys the high regard the artist has for his father and how their psyche both pervades the space and stands in wonder of it. An incredible, mad work with overwhelming sense of life. Deft lively brush marks on the figure. Playful colours in the skin tones. This is not just photorealism. Beautifully composed. I feel like various elements of the surrounding foliage have been manipulated to keep your eye within the picture frame. The background elements push the figure forward. An image that shocked me with its intensity the moment I saw it.


Second Prize

Patron Saint of Adventure

by Samantha Groenestyn

JUDGES COMMENTS

This is a highly original composition. You can see that every shape and form, each placement of an object in this picture has gone through the filter of a human mind. Very idiosyncratic. Who would have thought a bike on a shoulder would work so well. Love the light from behind. A lovely feeling of warmth and regard for the sitter.


Highly Commended

Oneness

by Anne-Marie Zanetti

JUDGES COMMENTS

I have a lot of respect for people who go beyond trying to paint what is before them. It is far more difficult than people imagine. The technical problems to be overcome are often huge and if done well the effort isn’t always apparent to the viewer. A beautiful thoughtful idea.


Peoples Choice

First Coffee

by Isabella Allis

Winners – Young Artist Award 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the 2022 Young Artist Award, part of the RQAS Biennial.

Thanks also to our Judge Ben Smith.

Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.


Section 1: 18-30yrs

First Prize

Cactus Hour

by Olivia Dean-Jones

JUDGES COMMENTS

A beautiful portrait with an energetic bold feeling.


Second Prize

Is There Still Life Here

by Isabella Paxton

JUDGES COMMENTS

Looks to be lovingly render from life! A skill to be encouraged. And witty title.


Section 2: 17yrs and under

First Prize

Disparity

by Ava Merolla

JUDGES COMMENTS

Beautifully drawn with mood and character. Well constructed and subtlety distorted for feeling. Interesting use of the digital media.


Highly Commended

Life

by Dorothy Huang

JUDGES COMMENTS

One of the most imaginative works in the room. A great talent for the future.


Peoples Choice

To be announced at the conclusion of the exhibition