Upcoming exhibitions

Small Studies

Clare Purser, Robyn Gibson | Small Studies

7th - 24th September 2010

Opening: Tues 7th September, 5.30 – 7pm

Clare Purser finds inspiration in the letters and postcards sent ‘home’ in colonial times to friends and family.   Like aged snapshots of another time, the rugged texture of the surface and the ambiguous forms combine to evoke a mood of isolation and mystery.
Painted onto salvaged native wood panels, these small postcard-like paintings offer glimpses of a raw and primal landscape.

Robyn Gibson's work is uncanny; strange flirtations take place with the viewer in these small noir portrait paintings. The solo subjects are positioned awkwardly within the canvas, as though their peculiar physicality represents the metaphysical constraints placed on them.

There is also a suggestion of illusion; hidden elements inhabit the dark corners where lingering traces of adversity lie among life's affirmations.

The paintings are in oil, applied assiduously with technical know-how and dexterity; their texture, depth and darkness resonate with Robyn’s interest in the metaphysical aspect of human nature

Shelley Jacobson

Shelley Jacobson | Sea of Trees

28th September - 16th October 2010

Opening: Tues 28th September, 5.30 – 7pm

When a dominant identity is projected onto a place by society; how does this affect people’s use, experience, and perception of the said place? Aokigahara-jukai (which translates as “Sea of Trees”) is a forest in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan, widely known as a suicide destination.  sea of trees attempts to illustrate how the social construction and representation of place can lead to a very fixed understanding, and how information can travel and skew – whether through language, context, or the audience. It recognises human compulsion toward morbidness, and the far-reaching consequences of socially constructed landmarks, through the example of Aokigahara-jukai.

Sean McDonnell

Sean McDonnell |

19th October - 6th November 2010

Opening: Tues 19th October, 5.30 – 7pm

Anna Crichton

Anna Crichton| 'Leapfrog in the Park' and other pastures

9th - 27th November 2010

Opening: Tues 9th November, 5.30 – 7pm

This time it's personal.....

Normally I'm an illustrator for hire, working to a brief and a deadline. With these works I've allowed myself the time to dream, travel and explore my life in an unpredictable medium - ceramic glazes. There's erotica, horseplay, running with wolves, tricky finger play and the joyful curiousness of images that come out of the blue. Visually seductive, the jewel-like 3D glazes bring these ceramic dreams irresistibly alive.

Anna Crichton is a two times Qantas Media Award-Winning illustrator (2007 & 2010), who spends much of her time creating satirical work in pen and ink.  A regular contributor to the New Zealand Herald, Anna's work also appears in magazines including The Listener, North & South and Metro Magazine. Over a long and successful career,  Anna has illustrated for publications all over the world including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Australian and Time Magazine.

Tina Frantzen

Tina Frantzen |

30th November - 18th December 2010

Opening: Tues 30th November, 5.30 – 7pm