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GALLERY / EXHIBITIONS                             Home | Liminality | Light - a sensory experience 
Current exhibition: Gala Gallery, Rockhampton QLD. 13/11/2020 - 12/12/2020. https://www.galagallery.com.au/vaycay - below works; Southern Seas, Nordic Light & Sentient Silk available via @gala_gallery_ 
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From left: Southern Seas, Nordic Light & Sentient Silk. Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in Tasmanian Oak. And Oil on Pure Silk. Details: Paintings: 104 x 74cm & Silk painting: 206 x 91 cm. $1200 each, Silk $600 via Gala Gallery. (Southern Seas is now SOLD). 
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Sentient Silk. 2020. Oil on Pure Silk. 206 x 91 cm. $600 via Gala Gallery. 
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From left: Southern Seas, Nordic Light. 2020. Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in Tasmanian Oak.  104 x 74cm. $1200 (each), via Gala Gallery. (Southern Seas is now SOLD). 
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​Gala Gallery Rockhampton, exhibition view Nov 2020. Image credit: Gala Gallery. 
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From left: Sentient Silk, Southern Seas & Nordic Light. Oil on Pure Silk and Belgian Linen, framed in Tasmanian Oak. Details: Paintings: 104 x 74cm & Silk painting: 206 x 91 cm. $1200 each, Silk $600 via Gala Gallery. (Southern Seas is now SOLD). 

Field trips June-November 2020, exploring light, place & belonging - Binna Burra, Minjerribah (Stradbroke) & Meanjin (Brisbane) - please keep scrolling for more paintings / works for sale

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Welcome to my website. For more art you are welcome to visit: https://www.instagram.com/hellecook/?hl=en 
Recent solo exhibition: Community of Light. 3-28 March 2020: Caboolture Regional Art Gallery - Hub Gallery (exhibition extended until May)  
Opening: Sat 7th March 2020: 2pm. Open Studio every Thurs: 10am - 2pm, see invite:
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Exhibition Statement:
Community of Light explores the sensory and embodied experience of light, place and belonging in painting. The exhibition draws upon the expansive and ephemeral perception of light by the sea, in particular the natural elements of Moreton Bay, Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and the Nordic seas.
The gestural, tactile and illuminated paintings invite enquiry and exploration, rather than resolution - the work lingers ambiguously in the threshold between abstraction and figuration. The immersive and sensory quality of Community of Light offers a space for reflection and connection.
The community is encouraged to enter, to linger and to engage with their own sensory perception and imagination. When our senses are activated, we become more reflectively aware, not only of the work but also of ourselves and of the world around us. In this way we can gain a higher sense of responsibility for the environment, both individually and collectively.
*Supported by Moreton Bay Regional Council, Uplift program*

Below works are available for sale (contact: helle@ozcooks.com)

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In Light of Everything. Oil on Linen. 2020. 155 x 115 cm. $800.
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Sensory Memory. Oil on Linen. 2020. 155 x 115 cm. $700.
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Evocation Location. Oil on Canvas. 2020. 155 x 115 cm. SOLD.
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Community of Light (& Helle) Oil on Polyester textile. 2020. 250 x 145 cm. Each of these Poly textile paintings: $400.
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Linger Longer. Oil on Canvas. 2020. 155 x 115 cm. $800 (stretched, but without wooden frame: 152,4 x 112 cm).
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Wonder Ponder. Oil on Linen. 2020. 154.3 x 113.7 cm. $1.800.
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Tuned for Twilight. Oil on Linen. 2020. 74 x 104 cm. $500.
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​Reflection Connection. Oil on Linen. 2020. 74 x 104 cm. $500.
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​Community of Light. Oil on Polyester textile (double). 2020. 250 x 145 cm. ​Each of these Poly textile paintings: $450.
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​Community of Light. Oil on Linen textile. 2020. 250 x 145 cm. Each of these Linen textile paintings: $500.
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In Light of Everything (& Helle). Oil on Linen. 2020. 155 x 115 cm.
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The Way of Light.. Oil on Canvas. 2020. 170 x 130 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 155 x 115 cm). $700($800 framed).
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In-between & Beyond. Oil on Linen. 2020. 162 x 120 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 145 x 100 cm). $700 ($800 framed).
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Sea of Light. Oil on Linen. 2020. 80 x 110 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 65 x 90 cm). $400 ($500 framed).
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Sensory Modality. ​Oil on Linen. 2020. 160 x 120 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 145 x 105 cm). $700 ($800 framed).
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 Green Therapy. Oil on Linen. 2020. 160 x 120 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 145 x 105 cm). $700 ($800 framed).
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Oceans In-between. Oil on Linen. 2020. 110 x 80 cm (unframed, but if stretched/framed; approx 90 x 65 cm). $400 ($500 framed)

My Studio in Bulimba, QLD, Australia - On Sunday 12 April 2020 (the dog: Cookie) 

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QCA Galleries Honours Grad show Ellipsis (...) Previous exhibition: 15 Nov - 23 Nov 2019, Brisbane
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Light Collective Installation view, QCA Galleries. Current exhibition 16-23 Nov 2019 
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​Light Collective Installation view, QCA Galleries. Current exhibition 16-23 Nov 2019 
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​Light Collective Installation view, QCA Galleries. Current exhibition 16-23 Nov 2019 
Light Collective 2, 3, 4 and 1. Oil on Belgian Linen. Each 118 cm x 150 cm. Each $700 un-framed as part of: 
​QCA Galleries exhibition: Honours Grad show Ellipsis (...).  16-23 Nov 2019. 

Exhibition installation - Hollufgård Art Residence - Sculpture Park, Denmark.
June 2019 - October 2019
: http://gah.dk/helle-cook-traeernes-sloer/ and https://www.facebook.com/HollufgaardArtistResidence/photos/pcb.2471529426238524/2471528352905298/?type=3&theater 

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Veils of Trees (Træernes Slør). 2019 - See 'ARTIST IN RESIDENCY' TAB FOR MORE... 
‘Veils of Trees’ is an installation of transparent textile paintings suspended between 6 Linden trees that form part of the circular top of the 1760 ‘Snail Hill’ at Hollufgård.

The 10 textile works are painted in situ at Hollufgård Artist Residence, where I am a guest artist for the second time. Living in Brisbane, Australia, I explore how Nordic environment and the sensory experience of light differ from Australia. Most of all, the simple, symbolic and abstract lines of the paintings are intuitively applied with the sense of place, nature, light and aesthetics in mind. http://gah.dk/helle-cook-traeernes-sloer/ 
https://www.facebook.com/HollufgaarrtistResidence/photos/pcb.2471529426238524/2471528352905298/?type=3&theater 
Veils of Trees: 10 works on textile (250 cm x 145 cm). June 2019.
Below examples of In a Different Light temporary installations in Denmark & Italy - See 'ARTIST IN RESIDENCY' TAB FOR MORE... 
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Light Collective 1. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150cm x 120cm. $700 (unframed)
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Light Collective 2. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. $700 (unframed) / DKK3000.
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Light Collective 5. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. $700 (unframed) / DKK3000.
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​Light Collective series. 2019. Oil on Linen & Polyester textile. 
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​Light Collective 3. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. $700 / DKK2500.​
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​Light Collective Textile. Detail of translucent painting. Oil on Polyester Fabric. 2019. 250 x 145cm. $450.
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Light Collective - new series of works coming soon...(Nov 2019) 
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Minjerribah Elements (Light Collective 3). Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. $700 (unframed) / DKK3000.
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Sensory Sands (Light Collective 4). Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. $600 (unframed) / DKK3000.
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Light Collective series. 2019. Oil on Linen & Polyester textile. 
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​Light Collective series. 2019. Oil on Linen & Polyester textile. 
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A matter of Perception. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150cm x 120cm. $700 (Painted in Denmark, not stretched/unframed)
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Long days no nights. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 120cm x 150cm. $700. (Painted in Denmark, not stretched)
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Suspended Light - QCA Galleries, Southbank Brisbane, Australia: 7-18th May 2019.
With the concept of ‘home’ as foundation, Helle Cook explores liminality and light in translucent layers of paint on canvas and sheer textile. Drawing on a heightened awareness of the difference in Nordic and Australian light and environment, Suspended Light lingers ambiguously in an illuminated threshold between sense of place, memory, abstraction and figuration.

With interest in the immersive and affecting experience of light and space, Cook invites the viewer to engage with their own sensory perception and imagination.

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ABOVE: Gallery view of Balancing Act, Sustainable Collectives, Interconnections & Going Places. 2019.
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Framework for enquiry. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 109 cm x W 130 cm. $500 (unframed/unstretched).  
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In Light of Something. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 220 cm x W 162 cm. $700 (unframed/unstretched).   
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Interconnections. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 140 cm x W 109 cm. $600 (unframed/unstretched). 
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​Nordic Light. 2019. Oil on Raw Linen Fabric. H 300 cm x W 135 cm. $450 
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ABOVE: Gallery view of A Sound, Framework for Enquiry & Safe Harbour - & Artist. 2019. 
BELOW: Individual works, all shown in Suspended Light Exhibition during May 2019
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Framework for enquiry. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 109 cm x W 130 cm. NFS (In Collection in Denmark).
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A Sound. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 109 cm x W 130 cm. $400 (unframed/unstretched).  ​
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Sustainable Collectives. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 140 cm x W 109 cm. $600 (unframed/unstretched). ​ 
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Affect. 2019. Oil on Linen Fabric. H 270 cm x W 160 cm. $450 
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Solar Plexus. 2018. Oil on Linen. 150 x 122 cm unstretched (139 x 112 cm stretched). $700 (un-stretched). ​
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Balancing Act. 2019. Oil on Linen. Stretched size: 140 x 109 cm. NFS.
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Nordic Threshold. 2018 Oil on Canvas. 133 x 107 cm unstretched. (122 cm x 96 cm approx when stretched) $500 (un-stretched/unframed). Nordic Threshold explores the quality of light by the sea, in particular the ephemeral illumination when the sun has gone but the light has not. Gentle translucent brush strokes unfold in intuitive, ambiguous and allegorical landscapes. Drawing on memories and imagination, it lingers on the threshold of abstraction and figuration..... ​
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Northern Sky. 2018. Oil on canvas. 122 x 96 cm. In Northern Sky I tap into memories of an ephemeral, melancholic Nordic light. Moving from Denmark to Australia 10 years ago has increased my awareness of the difference in light and subsequently the sensation that follows. Subtle translucent brushstrokes unfold in ambiguous, allegorical and immersive landscapes that invite multifaceted exploration. FINALIST IN COLLINS PLACE SUMMER SALON, MELBOURNE - EXHIBITION ON 1 DEC 2018 - FEB 2019.
​SOLD. In private collection, Brighton. Melbourne, Victoria. 
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Going Places. Oil on Belgian Linen. 2018. 135 x 92 cm. $750. SOLD
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Untitled ('LYS'), Oil on Belgian Linen. 2018. 135 x 105 cm. $750 SOLD
Below gallery is work from Blurred Boundaries - solo exhibition at Latrobe Regional Gallery Victoria 2018  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ - painted during artist residency at Hollufgård, Denmark Aug/Sep 2017.
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Community of Sorts. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H134 x W145cm. $800. (Was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ ) ​
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​​Threshold. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H142cm x W130cm. $700. ​(Was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ )
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Liminal Collectives. 2017. Oil on Belgian Linen. H95 x W122. NFS (Work was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ )
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Pandang Blues. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H140cm x W125cm. $600. (Work was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ ) ​
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TipToe Tales. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H72 x W87cm. SOLD. (in Danish Collection)
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Connecting. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H143 x W130cm. $600 ​​(Work was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ )
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The Arrival. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H126 x W141 cm. $500 ​(Work was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ )
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Sensory Place. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H83 x W66. $300 (Work was exhibited at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria: Solo exhibition 'Blurred Boundaries' from 1/9/18 - 25/11/18  https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ )
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Something Different. 2018. Oil on Linen. 150 x 119 cm unstretched. (140 x 107cm approx. when stretched) $700 stretched / $500 unstretched.
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Essence of Light. 2018. Oil on Linen. H134 x W114. ** ‘Essence of Light’ draws on the sensory quality of light in translucent layers of paint that allow the natural linen and light to surface. It is inspired by the expansive and ephemeral sense of light by the sea. I draw upon the memories of favorite places; Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and the Nordic seas - where light is particularly treasured and not taken for granted.** Photo by Margot Taylor. SOLD
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​Right Light 2018. Oil on Canvas. 134 x 118 cm unstretched. (120 x 105 cm stretched). $400 (un-stretched/unframed).
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GUL. L 150 x 120. Oil on Linen. 2018. $500 (un-stretched/unframed)
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​Void. 2018. Oil on Canvas. H163 x W104 cm. $600 (un-stretched)
Liminal Longitude. 2018. Oil on Canvas. H158 x W98 cm. $600 stretched.
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Within Thresholds. 2018. Oil on Cotton. H119 x W92 cm. $450 un-stretched/unframed
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​A Foot apart. 2018. Oil on Cotton. H89 x W102 cm. $400 (un-stretched/unframed)

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​Nordic Light. 2018. Oil on Linen. H112 x W87 cm. $350 (un-stretched/unframed). PAINTED IN DENMARK JUNE 2018.
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​World Dilemma. 2017. Oil on board. H112 x W122. $500(unframed)
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​ Alert Convert. 2017. Oil on board. H122 x W133. $500 (unframed)
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​​Above: Dips & Drips. 2018. Oil on Canvas. H122cm x W92cm. $500 (stretched).

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​The Gymnasts. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H121 x W101. $350

Works from 2017 & earlier: In edit...

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​Dream Scape. 2017. Oil on Board. H60 cm x W65 cm. $200 (unframed)
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​Above: Tiger's Gaze. 2017. Oil on Linen. H51cm x W61cm. $350. 

​BELOW: New works for Notion of Home exhibition 2017 (Refer further down for Prices, dimensions, titles etc) - also new work from Denmark / Australia 2017.

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ABOVE: Betwixt. Oil on cotton. W153cm x H137cm. $850 ​(Shown at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria during my 'Blurred Boundaries' solo-exhibition 1/9/18 - 25/11/18 - https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/blurred-boundaries/ ) (SOLD, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria 2018). 
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​Notion of Home. Oil on Board. H126cm x W144cm. $750 (hardwood framed) - Was exhibited at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital until March 2019.
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​Transversing. Oil on Board. W126cm x H144cm. $750 (hardwood framed) - ​Was exhibited at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital until March 2019.
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Liminal Light (1). Oil on Board. W122cm x H111cm. $840 (hardwood framed) - One of 5 works exhibited at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital until March 2019. SOLD.
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Looking Within. Oil on Board. W105cm x H123cm. $650 (framed) - ​Was exhibited at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital until March 2019.
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​In the Foundation. Oil on Board. W102cm x H82cm. $500 (unframed)
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Reflection in Nature. Oil on Board. W105cm x H123cm. $600 (hardwood framed) - ​One of 5 works exhibited at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital until March 2019.
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​Blues. Oil on Cotton. W51cm x H61cm. $300 ($350 for all 3 works)
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​Internal. Eternal. Oil on Board. W102cm x H82cm. $500 
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​Glasshouses. Oil on Board. W82cm x H61cm $350 & Illuminate the Liminal 20cm x 20cm $40. $370 for both
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​​Exploring Spaces. 91cm x 122cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $500.  
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​Redolence. Oil on Cotton. W122cm x H102cm. $500
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​Touched. Oil on Board (MDF). H121cm x W91cm. $300. 
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​Hybridity. Oil on Board. W82cm x H61cm. $250
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​Undetermined. Oil on Linen. W41cm x H51cm. $300
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​Exploring Spaces. 91cm x 122cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $500.  
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BELOW: Ambience Store Project 009 exhibition, Nov/Dec 2016, Brisbane QLD.

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Returning. 122cm x 102cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $900. SOLD.
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​Location. 61cm x 76cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $500. SOLD
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​Right Left. 61cm x 76cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $500. SOLD
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​Beyond Worlds. 91cm x 122cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $600. 
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Spectacle. 61cm x 76cm. Oil on cotton canvas. Price $500.  SOLD
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​Exploring the Gap. 2015. Oil on Canvas. 61cm x 76cm. $450
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​Journey Beyond. 2016.  Oil on canvas. 95cm x 75cm. NFS
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​Earth Mother. 2015. Oil on linen. 46cm x 61cm. NFS
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​Decisions Deletions. 2015. Oil on linen. 46cm x 61cm. NFS
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The Space in between. 2015. Oil on canvas. 120cm x 100cm. $700. SOLD
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​Nordic Reflections. 2015. Oil on canvas. 95cm x 75cm. $700
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​Unthinkable Spaces. 2015. Oil on canvas. 120cm x 100cm. NFS
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​Green Therapy Painting. 2015. Oil on canvas. 75cm x 95cm. $600
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​Treading Water. 2015. Oil on Canvas. 61cm x 76cm. NFS
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​A journey within. 2015. Oil on canvas. 61cm x 76cm. $400
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QCA Griffith University Graduation Exhibition, Nov.2015

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QCA Project Gallery Group Exhibition 'Re-productive, Dec 2015

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QCA Griffith University Graduation Exhibition, Nov. 2015

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Gallery display (QCA Graduate Assessment Nov 2015)

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Gallery display (QCA Graduate Final Assessment)

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​Gallery display 2015

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QCA Grad show exhibition Invitation November 2015

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​HHTP://Re-Productive Group Exhibition Project Gallery December 2015

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Foundation meditation. 2015. Oil on canvas. 77cm x 102cm. NFS ​
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​Identity gap. 2015. Oil on canvas. 76cm x 61cm. $500.
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​Busy Vision. 2015. Oil on canvas. 71cm x 84cm. $600.
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Skins & Spaces. 2015. Oil on canvas. 71cm x 84cm. $600.
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Be Longing. 2015. Oil on canvas. 91cm x 115cm. NFS
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​Delicate Spunk. 2015. Oil on canvas. 61cm x 76cm. $500.
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​Liminal balance. 2015. Oil on canvas. 77cm x 92cm. $600.
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​In the Studio. 2015. Oil on canvas. 41cm x 51cm. $350.
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​​Layers of Light. 2015. Oil on canvas. 41cm x 51cm. $300.
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​Deconstruction Reconstruction. 2015. Oil on Board. NFS.
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​Where Worlds Meet. 2015. Oil on canvas. 61cm x 76cm. $250.
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​The world in between. 2015. Oil on Linen. 51cm x 77cm. $450.
Below: 'Critique' installation - QCA Painting major. 2015. Southbank Brisbane
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​Below: Works on paper. Prints (etchings/mixed) & paper/binder medium cylinders. NFS. ShowArt Gallery, 'Transfer' Group Exhibition, South Brisbane. 2014.
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Below: ​Southbank Inst. of Technology 'Zenith' Graduate Exhib., Diploma of Visual Art 2013
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​Porcelain Slip Cast 'Dama Dama' figurines. Height approx 26cm. $350 each.
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  • Exegesis - Honours Project Nov.2019