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PAINTINGS / ARTWORKS / EXHIBITIONS                             Nature | Light | Liminality - a sensory experience 

Solo Exhibition Nordic Light - Beyond Horizons. Jan 2025. Grey St Gallery, QCAD Galleries, Southbank Brisbane
Exhibition open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. 7/1/25-25/1/25. 

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​Sensing Places. 2025. Oil on Canvas. 170 x 125 cm
(152x112cm once stretched). To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]
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Interstiches. 2024. Oil on Linen. 160 x 125 cm
(152x112cm once stretched). To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]
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Amaze Place. 2024. Oil on Canvas. 170 x 125 cm
(152x112cm once stretched). To enquire or purchase, contact: www.leightoncontemporary.com/view-works/helle-cook 

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In the Space of Things. 2024. Oil on Linen.
​160 x 125cm. (152x112cm once stretched). 
​To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]

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Nordic Notions. 2024. Oil on Canvas. 170 x 125 cm
(152x112cm once stretched). To enquire or purchase, contact: www.leightoncontemporary.com/view-works/helle-cook 
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It all Stacks Up - In French Ultramarine. 2024.
​Oil on Linen. 160 x 125 cm. 
(152x112cm once stretched). 
To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]

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Across the Pond. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed.
To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]


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From where I Sea It.. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed.
To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]

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Deep Within. 2024. Oil on Linen. 40 x 30 cm. Framed.
To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]

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Transient Blues. 2024. Oil on Linen. 40 x 30 cm. Framed.
To enquire or purchase, contact [email protected]

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Nordic Light 1-5. Photographic Prints. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. Each $300 (unframed). 
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​Solo Exhibition In the Light of Everything, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne Nov-Dec 2024

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Senses Galore, Senses Adore. 2024. Oil on Canvas. 170x125cm $2,000 each (unstretched), contact [email protected]. ​
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Sheer Dear, 2024. 30 x 40 cm. Ink on Silk (on frame) In private collection (Melbourne)
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In Light of Everything image 1-3. 2024. Photographs Cooloola Great Walk
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Green Being, Green Between. 2024. Oil on Board. 30 x 23 cm. $200 each
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Warm Charm, Calm Balm, Inbetween Blue. 2024. Oil on Board. 30 x 23 cm. $200 each
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Senses Adore. 2024. Oil on Canvas. 170x125cm $2,000 (unstretched), contact [email protected]. 
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Senses Galore. 2024. Oil on Canvas. 170x125cm $2,000 (unstretched), contact [email protected]. 
Artist statement - Light Beyond Horizons:
Helle Cook, a Brisbane-based artist, unfolds her lightly layered paintings from a lens of wonder. Lingering in the threshold between abstract and landscape painting; a horizon is often conveyed. A luminous line where the sky, land and see meet and connect, reflecting the present moment, and what lays beyond and ahead. Embodied memories of Nordic light and place intervenes with the sensory experience of living under an expansive Queensland sky.

A Danish-Australian artist, Helle has lived and worked in and in-between places she calls 'home'. This notion of hybridity has sparked her curiosity about felt perception of light and place. Helle’s practice includes elements of painting & textile installation as well as photographic/video work and occasionally ceramics.

She often takes field-trips in nature accompanied by her diaphanous works. Within nature, she creates and documents ephemeral textile installations and their interaction with the elements. It is an awe-inspiring process which informs Helle's luminous paintings immensely. Contrasts and similarities emerge in ethereal painted marks revealing translucent and immersive spaces to enter and explore.

Holding a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from Queensland College of Art Helle has had solo and group exhibitions around Australia and beyond. She has been artist-in-residence in Australia, Italy and Denmark. (please click on CV tab for full artist CV).
Please visit Helle Cook's profile on Instagram for more: https://www.instagram.com/hellecook/
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Left: Artist Helle Cook, in her Bulimba, Brisbane-Meanjin studio on Jagera-Turbal Country, October 2024. (Photo by Louis Lim). 
Right: Helle cook creating ephemeral silk textile installation in nature, Cooloola Great Walk. October 2024. 
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Light Lines 1. 2024. Oil on Linen. 50 x 40 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Contact SIBU Gallery:
https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Light Lines 2. 2024. Oil on Linen. 50 x 40 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Contact SIBU Gallery: https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Light Lines 5. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Contact SIBU Gallery: https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Light Lines 3. 2024. Oil on Linen. 30 x 25 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Contact SIBU Gallery: 
https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Light Lines 4. 2024. Oil on Linen. 30 x 25 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Contact SIBU Gallery: 
https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Sheer Wonder. 2023. Oil on Linen. 30 x 25 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/ 
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More to Sea. 2024. Oil on Linen/Cotton. 152 x 107 cm. Available via Leighton Contemporary. SOLD https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Reflection on Connection. 2023. Oil on Linen. 153 x 113 cm. Contact [email protected] 2024 Redland Art Awards Finalist https://redlandartawards.com.au/shortlisted_entries.html
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Place to Sea. 2024. Oil on Linen/Cotton. 152 x 107 cm. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Exploration (photograph/performance). 2024. Under a moon, so full. Explore light, place & belonging in diaphanous movement - on Minjerribah, Quandamooka Country, QLD.
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Way of Expansion. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Way of Wonderful. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Warm Ways. 2024. Oil on Linen. 30 x 25 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. $800. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Way of Nordic Light. 2024. Oil on Linen. 50 x 40 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. $1,200. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Lightly Grounded. 2024. Oil on Linen. 86 x 71 cm.  $1,500. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Way of Wonder. 2024. Oil on Linen. 80 x 60 cm. NFS (donated to a special cause)
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Take two Blues. 2024. Oil on Linen. 30 x 25 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. $800. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Way of Expansion. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Looking to Sea. 2024. Oil on Linen. 71 x 86 cm.  $1,500. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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More Awe. 2024. Oil on Canvas.
​Diptych, 102 x 142 cm (approx) $1600
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Within Worlds. 2023. Oil on Canvas. 80 x 160 cm. SOLD (to a Danish home, Denmark).
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Way of Wild. 2024. Oil on Linen. 50 x 40 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. $1,200. Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Way of Wonderful. 2024. Oil on Linen. 60 x 50 cm. Framed in Tasmanian Oak. Available via Leighton Contemporary.  https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/
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Wander Wonder. Showing in Way Beyond at Articulate, Sydney from 10/2/24.Photographic Prints on cotton rag paper. Silk installation (dyed/painted). 2023. NFS.
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In an Imaginary World. 2023. Oil on Canvas. 113 x 153 cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook

EXHIBITION: Treading Lightly Exhibition | Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough | 15/9 - 5/11/2023

ARTIST STATEMENT | TREADING LIGHTLY | HELLE COOK | 15/9 - 5/11/2023
Treading Lightly is an exhibition illuminating the awe-inspiring affect of walking in nature. It is especially the pristine nature of K’gari that inspires the exhibition. On multi-day walks on the island during 2021-2023 Helle Cook explored the notion of being interrelated with nature. While pausing on these walks she installed ephemeral textile installations in the landscape before documenting their interaction with light and place.
It is these embodied experiences and memories that unfold in translucent layers of oil- paint on large-scale canvases and sheer silks. Photographs and Video-montage show glimpses of the diaphanous works in the environment. It is a cyclic process - nature alike.
With a sense of care and curiosity of the wild, the exhibition pays respect and gratitude to the traditional owners (Butchulla). It encourages environmental awareness and appreciation for the land and waters. The title Treading Lightly highlights the minimal impact yet maximal benefit of walking in nature. It brings a sense of our natural surroundings into the gallery.
Wall-hung paintings and ethereal textile works linger in the threshold between abstraction and landscape painting. They activate a wondrous presence in the gallery and invite the community to step inside and within - to tread lightly and to leave only footprints.
Treading Lightly Exhibition install shots
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Visit: https://gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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Visit: https://gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1250/artist-in-conversation-helle-cook
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Visit: ​https://gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1251/painting-dyeing-workshop-with-helle-cook
Example of artworks - paintings, textiles & photographic prints in Treading Lightly Exhibition, Gatakers 15/9/23 - 5/11/23
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Reflection on Connection. 2023. Oil on Linen. 153 x 113 cm.
​2024 Redland Art Awards Finalist https://redlandartawards.com.au/shortlisted_entries.html
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Wonder Within Wild. 2023. Oil on Linen. 152 x 107 cm. $2,900. ​Available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Place for Embrace. ​2023. Oil on Linen. 153 x 113 cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Wander Wonder. 2023. Oil on Linen. 170 x 135 cm. Contact [email protected]​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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Wild Within. 2023. Oil on Linen. 153 x 113 cm. Contact [email protected]. ​Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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​Turns of Time. 2023. Oil on Canvas. 153 x 113 cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 1. 2021. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. Available via Gatakers: $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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Diaphanous Beings. 2023. Ink/oil on silk. Installation: 9 x silks of 200x100 cm (each approx)
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Awe Pause. ​2024. Oil on Linen. 152 x 112 cm. $2,900, available via Minzenmay Poeta, Hasting Street Noosa. www.poeta.com.au
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Light Connection. 2022. Oil on Linen. 153 x 103cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 2. 2021. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. Available via Gatakers: $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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Diaphanous Beings. 2023. Ink/oil on silk. Installation: 9 x silks of 200x100 cm (each approx)
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 4. 2023. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 3. 2021. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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​K'gari Treading Lightly, 9. 2023. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook

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K'gari Treading Lightly, 8. 2023. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 7. 2023. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 5. 2021. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
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K'gari Treading Lightly, 6. 2021. Photographic Print. A3 Cotton Rag Paper. Limited Edition. $300 (unframed). gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
BELOW: Impressions From Afar. 2023. Watercolour on Paper. A4 (30 x 21 cm). Available via Gatakers: $150 (each, unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook
ABOVE: Impressions From Afar. 2023. Watercolour on Paper. A4 (30 x 21 cm). Available via Gatakers: $150 (each, unframed). ​​ gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook 

The Treading Lightly video: Unfolding K'gari was filmed on K’gari during 2021-2023. View here:  https://gatakers.ourfrasercoast.com.au/events/event/1249/treading-lightly-helle-cook 

Paintings / Artworks & exhibitions - For details/commissions please contact: ​[email protected] 

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New Horizons. 2022. Oil on Linen. 102 x 152 cm. NFS. Commissioned & sold by Gallery Raye. https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/view-works/helle-cook
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Wild Within Wonder. 2022. Oil on Canvas. 152 x 112 cm. Contact [email protected] 
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​Turns of Time. 2023. Oil on Canvas. 153 x 113 cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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The Unfolding. Oil on Linen. 2022. 153 x 103cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook

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Northbound. 2022. Oil on Canvas. 152 x 112 cm. ​Available via Leighton Contemporary: https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/view-works/helle-cook www.galleryraye.com/view-works/helle-cook
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New Horizons. 2022. Oil on Linen. 102 x 152 cm. NFS. Commissioned for Brisbane client by Leighton C/Gallery Raye: https://www.leightoncontemporary.com/view-works/helle-cook
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Worlds Within Wonder. 2022. Oil on Canvas. 80 x 160 cm (once stretched). $600
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Reflective Perspective. 2022. Oil on Linen. 152 x 112 cm. Framed.
In 2022 Balmy Group exhibition at Newstead Studies by www.galleryraye.com/helle-cook​ (SOLD by Gallery Raye).
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​Light Connection. Oil on Linen. 2022. 103 x 153 cm. Contact SIBU Gallery: ​https://sibu.gallery/collections/helle-cook
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Midsommer 1. Oil on Beech Board. 2022. 30 x 30 cm. Via Side Gallery: sidegallery.com.au/exhibitions/burn​
Midsommer 2. Oil on Beech Board. 2022. 30 x 30 cm. Via Side Gallery: sidegallery.com.au/exhibitions/burn
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From where I am. 2022. Oil on Linen. 94 x 108 cm. $1000.
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Place to Be. 2022. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm (approx. size once stretched). Contact [email protected] 
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Lightly Moved. 2022. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm (approx. size once stretched). $1000 (un-stretched).
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Seas of Light. 2022. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm. SOLD. In private collection (Denmark). 
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View from Somewhere. 2022. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm (approx. size once stretched). Contact [email protected] 
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Beyond and Between. 2022. ​Oil on Belgian Linen. 138 x 107 cm. $1,200.
Unfolding Light and Place. Artist-in-Residence & Solo exhibition, Cooroy Butter Factory Art Centre. October 2021 Artist In Residence
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Going Places. 2021. Oil on Linen. 95 x 70 cm.(approx. size once stretched). $500 (un-stretched).
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Reflection Connection. 2021. Oil on Linen. 70 x 95 cm. (approx. size once stretched). $500 (un-stretched).
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Sensory Nature. 2021. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm (approx. size once stretched). $700 (un-stretched).
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Chance of Green. 2021. Oil on Linen. 95 x 70 cm.(approx. size once stretched). NFS

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Mindful Moments. 2021. Oil on Linen. 150 x 110 cm.(approx. size once stretched). $700 (un-stretched).
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Walk Within. 2021. Oil on Linen. 105 x 70 cm.(approx. size once stretched). NFS

Nature of Light series | Helle Cook | 2021 

In her art practice, Helle Cook explores the sensory experience of light and place, in expanded painting. Living in, and between, Australia and Denmark, has sparked Helle’s curiosity about memories and felt perception of light and environment and how this can be explored in illuminated layers of paint.
Helle’s painterly enquiry often expands beyond the studio as she embarks on field-trips around Queensland and beyond, often accompanied by her diaphanous textile works. Within the landscape, Helle creates ephemeral textile installations before documenting the work and its interaction with light and environment.
Being immersed in nature ignites the senses and awakens environmental awareness. It is this notion that greatly informs Helle’s gestural response back in her studio, where she works on large-scale, unframed canvases pinned to the wall. The works in the Nature of Light series are all painted this way and are immensely inspired by being immersed in, and taking care of, our precious luminous natural environments. Helle’s work lingers in the threshold between abstraction and landscape painting and evokes connection with one's own sensory perception and imagination.
Helle holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (with Honours) from Queensland College of Art (QCA) and has had solo- and group exhibitions in Queensland and Victoria. Her painterly enquiry is intercultural and she has undertaken artist residencies in Australia, Italy and Denmark. Although Helle is mainly based in Meanjin/Brisbane on Yugara and Turrbal Country, she also travels to, and works from, other parts of Australia - and hopefully before too long, in Denmark and beyond. 
6 select works from the Nature of Light series is now available via Gallery Raye:  www.galleryraye.com/helle-cook 
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Lightly Perched. 2021. Oil on Linen. 152 x 102 cm. Available via www.galleryraye.com/helle-cook 
​SOLD by Gallery Raye now Leighton Contemporary.
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Sensation Creation. 2020. Oil on Belgian Linen. 142 x 107 cm. $1200. 
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Layers of Light. 2021. Oil on Linen. 97 x 73 cm. ​NFS
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Into the Blues. 2021. Oil on Linen. 97 x 73 cm. ​NFS
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Luminous Being. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 158 x 115 cm. ​$1200
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Sense of Summer. 2020. Oil on Linen. 67 x 83 cm. ​$900
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Peace of Paradise. 2021. Oil on Linen. 107 x 72 cm. ​$600
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Way of Light. 2020. Oil on Canvas. 152 x 112 cm. SOLD. 

Luminous Lands & Seas. Recent works |  Explores the sensory experience of Light and Place. Illuminated layers of paint highlight the sense of wellbeing gained by being immersed in nature and our joint responsibility for treasuring and caring for our precious natural environments. 

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An Immersion. 2021. Oil on Linen. 102 x 71 cm. NFS
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Southern Seas Alight. ​2021. Oil on Linen. 102 x 71 cm. NFS
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Lightly Layered. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 153 x 107 cm. SOLD . From Sheer Light exhibit at Redland Art Gallery 2021. ​- Here with Cookie & Lolly. 

Artist in Residence: Metro Arts Ferryman's Hut Teneriffe 2-16 May 2021. See more: Artist In Residence
​Brisbane Art Design month ('BAD"): Visit: metroarts.com.au/brisbane-art-design-bad-2021/ and 
brisbaneartdesign.com.au/events/light-affection-helle-cook/ 

"Take a turn around the Riverbend to Ferryman’s Hut where Artist-in-Residence Helle Cook draws on the atmospheric and affecting presence of the hut, the river and Brisbane (Meanjin). During her residency, Helle’s exhibition Light Affection will invigorate Ferryman’s Hut with ephemeral installations through a lens of light and sensory experience, created by diaphanous painting on sheer natural fabric. This residency will comprise three distinct activations for the community to engage with Helle, including an interactive open studio, artist talk and exhibition."

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Solo-exhibition: Sheer Light, Redland Art Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 20/3/21 - 18/5/21. 
https://artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/exhibitions-2021/sheer-light-helle-cook/  
Visit / Follow @hellecook on Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellecook/?hl=en
"Brisbane-based Danish/Australian painter Helle Cook, draws parallels between Nordic and Queensland light and environment. Her art practice expands beyond the studio as she embarks on field trips into nature, often accompanied by her sheer textile paintings. In her exhibition, Sheer Light, Cook explores the sensory experience of light and place in expanded painting, embracing the natural environments surrounding Redlands Coast."

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Lightly Layered. Oil on Canvas. 2021. 152 x 112 cm. SOLD. 
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Minjerribah Matters. ​Oil on Canvas. 2021. 172cm x 120cm. NFS
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Luminous Being. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 158 x 115 cm. ​$1200
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Forest Bathing. Oil on Canvas. 2021. 172cm x 120cm. NFS
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​Sea of Light textile paintings. All appox. 250cm x 90-150cm wide. $400 each. Oil on e.g. silk, ramie, silk/cotton. 2021.
For more details/to purchase: ​Contact email: [email protected], sold via Redland Art Gallery. 
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Above Sheer Light exhibition is on at Redland Art Gallery, Capalaba until 18/5/2021 - a sensory experience with 11 min. video/piano.
Previous exhibition: VAYCAY, 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. Oil on Pure Silk. Details: Paintings: 104 x 74cm & Silk painting: 206 x 91 cm. $1,200 each, Silk $600 via Gala Gallery. (Southern Seas is 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 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 SOLD). 

Field trips 2020-2021, 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: [email protected])

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In Light of Everything. Oil on Linen. 2020. 154 x 114 cm. $1,100
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Sensory Memory. Oil on Linen. 2020. 154 x 114 cm. $1,100.
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Evocation Location. Oil on Canvas. 2020. 154 x 114 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. 154 x 114 cm. $1,100 
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Wonder Ponder. Oil on Linen. 2020. 154 x 114 cm. SOLD
via Bluethumb bluethumb.com.au/helle-cook-helle-cook/Artwork/wonder-ponder
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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: $400.
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​Community of Light. Oil on Linen textile. 2020. 250 x 145 cm. Each of these Linen textile paintings: $400.
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In Light of Everything (& Helle). Oil on Linen. 2020. 154 x 114 cm.
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The Way of Light. Oil on Canvas. 2020. 152 x 112 cm. SOLD
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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 ($900 framed).
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Sense of Summer. Oil on Linen. 2020. 
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Sensation Creation. 2020. Oil on Belgian Linen. 142 x 107 cm. $1,200.  
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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 ($900 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). NFS

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

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QCA Galleries Honours Grad show Ellipsis (...) Exhibition dates: 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. Artist In Residence
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 here Artist In Residence for more... 
Veils of Trees is an installation of transparent textile paintings suspended between the 6 Linden trees that circle the top of the 1760 ‘Snail Hill’ (Sneglehøjen) at Hollufgård. The 10 textile works are painted in situ at Hollufgård Artist Residence. Artist Helle Cook, has just completed her second residency at Hollufgård. Helle usually lives in Brisbane, Australia where her art practice explores the notion of home, liminality and light – in particular how the Nordic sensory experience of light and nature differ from Australia. Most of all, the simple, symbolic and abstract lines of the paintings are intuitive with sense of place, environment, light and Nordic aesthetics in mind."  http://gah.dk/helle-cook-traeernes-sloer/  www.facebook.com/HollufgaardArtistResidence/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 Residence for more...
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Light Collective 1. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150cm x 120cm. NFS (unframed)
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Light Collective 2. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. NFS (unframed) 
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Light Collective 5. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. NFS (unframed) 
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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. NFS
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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. NFS (unframed) 
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Sensory Sands (Light Collective 4). Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 150 x 120cm. NFS (unframed) 
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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. NFS (Painted in Denmark, not stretched/unframed)
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Long days no nights. Oil on Belgian linen. 2019. 120cm x 150cm. NFS. (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. NFS (unframed/unstretched).  
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In Light of Something. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 220 cm x W 162 cm. NFS (unframed/unstretched).   
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Interconnections. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 140 cm x W 109 cm. NFS
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​Nordic Light. 2019. Oil on Raw Linen Fabric. H 300 cm x W 135 cm. NFS

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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. NFS (unframed/unstretched).  ​
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Sustainable Collectives. 2019. Oil on Linen. H 140 cm x W 109 cm. NFS
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Affect. 2019. Oil on Linen Fabric. H 270 cm x W 160 cm. NFS 
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Solar Plexus. 2018. Oil on Linen. 150 x 122 cm unstretched (139 x 112 cm stretched). NFS (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) NFS (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.
In private collection, Brighton. Melbourne, Victoria. 
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Going Places. Oil on Belgian Linen. 2018. 135 x 92 cm. SOLD
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Untitled ('LYS'), Oil on Belgian Linen. 2018. 135 x 105 cm. 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. 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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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). NFS (un-stretched/unframed).
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GUL. L 150 x 120. Oil on Linen. 2018. NFS (un-stretched/unframed)
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​Void. 2018. Oil on Canvas. H163 x W104 cm. NFS (un-stretched)
Liminal Longitude. 2018. Oil on Canvas. H158 x W98 cm. NFS stretched.
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Within Thresholds. 2018. Oil on Cotton. H119 x W92 cm. NFS un-stretched/unframed
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​A Foot apart. 2018. Oil on Cotton. H89 x W102 cm. NFS (un-stretched/unframed)

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

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​The Gymnasts. 2017. Oil on Cotton. H121 x W101. NFS

Works from 2017 & earlier: In edit...

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

​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. NFS (hardwood framed) ​Please enquire if interested in this work.
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​Transversing. Oil on Board. W126cm x H144cm. NFS (hardwood framed). Please enquire if interested in this work.
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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. (framed) ​Please enquire if interested in this work.
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​In the Foundation. Oil on Board. W102cm x H82cm. NFS (unframed)
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Reflection in Nature. Oil on Board. W105cm x H123cm. (hardwood framed) Please enquire if interested in this work.
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​Blues. Oil on Cotton. W51cm x H61cm. NFS.
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​Internal. Eternal. Oil on Board. W102cm x H82cm. NFS
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​Glasshouses. Oil on Board. W82cm x H61cm & Illuminate the Liminal 20cm x 20cm. NFS
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​​Exploring Spaces. 91cm x 122cm. Oil on cotton canvas. NFS
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​Redolence. Oil on Cotton. W122cm x H102cm. NFS
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​Touched. Oil on Board (MDF). H121cm x W91cm. NFS
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​Hybridity. Oil on Board. W82cm x H61cm. NFS
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​Undetermined. Oil on Linen. W41cm x H51cm. NFS
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​Exploring Spaces. 91cm x 122cm. Oil on cotton canvas. NFS
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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. NFS
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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. NFS
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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. NFS
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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. NFS
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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. NFS
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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. NFS
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​Busy Vision. 2015. Oil on canvas. 71cm x 84cm. NFS
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Skins & Spaces. 2015. Oil on canvas. 71cm x 84cm. NFS
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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. NFS
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​Liminal balance. 2015. Oil on canvas. 77cm x 92cm. NFS
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​In the Studio. 2015. Oil on canvas. 41cm x 51cm. NFS
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​​Layers of Light. 2015. Oil on canvas. 41cm x 51cm. NFS
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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. NFS
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​The world in between. 2015. Oil on Linen. 51cm x 77cm. NFS
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. NFS
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