18 Aug 2025

Libby Wakefield: Capture

Libby Wakefield's practice is steeped in Romanticism, exploring beauty and the sublime in the waterways she knows best. “I want to expand on this concept and apply that framework with a new curiosity,” she explains, “looking specifically at the wetlands within my local environment— places that are part of my daily practice, but in many ways unknown and at times unseen.”

31 Jul 2025

Melanie Waugh: Harbour Held

Returning to the inlets, headlands and walking tracks of Sydney Harbour, Melanie Waugh captures the lush vegetation, glimmering light and enduring pull of place in her expressive, gestural style. “Sydney Harbour is a favourite subject of mine,” she says. “I return to it over and over again and yet the subjects seem endless.” Painted during the cooler months, the works carry a slightly chillier tone and feature more recognisable landmarks—a lighthouse, a bridge, a cemetery—woven into her familiar coastal palette.

29 Jul 2025

Scintilla: Vicki Potter

“Walking is central to my practice,” Potter says. “It is how I gather sensory impressions and bear witness to the ephemeral: the shifting path of a flock of birds, the imprint of a well-travelled footpath, or the brief impression of waves on sand.” These details are not rendered directly, but absorbed into the surface. “Sometimes it’s a more enduring trace,” she continues, “like a fossil embedded in rock. It’s these sorts of images that find their slippery way into my paintings.”