Joanne Sisson

Fresh from her win of the People’s Choice Award for the Bayside Art Prize, Ballarat artist Joanne Sisson has delivered three new works to our Southern Highlands gallery which are now on display and available to acquire.

Of her works filled with beautifully rendered flora in glass vessels, Sisson says; “The natural world thematically connects most aspects of my art practice. I have an interest in the ecology of the landscape and I am attempting to capture, within my artwork, how natural elements interact with each other.

In my still life paintings I use plants from home and nearby parks and gardens. The glassware containers, portrayed in many of these still life paintings, are part of a large collection sourced from op shops. When arranging still life compositions I consider height, form and light.

My on-going interest in nature and the arts will lead me on unknown paths. But as concepts and ideas fill my visual diaries I see opportunities for exciting new projects and artworks.”