Sam Suttie

Shiny things and Figs

41 x 51 cm

Oil on canvas

Sam Suttie creates narrative still life compositions . Through the relationships between objects Sam is able to set the scene for a personal narrative. ‘The flowers are emotions, the vessels are people.’

In her studio on Mount Tamborine, Sam works from her purpose built space surrounded by her collection of plants and the wild birds that visit. There you will find many jars of paint brushes, tubes of oil paint and canvases leaning on walls wherever there is space.

‘It’s important to me that the work lives between reality and fantasy, nothing is painted to perfection in the realism sense. I would rather the viewer felt something then admired how real something looked.’

Sam has been a finalist and in a number of art prizes since she began to focus her life on her art in 2019 and most recently received an award in the 2022 Doyle’s Art Prize.

Belinda Nadwie

Paraburdoo Dreaming

121 x 181 cm

Oil on canvas

Belinda Nadwie creates abstracted landscapes that traverse emotional, psychological and spiritual experience. She captures a spectrum of moods and the viewer can choose where they sit in this vast panorama of emotion.

Nadwie paints intuitively without preconception, each work reading like a painterly stream of consciousness that allows the viewer fleeting glimpses into her inner world.

Although the works are non representational, there are moments in which physical landscapes flicker across the canvas, reminding us of the enduring force of nature.

Energetic, abstracted applications of paint infuse the work with an enduring optimism, as the artist reflects ‘it’s about being at peace with oneself, being present in the moment and embracing light and positivity.’

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