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Whitson has refined a technique reminiscent of pointillism stemming from the Impressionists of the 19thCentury, where layered paint and therefore different colours are applied using dots to create abstract landscape imagery with figurative and narrative dimensions. The choice of palette and pointillist gestures extend on the typically calming pointillism landscapes of the Impressionists and invite the viewer to imagine and see what lies below the surface of dominant Australian mythic landscapes.

Peter Gardiner has an innate connection with forests. "I paint pictures of forests mostly. I like the mysterious stage of the deep woods. Sometimes I burn it; fire is a character that looms large in the Australian experience. No point in ignoring it.."

Sisson’s style reflects her genuine love of the natural world and possess a playful sense of inquiry, exploration and joyfulness.

Over the last 12 years Julie Andrews has explored the psychological terrain of landscape painting, as an in-between space, ambiguous, sublime and mysterious.

An abstract & figurative expressionist artist , Veronica O Hehir's paintings are executed with an immediate & untethered energy.

Ian Parry is a Tasmanian artist born into a seafaring family. The maritime world, ocean and water permeate his work.