Luciana Smith is a Sydney-based artist who graduated from UNSW Art & Design in 2015.

Luciana draws from her own observations and a range of references from the internet and art history, twisting her subjects into a world that exists somewhere between reality and the imagination. Luciana’s work is a collection of strange, anonymous portraits of people and mundane places.

Her recent body of work recontextualises scenes to offer new perspectives; it is a contemplation of the time we live in. Luciana reanimates her surroundings with bold colour as a way of analysing quotidian behaviours and environments.

The paintings are a collection of opportunistic snapshots. Luciana captures candid subjects in fleeting moments, finding humour in day-to-day life, and in looking at people and our settings in a skewed way.

A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY

Everyone is welcome to join us for drinks from 3.30 pm on Saturday, March 23 for the opening of “A Drive in the Country”. A new body of paintings from Australian artist Ray Lawrence.

Lawrence had a classical training as an artist / painter. Continuing to paint throughout his career as a film director, with such iconic Australian films as Bliss, Lantana and Jindabyne, he has been a finalist in the Archibald and Moran art prizes. These paintings reflect Ray’s love of the Australian countryside, They read beautifully on the wall of the gallery. Come for a drive in the country, don’t miss this lovely show.

MEMORIES OF PLACE

Everyone is welcome to join us for drinks from 3.30 pm on Saturday, March 23 for the opening of “Memories of Place”. A new body of en plein air works on paper from emerging artist Emily Imeson.

A native of Lismore, northern NSW, Imeson has been travelling through the western desert, from the Kimberley to the far south west of Australia for the better part of the last year. This show is a selection from the body of work she has made during her journey.