HARRISON SYNOTT I have been involved in something creative ever since I could remember. I have an appreciation not just for painting but for film, literature, and music too. Having experience working in film, playing in bands, and writing poetry, I find inspiration in the other mediums to help motivate my painting practice and what…
CODEORANGE STUDIO Ruth Hickman-Goodall is a passionate artist and educator who combines her love for art with a deep connection to materials and memory. Her paintings are explorations of colour, texture, and feeling, capturing the essence of a place without boundaries. Through multi-layered abstraction and dynamic brushwork, her gestural approach evokes an emotional connection to…
KAYLA BACON n celebration of the Pattern and Decoration art movement, Kayla Bacon’s work is deliberately decorative. Taking influence by the light-hearted and funky qualities of 1970s wallpaper design, and disregarding the dominance of modernism by embracing work that traditionally would be identified as feminine, ornamental, or craft-based. Deepening her inquiry into geometric abstraction, her…
AMANDA WATSON Everything about painting fascinates me. I love it that painting is a way to connect with places and with people. I’ve been painting since graduating from Elam Art School many years ago and have been an artist ever since, as well teaching now and then, writing and editing for an art journal, and…