2 0 2 5 P A D D I N G T O N A R T P R I Z E

E X H I B I T I O N O F N A T I O N A L F I N A L I S T S

A R T L E V E N G A L L E R Y

1 6 - 2 5 O C T O B E R, 2 0 2 5

Sky Land, Yuin Country, oil on canvas, 122 x 102cm, Sold

Winner of the Anthea Polson 26/27 solo exhibition prize

In a culture obsessed with certainty, painting becomes a space to dwell in ambiguity. I become still in the landscape, listening and gathering fragments of experience like ingredients. Beginning with a colour field, scratched lines map elusive terrain. Shapes call for colours, and each colour informs the next. I turn the canvas like a compass, waiting for the composition to reveal itself. Boundaries blur - land becomes sky, horizons become windowsills. This painting celebrates intangible connection to the mysterious beauty of the place I call home.