Six artists ask us to consider how we mark the land, and how it marks us.
Working across highly tactile mediums, six artists move between the monumental and the delicate.
A testament to how raw materials—wood, bronze, ink, oil, pastel, and pigment—can be manipulated to express a sense of place, memory, and atmosphere in an individual and unique way.
Penelope Oates’ mark‑making, using a soldering iron and brush on wood, becomes a way of tracing emotion whilst echoing mist, bark, scrub, rock and weathered earth.
Noni Ruker’s works are a fusion of recognizable landscapes with bold brushstrokes and abstract colour work. By blending traditional oil painting techniques with impressionism and expressionism, Noni creates a visual journey with light, shade, colour, and form.
Shelley McLean primarily focuses on the Australian landscape. With this collection, her choice of medium is pastel on paper, which creates a light, velvety touch to the movement of the shifting rhythms of her landscape interpretations.
Natasha Junmanee’s still life oil paintings, inspired by classical compositions, invite Australian birds into the domestic interior — away from the usual natural landscape and into a shared, intimate space.
Sharon Moroney’s delicate bird paintings explore human complexities. They are not mere representations, but vessels for an internal landscape. Pastel is integral to this expression with Its luminosity, softness and tactile immediacy.
Michael Vaynman creates bronze figurative and abstract sculpture, that explores the notion of beauty and the synthesis of geometries with organic forms such as the human figure.
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
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“The primary focus of my work is on beauty - a beauty that can be immediately appreciated by people from all walks of life, without the need for complex interpretations. Whether viewers choose to seek meaning in my paintings based on their own experiences or simply enjoy them at facse value, my aim is to create works that are accessible and enjoyable to all.”
— Natasha Junmanee
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
A little spring assembled oil on canvas 61 x 91 cm $5,500
The cockatoo negotiation oil on canvas 61 x 76 cm $5,000
The rosellas' conversation oil on canvas 45 x 60 cm $3,000
A courtship of pears oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm $3,200
When quinces blushed oil on canvas 40 x 60 cm $3,000
Fairy-wren love affair oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm $1,800
Sweet company oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm $1,800
Nasturtium love song oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm $1,690
Red backed fairy-wren and Double happiness jar oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm $1,250
White winged fairy-wren and prunus jar oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm $1,250
Splendid fairy-wren and waratah oil on canvas 30 x 23 cm $1,100
Purple crowned fairy-wren and pink rose oil on canvas 30 x 23 cm $1,100
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“My work explores the changing atmospheres and moods of the Australian landscape, capturing the fleeting qualities of a moment and the character of each place. The richness and velvety feel of soft pastel enables me to create varied textures, from the softness of clouds to the finer textures of the landscape. I am also interested in expressing the feelings that a landscape can evoke.
From a sense of stillness and quiet to moments of anticipation and uncertainty.”
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
The Promise of Evening soft pastel 66.5 x 96.5 / framed 95 x 124 cm $6,900
For a Little While soft pastel 47 x 67 cm / framed 68 x 88 cm $3,500
Still, the Light Comes soft pastel 51 x 36 cm / framed 72 x 57 cm $2,100
Until Tomorrow soft pastel 51 x 71 cm / framed 72 x 92 cm $3,500
Evening's Edge soft pastel 67 x 47 cm / framed 88 x 68 cm $3,200
An Unhurried Moment soft pastel 71 x 51 cm / framed 92 x 72 cm $3,500
Reflecting Resilience soft pastel 71 x 51 cm / framed 92 x 72 cm $2,900
The Beautiful Uncertainty soft pastel 24.5 x 32 cm / framed 45.5 x 53 cm $1,400
Sublime soft pastel 29 x 29 cm / framed 49 x 49 cm $1,200
Rippled Reflections soft pastel 43.5 x 31.5 cm / framed 64.5 x 52.5 cm $1,600
Anchored in Time soft pastel 42 x 62 cm / framed 63 x 83 cm $2,400
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Birds have occupied a quiet but persistent place within my visual language for as long as I can remember. My attraction to them was instinctive, preceding any conscious understanding of their symbolic significance. As a child, one of my earliest collections of my drawings was a book of birds. Even then, I sensed in them a freedom beyond the confines of the physical world.
Across religious traditions and cultural history, birds have come to embody the soul, transcendence, transformation and the passage between the earthly and the divine. It is this liminal quality – their ability to remain grounded while possessing the possibility of flight – that continues to resonate with me.
Through birds, I explore human complexities – longing, freedom, vulnerability and transcendence, allowing emotions that are difficult to articulate in words to emerge through image and colour. The process is both intuitive and cathartic.
Pastel is integral to this expression. Its luminosity, softness and tactile immediacy allow me to build layers of colour and atmosphere while retaining the presence of the hand. The delicate yet intensely expressive nature of the medium reflects my experience of the bird itself.
My birds are therefore not simply representations of nature, but vessels for an internal landscape – a continuing exploration of the human desire to transcend limitation and experience, even momentarily, the freedom of flight.
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
Fermata soft pastel 47 x 60 cm / framed 69 x 82 cm $3,200
Eye Of The Beholder 3 soft pastel 70 x 50 cm / framed 92 x 72 cm $3,400
Narcissus soft pastel 48 x 62 cm / framed 69 x 83 cm $3,200
Seraphim soft pastel 59.5 x 44 cm / framed 80 x 65 cm $3,200
Rhapsody in Pink soft pastel 65.5 x 46 cm / framed 89 x 69 cm $3,200
The Weight of Light soft pastel 64 x 95 cm / framed 88 x 119 cm $4,500
Shades of Black soft pastel 47 x 31.5 cm / framed 66 x 51 cm $1,800
Sforzando soft pastel 62.5 x 45 cm / framed 83 x 65.5 cm $3,200
Pas de Quatre soft pastel 65.5 x 45cm / framed 88 x 68.5 cm $3,200
Eye Of The Beholder 4 soft pastel 50 x 69 cm / framed 72 x 91 cm $3,400
Hidden Gem charcoal on paper 53 x 36 cm / framed 76 x 59 cm $2,400
The Vanishing 11 charcoal & watercolour wash 42.5 x 28 cm/ framed 67.5 x 52.5 cm $1,400
The Vanishing 18 charcoal & watercolour wash 41.5 x 27 cm/ framed 67 x 52 cm $1,400
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“Across these paintings and drawings, the terrain is not simply observed; it is inhabited. Mist drifts through gullies, light folds across ridgelines and the landscape becomes the springboard into memories and dreams.
Mark‑making becomes a way of tracing emotion whilst echoing bark, scrub, rock and weathered earth. With the passing of my mother this year I have contemplated the possibility that she is somehow still present — not as a figure, but as a subtle movement of mist in the air or a soft shift in the vapour rising from the ground. I am inviting the viewer into landscapes where memory moves with the weather, where the mist shifts and reveals, and where the presence of those we’ve lost can still be sensed in the quiet breathing of our surrounds.”
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
Veiled Moon ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 91 x 32 cm $2,000
Cascading ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 180 x 80 cm $8,000
My Memories of you are Moving Through the Mist ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 75 x 87 cm $3,500
Stillness Beneath the Fall ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 178 x 42 cm $4,000
Stillness of Time ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 84 x 60 cm $3,500
Vestige ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 92 x 92 cm $4,700
The Dance ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 90 x 90 cm $4,700
Summer Bush ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 46 x 46 cm $820
Hill of Gums ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 40 x 40 cm $780
Distant Drama ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 62 x 92 cm $3,000
Mirari ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 92 x 92 cm $4,700
Winter Reflections ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 40 x 40 cm $780
Contemplation ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 40 x 40 cm $780
Morning Mist ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 46 x 24 cm $750
Afternoon Mist ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 46 x 24 cm $750
Along the River Bed ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 30 x 37 cm $700
Bush Escarpment ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 30 x 37 cm $700
Gentle Mist ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 62 cm diameter $2,800
Unfolding View ink & acrylic on boards mounted on timber panels height 190 cm x width approx 120 cm (open with concertina) $9,900
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I strive to elicit an emotional connection between the viewer and nature, evoking feelings of serenity, beauty, peace, and renewal.
I find inspiration from landscapes infused with a luminosity that comes from the dazzling, uncompromising radiance of the Australian sun. A reminder that to live in Australia is to live in dialogue with the elements. Sometimes gentle, sometimes harsh, but always profound.
My compositions are recognizable landscapes achieved through fractured mark-making and explosive colour, using expressive brushstrokes and abstract colour work.
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
Angophora Forest oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 91 x 61 cm $3,300
Glimpses Oil and pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie oak 120 x 120 cm $5,000
Banksia Renewal oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 80 x 60 cm $3,000
Hidden Cove oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie Oak 120 x 120 cm $5,000
Dawn over the Heads oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie Oak 120 x 150 cm $5,800
Bush Swimming oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie Oak 120 x 100 cm $4,400
Fig Tree Magic Light oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 70 x 65 cm $2,500
Wattle After Rain 1 oil on board, framed in Tassie oak 120 x 80 cm $3,800 / diptych $5,900
Wattle After Rain 2 oil on board, framed in Tassie oak 120 x 80 cm $3,800 / diptych $5,900
Cliff Dwellers 3 oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 60 x 60 cm $2,200 / triptych $5,900
Cliff Dwellers 2 oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 60 x 60 cm $2,200 / triptych $5,900
Cliff Dwellers 1 oil on birch panel, framed in Tassie oak 60 x 60 cm $2,200 / triptych $5,900
The Crossing 1 oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie oak 180 x 120 cm $6,000 / triptych $16,000
The Crossing 2 oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie oak 180 x 120 cm $6,000 / triptych $16,000
The Crossing 3 oil & pigment on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tassie oak 180 x 120 cm $6,000 / triptych $16,000
Looking down the Valley oil on board, framed in Tassie oak 70 x 65 cm SOLD
Rockpool Swimming Spot oil on board, framed in Tassie oak 60 x 80 cm $3,000
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“I create sculpture that explores notions of beauty, the Sublime and that indefinable, poetic nature of the human condition.
My interest is in the synthesis of geometries with organic forms such as the human figure. The structure of my work lays in the interplay of line and shape and how that relates to the entirety
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
Bliss bronze 24h x 42w x 14d cm Ed. 1/10 $5,700
Totems and Idols II bronze with green patina 60h x 34w x 19d cm Ed. AP/10 $8,800 with bronze base $7,200 with resin base in black & verdigris patina
Hope bronze, silver nitrate patina 80h x 41 x 21 cm Ed. A/P $9,900
In the Sun bronze 56h x 25 x 10cm Ed. A/P $4,800