ISABELLE DEVOS, TANYA CHAITOW, LOIS ROBERTSON | EDGE OF STILLNESS
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - Sunday, March 23, 2025
STUDIO W - 6 Bourke St, Woolloomooloo
Join the artists at the opening on Saturday 8th March, 4 - 6pm
EXHIBITION STATEMENT
“I think of rivers, of tides. Forests and water gushing out. Rain and lightning. Rocks and shadows. All of these are in me.” – Haruki Murakami
In a world increasingly dominated by technology and rapid change, Edge of Stillness is an invitation us to pause and consider the natural world. Isabelle Devos, Tanya Chaitow, and Lois Robertson explore the fragile beauty of the landscape, reflecting on its stillness and its power to ground us amidst the chaos of modern life.
Spending time together on the eastern coast of Australia, the three artists immersed themselves in the rhythms of nature in a place where water meets earth and where landforms bear witness to the passage of time. Their work offers a meditation on the delicate balance between humanity and the environment.
Tanya Chaitow weaves narratives that explore the boundary between reality and fiction. Her paintings evoke an unstable equilibrium, where jagged forms and fragmented colours suggest both the vulnerability of nature and the complexity of human experience. Traditional landscapes are reimagined as fractured terrains, mirroring how our perception has been reshaped by screens and pixels.
Isabelle Devos’ work brings attention to a specific moment of stillness, to focus on the underlying stories that lie beneath the serene surfaces. This body of work explores the boundaries and edges where humans and nature co-exist and the places where water meets the sand, rocks and trees.
Lois Robertson draws inspiration from mapping landforms and tracing the shifting patterns of water flow and weather. Her observations of light, mood and atmosphere highlight the ever-changing, ephemeral qualities of the natural world.
In an era marked by environmental challenges and technological detachment from nature, Edge of Stillness emphasises the importance of preserving what remains untouched. The exhibition asks us to consider how we might restore balance within ourselves and in the landscapes that sustain us. It is a reminder that stillness reconnects us with what truly matters in an increasingly disconnected world.
Isabelle Devos
Reflection on a Pink Cloud
acrylic on cotton-polyester canvas, framed in timber
61 x 51cm
Isabelle Devos
You Reflect My Thoughts
acrylic on cotton-polyester canvas framed in timber
61 x 51 cm
Isabelle Devos
Where You Go, I Will Follow
acrylic on cotton-polyester canvas, framed in timber
51 x 61 cm
Isabelle Devos
I Want To Be Close to You
acrylic on cotton-polyester canvas, framed in timber
51 x 61 cm
Isabelle Devos
Light From Behind a Dark Cloud
acrylic on cotton-polyester canvas, framed in timber
51 x 61cm
Isabelle Devos
A Softness of Being
acrylic on canvas, framed in oak
30 x 30 cm
Isabelle Devos
Coastal Study 1 (Patonga)
acrylic on linen, framed in timber
18 x 24cm
Isabelle Devos
Coastal Study 2 (purple clouds)
acrylic on linen, framed in timber
18 x 24cm
Isabelle Devos
Coastal Study 4 (pink water, sun)
acrylic on linen, framed in timber
18 x 24cm
Isabelle Devos
Coastal Study 6 (triple headlands)
acrylic on linen, framed in timber
18 x 24cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile I
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile II
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile III
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile IV
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile V
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
Everything Precious is Fragile VI
acrylic on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest I
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest II
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest III
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest IV
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest V
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Tanya Chaitow
The Rainforest VI
acrylic on linen
18 x 25 cm
Lois Robertson
Sea Mist
oil on linen
60 x 60 cm
Lois Robertson
After the Rain
oil on linen
60 x 60 cm
Lois Robertson
A Silvery Afternoon
oil on linen
60 x 60cm
Lois Robertson
Swamped
oil on linen
60 x 60cm
Lois Robertson
Rising Tides
oil on linen
60 x 60cm