The Museum of Brisbane commissioned three painting for their major 2021 exhibition City in the Sun. Exhibition text from Museum of Brisbane: City in the Sun uncovers and reimagines Brisbane’s subtropical image. Showcasing large-scale new contemporary artworks...
Continuing Laura’s dedication to ferns as a painterly muse, Soft Skeletons, presents a body of work enamoured with the dichotomy of strength and delicacy.Created in her home studio after field trips and research, the paintings communicate the grandeur of the...
Grotesque Grotto offers a contemporary response to the 18th century Bristish fern craze, Pteridomania. The works pair Australian rain forest settings, resplendent with historically prized plant specimens, with the architectural trends and innovations that were...
Fern Clouds – Sophie Gannon Gallery 24 May 2022 – 11th June 2022 *A collection of landscape paintings studying backlit ferns on the hillsides around Ballunjui Falls (Lamington National Park), framed as individual, light filled grottos.The works explore the...
Image Scrapbook: Grottos Jan 2021Finding influences that informed the fashion of populating glasshouses + conservatories with artificial grottos The term and style ‘grotesque’ became popular in Europe around the 16th century after the accidental discovery...
