STEPHEN INGLIS
Represented by Lethbridge Gallery

Stephen Inglis creates nostalgic paintings of Australia’s landscapes and architecture, with a special focus on Queensland. From mid-century-inspired architecture, bungalows, and urban scenes of the Gold Coast to the wide streetscapes of Rockhampton, his pastel-toned artworks are imbued with a dream-like quality.

LUIS MUJICA + NATHALIE DUMONT
Represented by G550

Originally from Venezuela, Luis Mujica’s patterned artworks are like hand-painted optical illusions that immediately capture your attention. And each one is filled with a deeper meaning.

In contrast, Melbourne-based artist Nathalie Dumont’s colourful works look like paintings at a glance, but they are actually made up of thousands of threads, hand-wrapped around a canvas! It takes her several days to complete a piece, and the final product is totally enchanting.

MARIAN QUIGLEY
Represented by Sol Gallery

Former art teacher Marian Quigley rediscovered her love of painting in her retirement and has been exhibiting work since 2009. Using strong colour contrasts, her acrylic paintings combine influences from the Post Impressionists; the simplicity of Japanese woodcuts; and the organic flowing line of Art Nouveau in her depictions of nature and Melbourne’s urban landmarks.

JOE BLUNDELL
Represented by Greenbridge Gallery

Joe Blundell is a self-taught landscape artist based in Melbourne who also has a degree in plant biology. His intimate paintings are all about capturing nature’s beauty with detailed brushstrokes — sometimes looking at a landscape itself or how it interacts with our man-made structures, depicting charming Victorian cottages and local streetscapes.

LAUREN TAUSEND 
Represented by M.A.C. Studio

Craft and knitting play a huge part in local artist Lauren Tausend’s connection to family, which she says is the inspiration for her textile creations. She takes a playful and organic approach to artmaking, and we love the woven texture and handcrafted finish of her pieces.

MEGAN GRANT, CARLY WILLIAMS + JUYEON KIM
Represented by Grant+Williams

Based in Melbourne’s west, Megan Grant’s work is instantly recognisable from her gestural brushstrokes and vivid layers of colour. She’s an expressive painter, illustrator and visual artist, who’s even worked on big-name projects, including two fashion collaborations with Gorman!

Plus, keep an eye out for the detailed abstract works of Daylesford artist Carly Williams, and Juyeon Kim. The South Korean-born, Melbourne-based ceramic artist uses traditional and contemporary techniques to create her one-of-a-kind pieces!

SHAROLINE NAMPIJINPA FRANK, WALTER JANGALA BROWN, MICHAEL  JANGALA GALLAGHER, SABRINA NUNGARRAYI GIBSON, VALERIE NAPANANGKA MARSHALL,  VANETTA NAMPIJINPA HUDSON 
Represented by Warlukurlangu Artists

Warlukurlangu Artists is one of the oldest and most successful Aboriginal-owned art centres in Central Australia. They represent more than 600 members from the remote communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi, including talented artists like Vanetta Nampijinpa Hudson, Sharoline Nampijinpa Frank and Michael Jangala Gallagher — whose work has been exhibited here in Australia and in France.

Each of the artists has their distinctive style, but many are united by their focus on their families’ dreaming stories, as showcased in Valerie Napanangka Marshall’s contemporary paintings. For others, art-making is in their blood, with Walter Jangala Brown and Sabrina Nangala Robertson both following in their artist parent’s footsteps!

ALICE LAURA PALMER + SALLY RYAN 
Represented by P3 Collective

Having studied at the Florence Academy of Art, Alice Laura Palmer merges her classical training with contemporary lines to create beautiful (and incredibly realistic) still-life paintings. Melbourne artist Sally Ryan‘s work will also be on show at the Fair. And while her portraits have been shortlisted in the iconic Archibald Prize, we have our eye on Sally’s striking still-life scenes.

LLAEL MCDONALD 
Represented by Art to Art and Highlands Artist Collective

Llael McDonald’s still life paintings are equal parts moody and nostalgic. Thanks to her expert technique and eye for detail, everyday imagery like a cracked egg or a martini glass becomes a masterpiece, rendered with the same beauty as a Pre-Raphaelite painting.

KELS O’SULLIVAN + NICOLA WOODCOCK
Represented by Outré Gallery

Kels O’Sullivan is an emerging artist with a background in design and illustration. There’s something modernist about her graphic fine art paintings, and she cites the coastal surrounds of her hometown in Victor Harbor, South Australia as a key source of inspiration. Meanwhile, Sydney-based artist Nicola Woodcock is one to watch for her vivid oil pastel paintings of Australia’s native flora.

HELENA JACKSON-LLOYD
Represented by Revival Art & Deign Gallery 

Working from the Sunshine Coast, Helena Jackson-Lloyd initially paints outdoors on location (what’s known as ‘en plein air’) to create her emotive landscapes. The goal is to translate everything from the movements of the wind, water, and weather patterns into her large-scale paintings, with a special interest in ‘wild’ and unruly-looking settings.

JAMES LYLE, PHILLIP EDWARDS, CAROLINE MCINTYRE + MELANIE VUGICH
Represented by Sarah Birtles Art + Advice

If you love layered landscapes, you can’t go past the textural oil paintings of NSW artist James Lyle — there’s a reason he’s often described as a ‘painter’s painter’!

Meanwhile, established Victorian artist Phillip Edwards uses his large-scale paintings to map out beautiful journeys through the Australian outdoors, as Caroline Mcintyre offers a more abstract take on a classic landscape, using soft glows of colour.

But if bright and happy colours are more your thing, don’t miss Sydney artist Melanie Vugich’s still-life paintings that are renowned celebrations of everyday beauty.

PEPA MARTIN
Represented by Shibori

Shibori is an Australian textile and design company based in Sydney founded by Karen Davis and Pepa Martin in 2005. Karen and Pepa worked together with a passion for colour and texture using cloth as their medium to create patterns based on modernised ancient techniques of resist dyeing.

TANIA SMALL
Represented by Stevens Street Gallery

Tania Small is an emerging artist who works from her home studio in the Sunshine Coast Hinterlands. Her thoughtful still-life paintings draw inspiration from simple objects found around the home, or in rural settings, alongside antique treasures.

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