ARTIST STATEMENT
"I have an enduring interest in the relationship between man and the landscape.
I believe it's important to combine both the intuitive and subconscious to produce essential allusions to the experience of the landscape.
Usually, I paint my local semi-rural area where man's incursion is clearly seen. The response to the location informs the work, deciding it's structure, form, space and light.
These paintings are concerned with the balance between abstraction and representation. The images derive directly from nature, and aim to communicate feelings for the land - the premise being that nature is more in depth than on the surface.
A work of art is the outcome of knowledge and emotion organized in such a way that the painting lives autonomously through the life contained in it – the boundaries between abstraction and representation become blurred." - Nina Ryan 2012
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Victoria
2011 Group Show,Ochre Gallery
2011 Portrait Exhibition, Maroondah Gallery
2010 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2010 Group show, Maroondah Gallery
2009 Nude, Ochre Gallery
2009 Life Drawing, Maroondah Federation Gallery
2008 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2008 Williamstown Festival Art Prize
2008 Finalist, John Lesley Art Prize
2008 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Prize
2007 Selected for ANL Maritime Art Prize
2007 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2006 Group Show, Eastgate & Holz
2005 Eastgate & Holz, Melbourne
2005 Group Show, Gallery New Quay, Melbourne
2004 Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Portrait Prize. Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery
2002 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2002 Maroondah Federation Gallery, Ringwood
2001 Wyndham Cultural Centre Prize
2001 50 Most Collectable Artist, Goya Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Goya Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Goya Collection, Goya Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Goya Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Southgate, Melbourne
1991 Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Art Bank, Western Mining Corporation, Maroondah City Council,
Melbourne Port Corporation, Transfleet Pty Ltd and private collections
in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland & Scotland.
COMMISSIONS
2004 Transfleet Pty Ltd, Melbourne
2004 Transfleet Pty Ltd, Melbourne
2004 Chase Pulp & Paper International Pty Ltd, Sydney
2002 Melbourne Port Corporation
CROOKED TREE
CROSSOVER
CHERRY ORCHARDS
ARBORESCENCE
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