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Lush – Jana Brike | Ray Caesar | Redd Walitzki | Rodrigo Luff
Lush is an exhibition of sensual paintings by Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki, Rodrigo Luff and Ray Caesar. Brike’s strangely seductive paintings explore our internal lives, with themes of longing, love and pain. Caesar’s neo-Victorian imagery, uncovers the deep desires and secrets we hide from ourselves. Walitzki’s ethereal portraits address unrealistic beauty expectations for women as well as the darker aspects of human impact on the environment. And in Luff’s pieces, goddess-like figures and animals are imbued with a sense of the otherworldly through his use of...
Lush is an exhibition of sensual paintings by Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki, Rodrigo Luff and Ray Caesar. Brike’s strangely seductive paintings explore our internal lives, with themes of longing, love and pain. Caesar’s neo-Victorian imagery, uncovers the deep desires and secrets we hide from ourselves. Walitzki’s ethereal portraits address unrealistic beauty expectations for women as well as the darker aspects of human impact on the environment. And in Luff’s pieces, goddess-like figures and animals are imbued with a sense of the otherworldly through his use of light.
Opening reception: Saturday, Nov 18th, 6pm – 9pm. Exhibition runs until Dec 3rd.
Interviews: Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki and Rodrigo Luff.
Redd Walitzki (United States) finds inspiration in the lush surroundings of her home in the Pacific Northwest and the ornate Baroque ornamentation of her native Bavaria. The vivid muses in her paintings are influenced by the glamour of high fashion, but Walitzki’s works also often explore the darker side of human impact on ecology. Her earliest memories are of painting at the kitchen table with her grandfather, pulling flowers and foxes out of the bright splashes of pigment. This initial passion led her to pursue a career as an artist, and Walitzki completed her B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts with a concentration in painting. Walitzki’s work has been featured in galleries on both coasts of the U.S. and in Australia as well as in Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz.
Rodrigo Luff (Australia) is an Australian artist who was born in El Salvador. Luff creates ethereal figurative works of women and nudes in beautiful dreamlike settings. His works are ornate and lush, replete with elaborate references to the natural world. Luff studied traditional life drawing and painting at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney from 2006 to 2009. Since graduating, Luff has shown his work in four solo exhibitions in the U.S. and in several group exhibitions. He explores a feeling of the otherworldly by capturing his subjects in trance-like states, dwelling in mysterious atmospheres. Using chiaroscuro effects and traditional figurative techniques, Luff creates a visual world that is painterly and surreal.
Jana Brike (Latvia) was born in Latvia when it was still under Soviet occupation. She began rigorous training in art as a child, spending at least 5 hours per day painting and drawing in an arts elementary school, at some cost to the freedom she might otherwise have enjoyed as a child. By her teens, she was showing her work in international exhibitions; she went on to earn a master’s degree in art from the Art Academy of Latvia. Brike’s work tells pieces of her own story but with themes that resonate universally: love, self-discovery, growth, exploration and longing. The imagery she employs reflects influences of folklore, mythology and Brike’s love of nature as well as her contemplations regarding the “feminine soul space.” Brike has had over a dozen solo shows and has participated in more than 100 group shows.
Ray Caesar (Canada) is known in the fine art world as the grandfather of digital art. Caesar’s works are partly inspired by Vermeer and Jan van Eyck, as well as 18th-century painter Gainsborough and French rococo artists Watteau and Boucher. He is also heavily inspired by Japanese culture. Caesar’s works are visual diaries of his life memories and events. He has paved new roads to the acceptance and transparency of works created completely digitally. His work has been exhibited extensively in solo shows in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Asia and has appeared in numerous prominent publications, including Huffington Post, The Globe & Mail, Vogue Italy, Vogue Japan, Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz. Caesar’s works are collected by numerous venerated institutions, including the Bristol Museum, as well as prominent collectors such as Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, the Hearst family and others.
Original Art
- Naoto Hattori - 'Harmony with Nature 027' - acrylic on board
- Beachghost - 'Dragonslayer Xanthe' - ink and watercolour on cotton rag paper
- Erika Sanada - 'Bond' - ceramic and cold finish
- Ellie Davies - 'Microraptor' - oil paint on wooden panel
- Clare Toms - 'Honour' - oil on board
- Thrift Creeper - 'Some Kind of Doodle or Something' - polymer clay, Apoxie sculpt, ceramic, acrylic
- Caroline Gaudreault - 'Madame Bouvier' - acrylic on panel
- Shannon Taylor - 'The Lilac Tree' - watercolour collage in antique bubble glass frame
- The Serpent Thread - 'Cycles' - hand embroidery with cotton and metallic thread, watercolour, pyrite and labradorite beads on cotton, custom wooden frame with labradorite cabochons and gold leaf
- Emilio Garcia - 'Jumping Brain - Black, Beinart Gallery edition' - resin sculpture, edition of 2
- Jolene Lai - 'The Fight' - oil on wood panel
- Jolene Lai - 'Birdcage' - oil on wood panel
- Jolene Lai - 'Rainbow's End' - oil on wood panel
- Dustin Myers - 'Mop-Top Molly' - oil on panel
- Michael Campbell - 'Our Mother of Mystery' - urethane resin, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
- Courtney Brims - 'Lure' - oil on wooden panel
- Bub Davis - 'S’Mores' - charcoal and graphite on paper
- Melissa Sue Stanley - 'A Curious Caution' - polymer clay and acrylic paint
- Kanako Abe - 'Song of New Beginnings' - paper and mixed media
- Miho Hirano - 'Liberation' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Spring Waltz' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'With You #2' - oil on canvas
- Ellen Jewett - "The Merits of Disclosure" - air drying polymer, metal, no VOC resin, mineral pigments & acrylic paint
- Shoko Ishida - 'A Soaring Wish' - acrylic, coloured pencil, ink on wood panel
- Wendy Croxford - 'Bear with Me' - oil on Belle Arti gesso panel
- Catriona Secker - "Forest Dwellers" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Jale Soysal - 'Crown of Ivy' - epoxy clay, acrylic paint, metal, resin, crystal rhinestones, nylon
- Jale Soysal - 'Pearly Feet' - epoxy clay, acrylic paint, metal, resin
- Jale Soysal - 'Feathered Mongrel' - acrylic on board
- Jennifer Allnutt - 'The Butterfly Effect' - oil on aluminium composite panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Oubliette" - oils on custom wood panel arch
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Omertà" - oil on wood panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - 'La Belle' - oil on aluminium composite panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Every Silence" - oil on aluminium composite material
- Jennifer Allnutt - 'Yellow Moon' - oil on aluminium composite panel
- Jana Brike - "The Wayward Traveler" - oil on canvas
- Jana Brike - 'Lady and Her Green Boy Lover' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'A Lady and a Dream' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Siren Song in a Storm' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - "The Wild Madonna and Her Daughter" - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Honeydew' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Triad' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Last Days of Summer' - oil on linen
- Meg Allan - 'Searching for Forgotten Dreams' - oil on panel
- Daniel Danckert - 'Invitation' - ink on paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'Woman of the Mire' - clay, resin and wood
- Leah Aripotch - 'Wallflower' - steel sculpture, chemical patina
- Leah Aripotch - 'Defensive' - steel sculpture, chemical patina, lacquer
- Calvin Ma - 'Broken Bloom' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Growth' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Sunny Days' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Wired' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Tanya Gomelskaya - 'Day Dreamer III' - Apoxie Sculpt and oil paint on panel and found frame
- Tanya Gomelskaya - 'Misery V' - Apoxie Sculpt and oil paint on panel and found frame
- Tanya Gomelskaya - 'In Flames' - oil paint and resin on panel with found frame
- Tanya Gomelskaya - 'Fallen' - Apoxie Sculpt and oil paint on panel and found frame
- Kim Slate - 'Just Between Us' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Collectors' - clay, wire, gouache, acrylic, glass, epoxy & wood
- Kim Slate - 'Bit of Luck' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Peace Offering' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Safe and Sound' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak - 'Too Many Feelings, Not Enough Tigers' - oil on linen
- Vincent Ultramarine - 'Who Left The Window Open' - gouache on watercolour paper
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Fragrant Burdens' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) and acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Sanguine' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Epistrophe' - acrylic on canvas
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Tearache' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) acrylic and graphite on clay
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Somewhere in Time' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - "Unremembered Stories" - jagae (mother of pearl) & acrylic on clay and wood
- Wrenn - 'Mental Decluttering' - acrylic on canvas
- Wrenn - 'Athena' - acrylic on canvas
- Rachael Bridge - 'Petals' - oil on panel
- Rovina Cai - 'Stars' - acrylic & coloured pencil on board
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'King Froggo Holding Court' - acryla gouache on wood panel
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'The Fish' - acryla gouache on birch wood panel
- Ruby Li - 'From Here I Can See Almost Anything' - oil on board
- Ruby Li - 'Tell Me Your Secrets, They’re Safe With Me' - oil on board
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Chatter' - modeling clays, wire, paper, watercolour, acrylics, wooden box
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Moving Pictures (Chameleon)" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted videotape
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Squid’s Story' - mixed media sculpture on empty paint tube
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Snapshot" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted camera
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Sylvestre' - mixed media on tin can
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Unicorn" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted Polly Pocket toy
- Stephanie Kilgast - "Rainbow Buddha (Toddlerpillar Customisation)" - mixed Media and vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Stefano Ronchi "Ronch" - 'The Golden Goose' - acrylic on canvas
- Pickled Circus - 'Spaghetti Yeti' - epoxy clay & resin
- Pickled Circus - 'Bugs Zombunny' - epoxy clay, ceramic & resin
- Jon Ching - 'Refresh' - oil on wood
- Jon Ching - 'Midas' - oil on wood
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - 'Ambivalence' - graphite on paper
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - "Succumb" - acrylic on board
- Kristen Egan - "Delphinus" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Boto" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Inia" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Alex Garant - 'Soft Potions' - oil on canvas panel
- Alex Garant - "Gold Study 1" - oil on cradled canvas panel
- Alex Garant - 'Piment Fort' - oil on canvas panel
- Alex Garant - 'Always Sunny On Set' - oil on canvas panel
- Alex Garant - "Is This a Dream Or a Mirage?" - oil on canvas
- Alex Garant - "Is this a Mirage Or a Dream?" - oil on canvas
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Note Threads' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'By the Shallows' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Pottinger' - oil on wood
- Scott Listfield - "Old Man Of The Mountain" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 71" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 30" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Blue Moon" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The City Has Eyes" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 25" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Ultraviolet Spectrum" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Chemical Sky" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Crystal Oracle" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The Face With One Eye" - oil on canvas
- Brian M. Viveros - 'KO' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Dreamer' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Nine Lives' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Wild at Heart' - charcoal, pastel & graphite
- Jesús Aguado - "The Day of Bones" - acrylic on wood panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Ear" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - 'The Cosmic Event' - acrylic on birch panel
- Jesús Aguado - 'Scaring Kiwis' - acrylic on birch panel
- Jesús Aguado - 'We Used to Be Friends' - acrylic on birch panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Smell" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Pig Supplies" - acrylic on birch panel
- Super A - "Warped" - acrylic on linen
- Clémentine Bal - 'Little Portrait' - paint and pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Carte Postale" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Chien Rose " - aerosol, acrylic, coloured pencil, pastel on mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Meilleure Vie" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Gardienne" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Emma" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Josh Keyes - "Red Snow" - acrylic on birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'All That Is Dear' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'Habitat (Soul Nourishments)' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Stuck (through the motions)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Transform (the magic we create)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dolaana Davaa - 'Nothing Left' - poplar plywood, wood pulp, tempera, gold wax
- Dolaana Davaa - 'Until I Disappear' - poplar plywood, PU resin, tempera, gold wax
- Dolaana Davaa - 'Black & White Demon Mask' - wood pulp, tempera and synthetic hair
- Marco Mazzoni - "Happy" - colored pencils on paper
- Wiley Wallace - "End Together" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "All Over" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Bright Night" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Prism Sunrise" - acrylic on panel
- Beau White - '2 Minutes to Midnight' - oil on board
- Beau White - "What's Inside A Tardigrade?" - epoxy clay, polymer clay, plastic toothpicks, oil paint & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Beau White - 'Algal Bloom' - oil on board
- Beau White - "One Toe In The Grave" - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Candy From a Baby' - oil on cradled hexagonal panel
- Beau White - "Once Upon A Time" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Missing In Action" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Chance Meeting" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Big Toe" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Not A Robot" - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Lest We Spaghett' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Time Does Pass' - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Clump' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Pop!' - oil on board
- Lix North - "Gilt" - oil on aluminium
- Brian Mashburn - 'African Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Asian Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Tamarin' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Green Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Blue Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Monkey Tree' - oil on canvas
- Brian Mashburn - "Somniferum" - oil on panel
- Kazuhiro Hori - "Reflection" - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Strawberry' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Imitation' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Rumor' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Artificial Life' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Whisper' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Mirror, Mirror' - acrylic on canvas
- Michael Kennedy - 'The Inquisitive Nature of All Things Melvin' - oil on canvas
- Michael Kennedy - 'Don't Mess With Greg!' - oil on canvas
- Michael Kennedy - 'A Moment of Zen' - oil on linen
- Michael Kennedy - 'Not Now Darcy!' - oil on canvas
- Michael Kennedy - 'Grumble Bob & Doodle Dave' - oil on linen
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'As From Below' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Blackhouse' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Lamping Witches' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Untitled Sticky Monster 10' - pen and ink on yellow pad paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Untitled Sticky Monster 8' - pen and ink on yellow pad paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Untitled Sticky Monster 4' - pen and ink on yellow pad paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Skycreep' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Up Up Up' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Fur, Horns and Teeth' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Flight of the Beholders' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Dead Pegasus' - pen and ink on paper
- John Kenn Mortensen - 'Crazy Clowntime' - pen and ink on paper
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, New Haircut" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Sorcerer" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, Whiskers" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Vicar, Bad Hair-Day" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Prophecy Veil"- colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Werewolf Incognito, Formal Attire" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- John Walker - "Boney Bunny From the Heart" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Midnight Musicologists" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Odd Travelers - A Question of Balance" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Hearts Desires" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Gwendolyn and the Very Special Tea" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Tall Tales Told" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "The Sorcerer's Hat" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "The Squonk Hunter" - acrylic on panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Distant Shores' - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - "Unnatural" - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Fairy' - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Cabaret' - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Be Here Now' - oil on panel
- Emma Black - 'The Time Before' - oil on board
- Emma Black - "Eulogy" - oil on cradled wood
- Emma Black - 'What Have You Become' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Emma Black - 'A Night Like This' - oil on board
- Emma Black - "Chrysalis" - polymer clay and oil paint on vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Richard Ahnert - "Free Stride" - oil on canvas
- Richard Ahnert - "Long Story Short" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - Royal Commission (2018) - coloured pencil and ballpoint pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Foundling" - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Orca" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "A Day in the Life" - coloured pencil and pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Bluebell" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Crow Train" (2017) - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Enemies (after Goya)" - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Factory Workers" - acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
- Shaun Tan - 'Love' - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Head: Nocturne" (2012) - oil on board
- Shaun Tan - "Head: Tomb" (2016) - pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Jacaranda" - acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Lungfish" - plaster, acrylic and wax - limited edition of 20.
- Shaun Tan - "On My Way to Paradise" - acrylic and oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Preparations" - pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Amorous Dial Duck" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The Farm" - pen, pencil, acrylic and collage on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Soothsayer" - pen and coloured pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'The Bicycle Thief' - watercolour, coloured pencil and pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Bedroom Drawings' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Concept sketch for 'The World is a Machine'' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Concept Sketch for 'Mad City'' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - ''Mad City' Colour Study' - oil on cardboard
- Shaun Tan - 'Concept Sketch for 'Fate'' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Never Forget the Password (colour study)" - pastel and coloured pencil over digital print
- Shaun Tan - 'Red Tree Book Layout' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Fumetto' - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Polaris' - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Talking Head' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'The End and the Beginning' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Time' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Kings' - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'Awakening' - watercolour, coloured pencil and pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'The Bower Bird' - watercolour, coloured pencil and pen on paper