Orex Art is a veritable tour de force in our local art scene. Verve recently enjoyed a catch-up with gallerist and owner Rex Armstrong.
Exhibition of the Month
Marilyn Murphy
There is a peculiar logic in Murphy’s drawings, one based on visual punning, a knowing exploitation of mid-century advertising for its sense of glamour, hope, and dreamy consumerism.
Exhibition of the Month
Tony Lane Circle of Light
Nobody paints like Tony Lane. His landscapes speak of journeys, isolation, connection, meditation, and devotion.
As a painter, Wes Fieldhouse creates his own meanings and understandings of his work through direct engagement in the process – in the standing back, analysing, and questioning.
Exhibition of the Month
The Limitless Horizon
If painting is like keeping a diary, then the works of Philippa Blair are a personal record of the thoughts, feelings, and events that motivate, inspire, or even at times, horrify her. “I develop with the painting,” she says. “It’s as if the DNA of the painting and my own DNA somehow combine to create a new lifeform.”