Two new artists to Blenheim Gallery and showing their works for the first time in this exhibition.

This exhibition will be also on view during the Glover Prize at Evandale.

Lorna Quinn has produced some outstanding small works. Recently some were displayed at QVMAG in RISE exhibition. Through the creation of small-scale oil paintings, Quinn said she is drawn to the drama of mountain and forest forms experienced while hiking in lutruwita/Tasmania.  

“Out in the varying and often harsh conditions, I feel the strong weight and density of the natural and social history of the land; through its crags, curves and peaks or its boughs and troughs. It is a potent and vibrating landscape which is a rich source to draw on,” Quinn said.  

“I’m interested in sharing encounters that are emotive, that perhaps sit outside of language, through my work. I am interested in the illusory nature of desire, and in the texture of the fantasies that we inhabit in pursuit of it.” 

On the other hand Gabrielle Falconer is steeped in a different perspective on colonial migration to Van Diemen's Land in the 19th century, as well as the influence of class in colonial society.