Show Lorna Quinn & Gabrielle Falconer

New artists to Blenheim Gallery - a joint exhibition of Gabrielle Falconer and Lorna Quinn will be exhibiting their work with a show commencing 24 February.

Originally from Victoria, Quinn shares her time between the bustling inner-city lifestyle of Melbourne and the slower-paced, relaxed lifestyle that Tasmania has to offer.  

Art practice first started for her as a child, often through drawing the environment around her, with Quinn noting that in the early days of her artistic exploration she was often inspired by early western landscape paintings, German expressionist cinema and painting, alongside British romantic artists such as Samuel Palmer and William Blake. 

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.” 

Gabrielle Falconer on the other hand, and both artists work will compliment the essence of Tasmania will be exhibiting prints and ceramics. Her work is both strong and meaningful in responding to the experience of the women sent to lutruwita/ Van Diemen’s Land on the Princess Royal in 1832 and early Tasmanian colonization.