Exploring Figure Drawing Studies: 2023-2025

Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 oil pastel
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour and oil pastel
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour
Figure studies 2023 – 2025 watercolour

Big Yellow Sun

Documentation of selected images from Big Yellow Sun Exhibition Flinders Street Gallery 25 November – 16 December 2023. 61 Flinders Street, Surry Hills, 2010 Sydney.

Light Whisper oil on board 73 x 98 cm available
Charbon Green gouache and acrylic onboard 30 x 40 cm SOLD
Lyrical Pink and Green Rocky Knoll acrylic on board 62 x 77 cm SOLD
Dusty Pink Mountain Walk acrylic on board 62 x 72 cm SOLD
Yellow Sprinkles Pollen and Petals acrylic on board 103 x 103 cm SOLD
Middle Tree acrylic on board 30 x 30 cm available
Blackwattle Cutout acrylic on board 60 x 70 cm Not Available
Tussuck Pattern acrylic on board 25 x 30 cm not shown
Windy Wattle in Bannaby oil on board 60 x 45 cm SOLD
Charbon Apple Tree gouache and acrylic on board framed 50 x 40 cm SOLD
Charbon Old Oak gouache on board 40 x 50 cm SOLD
Two Open ( Mosman Prize Finalist acrylic on board 100 x 100cm available
Yellow and Pink Hill of Bannaby acrylic on board 110 x 130 cm SOLD
Wind Swept Tussock Over Bannaby 40 x 50 cm available

Close To Home

Documentation of Close To Home exhibition at Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney. 29 November – 20 December 2025

Images by Docqment or @docqment on instagram.

Lorna Grear Studio

Fierce 42 x 32 cm acrylic on board framed
available $700
Image Credit: Docqment.
Storm Light 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Simple Pleasure 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Bannaby Vista 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Fire Light 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Foliage Forage 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed available
Image Credit: Artist
Storm Engulf 22 x 18 cm acrylic on board framed SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment..
Light Way 31 x 23 cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Summer 51 x 40 cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Image Credit: Docqment.

Image Credit: Docqment.
Image Credit: Docqment.
Whites Creek Wattle 40 x 40 cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment.
Painting Play 91 x 91 cm acrylic on canvas available $1500
Image Credit: Docqment.
Spray Mist 81 x 61 cm acrylic on canvas available $1200
Image Credit: Docqment
Washed Away 140 x 60 cm acrylic on canvas available $1500
Image Credit: Docqment
Light Reach 100 x 85 cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Pink and Grey Storm
121 x 81 cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
Image Credit: Docqmen
Dancing Winter 121 x 91 cm acrylic on canvas
available $1600
Image Credit: Docqmen
Past One Tree 30 x 32 cm acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Cloud Over Moon 60 x 60 cm acrylic on board framed
SOLD
Image Credit: artist
Instal Flinders Street Gallery
Image Credit: Docqment.
Image Credit: Docqment.
Raucus I 27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
River Sanctuary 27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Raucus II 27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Wild Nature 27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Yellow and Yellow
27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Puzzle Foliage
27 x 27 cm
acrylic on board SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Open Skies 58 x 62 cm
acrylic on board framed
SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
In the Deep 537 x 27 cm
acrylic on board framed
SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Sun Blitz 130 x 69 cm
acrylic on canvas
available $1500
Image Credit: Docqment
Truth 41 x 51 cm acrylic on board framed
SOLD
Image Credit: Docqment
Two Kinds of yellow 150 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas
available $3800
Credit: Docqment

Lorna Grear

Close to Home

OPENS SATURDAY 29 November 4 to 6 pm

Flinders Street Gallery

Exhibition continues until Sat 20 December 2025. Gallery open Wed-Sat 11 am – 6 pm

PH: 02 9380 5663 info@flindersstreetgallery.com. 61 Flinders St Surry Hills 2010 Sydney

Photo: Two Kinds of Yellow. 150 cm x 150 cm acrylic on stretched canvas.

Lorna Grear has exhibited widely. It is her 4th solo show at Flinders Street Gallery in Sydney, her last show was 2 years ago in 2023. Her work has been selected for the Mosman Art Prize, The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, The Portia Geach Memorial Prize, 9 x 5 Waverley Woollahra Landscape Prize, The Paddington Art Prize, The Fleurieu Art Prize plus more.

She says,

My paintings in my solo show, Close to Home have been painted over 4 seasons twice; and reflect the cold, pale, winter months to the burst of spring with its wild flowers and bird song. 

My colour palette changes as the rain, sun, wind and patterns change. I like landscape as an idea- it allows me to play and experiment with structures according to moods or feelings. 

I’ve also included a range of studies- these are painted according to my temperament in one sitting. You’ll see some ‘wind’ and ‘stormy’ paintings, then calmer reflective paintings. They are usually painted quickly but are vital to my overall body of work. Sometimes the ideas I find in the smaller works take a year or more to be revealed in a larger work. 

These paintings are offerings of hope. It is in this spirit which I share these paintings with you. 

Delineations II

Delineations II

I have 4 small works in the group show with Marina Finlay, Kevin McKay, Daniel McDonald, Lisa McKimmie, Fiona Somerville, Nick Swann & Paul Thomas

Image: Lorna Grear, Storm I, 20 x 15 cm, framed, acrylic on board.

FLINDERS STREET GALLERY
Opening drinks 4 – 6 pm. Saturday 26th April 

The exhibition runs until Saturday 10th May 2025 Gallery hours: 11am – 6pm, Wed – Sat or by appointment
61 Flinders Street Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 Phone 61 2 93805663

info@flindersstreetgallery.com

http://www.flindersstreetgallery.com

Screenshot

Storm II 20 x 15 cm, acrylic on board, framed, 2025

Storm III 20 x 15 cm, acrylic on board, 2025

Storm IV 20 x 15 cm, acrylic on board, 2025

Big Yellow Sun

Lorna Grear at Flinders Street Gallery, 61 Flinders Street, Surryhills, NSW

OPENING SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2023 4- 6 pm

It’s my 3rd solo exhibition at Flinders Street Gallery- the majority of this work started on my sabbatical last year and has carried through to this year. Mostly are small paintings, paintings which I have been able to carry through the bush – some painted directly en plein air, others, painted in the studio from memory.

Paintings are from Gundungurru and Wiradjuri Country, (Charbon and Southern Highlands); acrylic, gouache and oil on plywood.

It was a good time for me, painting and exploring different rhythms and emotions. Other the years, getting to know different areas of the bush, has taught me many things, the change in seasons; looking at and feeling the wind, hearing birdsong and observing light. I understand how fortunate we are, living in this vast and beautiful country whilst there is so much turmoil in the world.

If you can’t make it to the opening, I’ll be at the gallery on Fridays and Saturdays; 12- 4pm if you’d like to say hi, grab a coffee or just a look… or call in to the gallery at other times to see the show; Wed- Sat, 11- 6pm. Show continues until Saturday 16 November.

Peace. x Lorna

Tea Tree Haze – Glebe Art Show 2023

My painting, Tea Tree Haze was painted during a long stint in the bush. It was just before Spring and there was a lot of rain around- I could smell the tea tree everywhere. As the water dries- a mist forms above the tea tree bush- my painting is a memory of this.

I always love painting slightly away from the subject as it allows for a poetic interpretation of painting, filled with personal rhythms and imaginative clusters. It’s like a dream.

Tea Tree Haze 76 x 91 cm, acrylic on canvas. Drop Shadow series

The 2023 Glebe Art Show will be held from the 18th to the 22nd of October at the Tramsheds, 1 Dalgal Way, Forest Lodge. The Glebe Art Show is a non-selective, non-acquisitive art show held annually since 1997, with prizes across several categories and all artwork offered for sale. The show aims to support and encourage both emerging and established artists currently living, working or studying within the City of Sydney and Inner West Council boundaries. Entries close on the 8th of October or earlier if hanging capacity is reached.

TEXTA

I have works in TEXTA- opens Thursday 5 October, 2023- Thurs- Sat 11- 5, Sun 12- 5 –

31 A Enmore Road, Enmore, Sydney, NSW – curated by Daniel Pressart. All welcome! https://drawspace.org/

DRAW Space, an independent artist-run space, provides a unique opportunity for artists to engage in new drawing research and showcase innovative works. Following a series of experimental solo and group shows, DRAW Space is thrilled to present the community-inclusive group show TEXTA in October 2023.

Textas, or felt pens, are a ubiquitous medium that many grew up with. These pens encourage a drive to create and a sense of play. Often overlooked as a fine art medium, this exhibit shows how these humble pens can produce bold, forceful artworks that call for attention.

  • TEXTA will open at 6pm on Thursday 5 October.
  • TEXTA features 9 unique practices that use the medium: Quinn Chen, Jake Alexander Cruz, Lorna Grear, Lily Langley, Jacqueline McIntyre, Ngarra, Charmaine Pike, Jeremy Smith and Yuck.
  • The exhibition features a community drawing table at the centre of the room, allowing the attendees to draw and add to an ever-changing work.
  • The exhibition runs from Thursday 5 October to Sunday 5 November. 
  • Exhibiting artists will give an artist talk at midday Saturday 7 October, chaired by curator Daniel Press.
  • A special showing of community drawings from the drawing table will then show for one night at 6pm on Tuesday 7 November.

Featured artists also contributed to a colouring book / catalogue essay hybrid that plays on the childhood and lowbrow connotations of the medium. The hybrid book features word puzzles, comics, and academic essays on the medium.

Lorna Grear is represented by Flinders Street Gallery.

Charmaine Pike is represented by Defiance Gallery.

Ngarra is represented by Mossenson Galleries. Ngarra drawings courtesy of Mossenson Galleries and Mossenson Art Foundation.

Jeremy Smith is represented by .M Contemporary.

Mosman Art Prize 2022

 2022 Mosman Art Prize, installation view, Mosman Art Gallery. Image courtesy Mosman Art Gallery and © the artists. Photograph: Jacquie Manning.

Painting, titled TwoOpen is a studio painting- I call them secret shed paintings; they’re spontaneous and brave and can be about many things.

Here’s what I wrote; ‘Two Open is a painting which celebrates painting. It is a culmination of looking at landscape over the last few years as an entry into what lays beneath the obvious subject. Other ideas are always at play when painting; light, rhythm, pattern, favourite influences. This painting has a little bit of everything which I love.’

Lorna Grear is represented by Flinders Street Gallery and held her recent solo show in June 2022. Her work has previously been selected for the Portia Geach Memorial Art Prize, The Paddington Art Prize, The Adelaide Drawing Prize, Fishers Ghose Art Award and the Liverpool Art Prize.

Fishers Ghost Art Award

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art prize inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. The Open Award is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council collection and in 2022, in celebration of the 60th Anniversary; the award is valued at $60,000. The exhibition will be open to the public from Saturday 29 October until Friday 9 December, 10 am – 4pm

My painting, titled Snakes And Ladders; 150 x 130 cm, acrylic on canvas, is selected as a finalist.

This painting originally took its subject from Bannaby Creek in the Southern Highlands. After a decade of no rain we now have fast, running, wild waters in this creek. It’s beautiful – with its twists and turns, over rocks and river stones. You can hear a cacophony of feral goats whilst being surrounded by a hundred Xanthorrhoea, or Balga Grass Plants. This painting is my tribute to the creek.

Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2022

For painting enquiries go to Campbelltown Arts Centre or contact Jason Martin info@flindersstreetgallery.com

Greenway Art Prize 2022

My work, titled, Greenway Upclose: 90 x 95 cm, acrylic on board, framed is currently on view at the Greenway Art Prize, Sydney Bus Museum, Leichhardt.

This work was made in the studio after a texta drawing of a secluded area near Marion Street Light Rail station on the Greenway. It’s a place I’ve taken friends – it reminds me of the bush- there are little walking tracks amongst a myriad of textures and colours through the bush. It is also one of the sites of bush regeneration done by volunteers of Greenway Bushcare.

My painting is an explosion of colour- it is a close up view, painted from memory with a feeling of enclosure within a green space.

Tara Morelos Curator GreenWay Art Prize

Framers; Frameart, Parramatta Road, Sydney

EXHIBITION VENUE: Sydney Bus Museum, Leichhardt