Artworks are first available to purchase in person at the exhibition held from 4-10 Oct at King George Square.
Online sales will open following the exhibition.
Colleen Little is a Canadian born, emerging painter and illustrator, residing in Brisbane/Meanjin.
She uses her art practice, in conjunction with other activities and treatments, to help keep her mental health at equilibrium.
Inspired by the ideas of individual perspective and memory recall, Colleen uses her art process to focus on ordinary everyday beauty, as it appears in her ‘little reality’ series. Using a combination of illustrating from memory, imagination and reference materials she creates vibrant one-dimensional drawings and paintings.
Colleen has both a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree, with distinction (2006) and a Bachelor of Arts Education degree (2009) and was named a finalist in the Petite Pieces Art Prize (2022) and Ipswich Art Prize (2023).
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Grace Tame is an Australian activist and advocate for survivors of sexual assault. She was named 2021 Australian of the Year. This painting depicts the physiological response she displayed when posing for photographs with former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.
The strength she demonstrated not folding to societal expectations of being 'polite', by smiling for the camera, resonated deeply within me. Examples like this of women wielding their power and capability need to be recorded as part of Australia's living history.