John Renkin

Recent Works

28 May - 8 June 2025

G2

Opening Night

Friday 30 May | 6 - 8 pm

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The artworks John has selected for this exhibition feature landscapes from South Australia and Victoria. They are views of clusters of scattered trees in fields of open grassland often on a rise. He was drawn to these landscapes as they offered potential for compositions that could be explored from different views, at different times of the day and during different seasons during the year. These compositions explore the ways in which colour, tone and structure create balance and contrast. Features like trees appear simplified but with enough variation to add movement and breakup masses. All artworks have been produced using oil paint on wood panels. They have been completed in a single session, observing directly from life on location. This method enables John to capture the immediacy of his response to the landscape.

Artist Bio

John has been drawing and painting from an early age. He pursued an art education as an adult at various CAE drawing classes and studied still life, figure and landscape painting with David Moore. John enjoys spending time outside in the natural environment. He has spent time travelling throughout regional Australia and has had various painting excursions in the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. John has been involved with numerous group and solo exhibitions and has been a finalist in self portrait and landscape exhibitions at the Castlemaine Art Museum.

Contact
Phone : (03) 9482 3550
mail@redgallery.com.au

Address
157 St Georges Rd
Fitzroy North, Victoria, 3068
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