Immerse yourself in the lush landscapes of Amy Wright, an acclaimed artist whose prolific practice draws from her diverse background in painting, drawing, surface pattern design and floristry to conjure lively, tactile visions of the Australian landscape at its most untamed.
Wright’s work is preoccupied with the narrative possibilities of abandoned landscapes reclaimed by nature. Untied to any one medium, Wright’s worlds evolve like ecosystems, combining acrylic, charcoal and pastel into collages of fragmented forms that coalesce to capture the essence of the whole. Each canvas is its own Wunderkammer, invoking a wilderness where planes of towering trees and organic overgrowth converge into forested theatres of sensory experience, providing the perfect stage for the drama of nature to be told.
“Essential to my practice is my immersion into the landscape. A desire to breathe in the space, be aware of the sensations of my surroundings and unearth the details, textures and patterns that emerge through exploration. I’m intrinsically interested in the unseen, or unnoticed, often undesirable aspects of a garden or landscape. The untamed areas where nature has returned to its authentic rudimentary state.”
Amy Wright is an Australian artist based in Regional Victoria whose work, rooted in figuration, celebrates the colours, textures and patterns of the natural landscape. With an extensive exhibition history across Australia, Europe and the US, Wright’s distinctive work has attracted an international audience of admirers and collectors, positioning her as one of the country’s leading landscape artists. Wright underwent formal training in Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts, and holds a BA (Honours) in Textile Design from RMIT, Melbourne. She is currently represented in Victoria by Brunswick Street Gallery.
