Kategorie: 'Evolving' | Ann Thomson
13 October – 14 November 2026
ARTIST TALK & OPENING: Saturday 17 October, 2:30 - 4:30pm
Mitchell Fine Art is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by acclaimed Australian artist Ann Thomson.
Ann Thomson, a Brisbane-born artist whose career spans more than six decades, presents Evolving, a new body of paintings exploring colour, gesture, texture, memory and place.
Her practice, primarily abstraction, is intuitive mark-making and a distinctive use of colour creating works that evoke the sensation and memory of landscape rather than simply depicting it. Thomson's paintings emerge from decades of experience, memory and intuitive exploration.
“To paint a specific subject is just not my way of working. I have to be more open. It’s like opening another door that is to do with trust, it’s to do with memory, and having the knowledge that when you start painting the creative process begins. Too much thinking about it gets in the way.” - Ann Thomson (Artist Profile Magazine 2016).
Ann Thomson has won a number of prizes, including the Wynne Prize, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and major commissions include Australia Felix, the central sculptural installation at the 1992 World Expo in Seville.
Her work is included in many collections such as Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Parliament House and the Queensland Art Gallery.