{"title":"'Evolving' | Ann Thomson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13 October – 14 November\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARTIST TALK \u0026amp; OPENING: Saturday 17 October, 2:30 - 4:30pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eMitchell Fine Art is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by acclaimed Australian artist Ann Thomson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eAnn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e“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.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e - Ann Thomson (Artist Profile Magazine 2016).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 18.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 13.5pt; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003eAnn Thomson has won a number of prizes, including the Wynne Prize, Kedumba Drawing Prize, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003eand major commissions include Australia Felix, the central sculptural installation at the 1992 World Expo in Seville.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003eHer 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 18.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 13.5pt; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk47950824;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mitchellfineartgallery.com\/collections\/ann-thomson\" title=\"Ann Thomson Exhibition, Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIEW MORE ANN THOMSON WORKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/7049\/7854\/collections\/ann-thomson-exhibition-art.jpg?v=1788317364","url":"https:\/\/mitchellfineartgallery.com\/de\/collections\/ann-thomson-exhibition-2026.oembed","provider":"Mitchell Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}