Exhibitions

Shari Nye’s practice is rooted in a sustained engagement with the natural environment. Encounters with diverse landscapes, often through field trips and direct observation, provide the foundation for her work.

Another view also refers to many views and ways of seeing the land. My view of one place can change, and I can paint different views of the one location depending on what I focus in on.

Inspired by Australia's diverse landscape and a field trip to Fowlers Gap NSW

“The land has an energy that I feel, and this is what I am interested in expressing in my painting along with my own sense of adventure in the act of painting,” Nye said. “For me, the bush has a feeling to it, one that connects me with a wildness and freedom of adventure, “There is something magical about translating what I feel and sense onto a canvas with paint, building a story with layers and texture"

My work currently, is responding to the landscape I live in and explore. Having spent most of my adult life living in Melbourne I am now inspired by the ancient coastline and land of southwest Victoria. I hope to capture an essence of this country. I work mainly in my studio working from photos I’ve taken along with field studies that I have done onsite. I constantly have my breath taken away by the sheer beauty of this country. My work is often semi abstracted, I feel I can express more this way.