Michelle Ball, Banjo’s Neighbour: Orange

Oil on board, 30x25cm unframed ready to hang

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Michelle Ball is an Australian contemporary artist known for her paintings based on themes of history and care for the Australian bush. 

Ball studied art and film making before beginning her career as a creative director in publishing, but has always painted.

At a young age Ball was influenced by her great aunt, painter Edith Priscilla King, whose subjects were landscapes and still life. When Ball lived and worked in New York she studied watercolour with Robert Schefman, took classes at the Art Students League and was influenced by the vibrant art scene of the 1980s.

“I was living in New York when I decided I needed to bring up my young family where I grew up - on the edge of a National Park in Australia. Now, several decades later, I’m so glad I made the move as it is this natural environment that informs my work on a daily basis.

As I walk the local tracks and work in the community bush care group, I’m constantly struck by the beauty of the Australian beauty - and its fragility. Our wildflowers and endangered birds are globally unrecognised and it is this that drives me to paint and share. It is that possibility of a new story that moves me.

I see that we are all small parts of a whole. We adapt and are forever evolving. I cannot help but be influenced by situations, people and places around me and this observation makes for an ongoing story”.

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Artwork is available for collection or shipping after the closing date of the exhibition, February 22nd 2025.

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