Natalie Lavelle: In the Making

Raised in Hervey Bay, this is Natalie Lavelle’s first major exhibition on the Fraser Coast and the first survey of her practice to date.

In the Making captures the evolving artistic practice of Brisbane-based artist Natalie Lavelle, bringing together early experiments in abstraction and colour field painting with large scale monochromes and new works that expand into spatial installation.

This exhibition distils Lavelle’s interest in the formal language of painting, using colour, form and texture to create a meditative space for the viewer. While laden with art-historical references, Lavelle’s work draws on the powerful immediacy and sensuousness of paint on canvas.

Washes of colour in limited palettes create shifting depths on the surface of the canvas, destabilising our spatial perception. Geometric forms rendered by hand retain the artists’ touch, creating a poetic gesture in abstract form. Through her highly refined artistic language, Lavelle’s work valorises the sensory and embodied nature of painting, for both artist and viewer.

Raised in Hervey Bay, this is Natalie Lavelle’s first major exhibition on the Fraser Coast and the first survey of her practice to date.


Image: Natalie Lavelle, Untitled (Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue), 2020, oil on Italian linen, 213cm x 168cm. Photo: Marc Pricop. Courtesy of Stable Artspace.