Michelle Hiscock: Modern take on landscapes
Michelle Hiscock’s latest collection of evocative artworks is on display until November 1 at Australian Galleries in Sydney’s Paddington.
Michelle Hiscock’s latest collection of evocative artworks, depicting Australian locations such as NSW’s Shoalhaven River, Elkington Park in Sydney’s Balmain and Observatory Hill, as well as European vistas from the lakes of Italy to Rome’s temples and ancient tombs, is on display until November 1 at Australian Galleries in Sydney’s Paddington.
Created across several years of drawing and painting from life, Hiscock’s work captures the movement and mood of the environment through her subtle use of colour, exploring the “traditions of classical landscape from a contemporary perspective”.
Extending into portraiture, Hiscock was a finalist in this year’s Portia Geach Memorial Award at Sydney’s SH Ervin Gallery for her work Fixing the Broken Nightingale, a portrait of poet Richard James Allen named after his most recent collection of poems.
She trained at the Canberra School of Art and is known for her lectures and masterclasses at the Adelaide Central School of Art, the National Art School in Sydney and the Art Gallery of NSW.
