WHAT IS REVERIE?

Reverie is an event marking the collective debut of nine of Queensland’s finest emerging artists, each presenting an individual body of work created specifically for this exhibition.

The artists have worked closely for years as painters and educators, and now step forward to present distinct bodies of work that reflect their individual voices, practices, and ways of seeing. Unified by a shared commitment to representational art, each artist responds to their own source of inspiration, revealing individual stories that define each artist’s practice.

Reverie is a free, ticketed exhibition with limited capacity.

The exhibition will run across seven session times over Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March.

Location: Luma Space, 12/13 Kayleigh Drive, Buderim.

Bookings are essential. Please reserve your place below.

Meet the artists:

"Thin Spaces" by

Grace Bentley

Thin Spaces is a body of work exploring people and places through small-scale paintings that investigate how light is captured and reflected. Grace works directly onto bright copper panels, allowing areas of the surface to remain exposed so the surrounding light activates and animates the work.

As light shifts, the paintings subtly change, creating an uncanny sense of movement and presence. This body of work sits at the intersection of material and observation, using reflective surfaces to heighten the relationship between artwork, environment, and viewer. 

"Overflow" by

Lauren Horton

Held together by palette, gesture, and rhythm rather than subject matter, Overflow is a small, connected body of work designed to sit in quiet conversation. While each painting can stand alone, the works are intended to be experienced alongside one another.

Moving between still life, landscape, skyscape, and moments from everyday life, the series explores the shift between the intimate and the expansive. A repeated use of stripes runs through the paintings as a visual thread, offering places for the eye to pause without forcing uniformity. Colour and mark-making extend beyond the canvas and onto the frame, allowing the edge of the painting to become part of the work itself. Created with domestic spaces in mind, the series is intended to live quietly within everyday environments.

"Passing Through" by

Neil Wilkinson

Passing Through focuses on architectural urban spaces and the experience of moving through them. High-rise buildings and city environments are explored by breaking down exaggerated perspectives into simplified shapes, while retaining a sense of recognition.

Influenced by Edward Hopper and the gestural abstraction of Richard Diebenkorn, the work balances structure with expressive mark-making. Drawing from photos captured during travel and everyday outings, the series reflects a personal observation of space, scale, and movement within the urban environment.

"Dust and Memories" by

Callum O'Shea

Shaped by western nostalgic themes, Dust and Memories draws on the emotional pull of the past. Old photographs serve as reference points, with memory and sentiment guiding explorations of longing, reflection, and moments that once were.

Monochromatic palettes, textured surfaces, and expressive mark-making allow each work to evoke feeling rather than fixed narrative. The series invites the viewer to connect through shared memory, offering space for both joy and melancholy as reflections on change, time, and personal experience.

"Admiration" by

Rachelle Kavanagh

A figurative exploration of expression, posture, and human reaction, Admiration is driven by an interest in subtle physical cues. The crinkle of a forehead, the curve of a back, the weight of a stance, gestures that reveal emotional states and inner experience.

In each work, the viewer is invited not only to see a figure, but to observe them responding to their space. The quiet wonder of people watching shapes the work, allowing emotions such as admiration, awe, curiosity, wonder, and intrigue to guide each scene. The series creates a calm, reflective space, offering moments of stillness and emotional connection.

"In — Blue" by

Caitlin Jeffs

Shaped by attentiveness to small, everyday moments,
In — Blue is grounded in lived experience and the act of slowing down. The works draw inspiration from moments that bring a sense of presence, reflection, and quiet joy.

The series reflects the rhythms of daily life and the importance of noticing. Rather than describing moments exactly as they appeared, each piece is a response to how those moments felt, inviting the viewer into a gentle, emotional experience of everyday life.

"Feast" by

Cassi Skinner

Feast is a body of work inspired by family, food, and the act of sharing a meal. Cassi draws from memories of cooking, gathering, and dining together, capturing the movement, sounds, and generosity that unfold around a busy kitchen and dining table.

This body of work reflects moments of connection, hands reaching, conversations overlapping, empty plates, and full hearts. Through rich colour palettes and loose, moving strokes, the works explore the emotional atmosphere of shared meals, celebrating the warmth, intimacy, and exchange that occur when food is created and shared.

"ROAM" BY

BETTY MCKAY

Centred on horses and the qualities that shape their nature, Roam is guided by close observation of everyday behaviour. The work explores how horses exist within a herd, respond to one another, and interact with their environment, approaching them as living, breathing sculptures — powerful, graceful, and present. Soft, loose edges and expressive brushwork prioritise atmosphere and movement, allowing forms to emerge and dissolve within the paint. Guided by light drawn from golden hour and early morning, and informed by rural landscapes and lived experience, the series reflects a quiet attentiveness to place, memory, and movement.

"Grounded" by

Shyanne Clarke

Inspired by quiet moments within the natural world, Grounded is a landscape-based body of work drawn from the Australian bush, coastline, and expansive skies. The work focuses on places that invite stillness, reflection, and reverie. Through layered surfaces and intuitive mark-making, atmosphere, memory, and mood are explored, with particular attention given to the relationship between light and shadow. The raw, imperfect nature of charcoal allows the work to capture both the weight and resilience of the land, inviting the viewer to slow down, pause, and spend time within a quiet moment of the landscape.