Northbrook Creek, Flowing Clear (2022) Painting by Brett Buckley

I’m inspired by the stunning nature around me, the rainforests and bushland, seasides and waterways around Brisbane and further afield. Not just the big and showy places, but also the intimate little corners that many people drive or walk past, perhaps unaware of their hidden beauty. I aim to expose the roadsides and paths, the swamps and streams, the little places with open hearts.

A few years back I learned to tame the unpredictable nature of watercolour via hundreds of disposable, out-of-control experiments, until I was eventually working with it instead of struggling against it. But I always found the under-glass presentation of watercolour intrusive and constricting. Acrylics have allowed me to get bigger and bolder. I use that same experimental approach so I’m always learning with every project. 

I will always keep experimenting, learning, and making sense of the world through my personal art, and I’m excited to offer some of the pieces here in the hope you’ll enjoy them too. 

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• Nationality: AUSTRALIA
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Contemporary Australian Artists