DRAWING SESSIONS

5 September - 13 September, 2025

This body of work is a return to instinct. In these still life floral pieces, I’ve let go of the need for precision and control, allowing emotion, movement and colour to guide the process. Leaning in to the Japanese concepts of wabi-sabi and Ikebana, I’ve focused on embracing imperfect brushstrokes, honouring the beauty of natural imperfections. Instead of refining every detail, I’ve leaned into loose forms, raw marks and fleeting impressions. Working with oil sticks and gestural lines, these paintings capture the essence of familiar still life subjects in a new, more intuitive way. It’s about instinct over precision, and feeling over formality

Prudence DeMarchi is a Newcastle-based artist known for her expressive floral and abstract paintings that celebrate colour, form, and the emotional resonance of nature. With a Fine Art degree and a practice spanning over a decade, her work has become a recognisable fixture in Australian interiors, art spaces, and design collaborations. Her florals are instantly identifiable—joyful, layered, and full of movement—capturing not just how flowers look, but how they feel.

Opening reception: 5 September, 2025 6pm - 8pm
On view: 5-13 September, 2025

Location: Wester Gallery 39 Bolton St, Newcastle

Free Entry

My art practice is storytelling, communicating things that move me, exploring relationships, memories, moments with my children, my environment, and how ultimately these shared human experiences connect us to each other. 

Ambiguous forms and shapes ask questions of the viewer and invite conversations rather than simply providing answers, I seek to create an emotional response, a feeling, entirely dependent on personal perspective and experience. Colours are juxtaposed to create a sense of shift and movement, my materials interact as thoughts and sensations almost beyond control, it is never clear where the painting is leading or how it will resolve until suddenly it arrives at its conclusion. 

This body of work is a response to finding my way back to myself since becoming a mother. Taking time out from my career to focus on raising my children was an important and deeply rewarding experience, but it left me feeling somewhat invisible to the world. Becoming Visible celebrates my sacrifices and my children, but also my re-emergence into the art world and back to the person I was before. 

Eira is a UK born artist based in Newcastle NSW, she holds a first class honours degree in Contemporary Applied Arts from Trinity St David University, an Art foundation diploma from City of Bath College, and has exhibited extensively around the UK and Australia. Recently she has been a finalist in the Mini Series Art Prize 2025 at Corner Store Gallery, a finalist in The Hunter Emerging Art Prize 2025, The Leda Art Prize 2024, and The Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize 2024. Becoming Visible is Eira's fourth solo exhibition. 

Opening reception: 19 September, 2025 6pm - 8pm
On view: 19 - 27 September, 2025

Location: Wester Gallery39 Bolton St, Newcastle

Free Entry