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Outside In
                                                                                                                                                 Outside In is a vibrant exhibition that reflects our founding vision
                                                                                                     “The art really lifts                       to provide those in our care with a connection from the hospital to

                                                                                                     the spirit of the                           the outside world. Art works provide opportunities for reflection and
                                                                                                                                                 contemplation, and engage memory and recognition, inspiration and
                                                                                                     hospital”                                   motivation.

                                                                                                                                             This year across both St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and Holy
                                                                                                     Spirit Northside Private Hospital, 43 artists and groups are exhibiting art works reflecting the Outside In
                                                                                                     theme, through depicting encounters with people, places and experiences beyond the hospital itself.

                                                                                                     In 2018, over 600 artworks will be loaned from 43 artists and groups for exhibition throughout St Vincent’s
                                                                                                     Private Hospital Brisbane and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital.

                                                                                                     We encourage sales of these art works and a 20% commission will help us develop our Arts Program further.
                                                                                                     If you are interested in purchasing an art work, please visit our main reception.

                                                                                                     For further information on our Arts Program, or if you are interested in exhibiting in future,
                                                                                                     please contact Fiona Forrest, Arts Program Curator, at fiona.forrest@svha.org.au

                                                                                                     St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital are part of the St Vincent’s Health Australia group.

                                                                                                     As a Catholic healthcare service we bring God’s love to those in need through the healing ministry of Jesus.

                                                                                                     We are committed to providing compassionate and innovative care, enabling hope for those we service, especially those who are
                                                                                                     poor or vulnerable. We draw on the talents of our people and collaborate with others who share our vision and values.

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Artists and exhibition locations
                                                                                                                                          St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane
                                                                                                                                          Block 1, January to July 2018         Location                                          Block 2, July 2018 to January 2019
                                                                                                                                          Lynette Tilt (February to June)                                                         Lesley Kendall (June to September)
                                                                                                                                                                                Ground floor entrance corridor                    Kim Herringe
                                                                                                                                          Tony Walker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Joe Ruckli (October to January 2019)

                                    O
                                               utside In is a unique art exhibition program that generates a distinctive welcome          Wendy Bennett                                                                           Lizzie Connor
                                               to our hospitals. Partnership with over 40 artists ensures that public spaces and                                                Floor 1, rehabilitation and
                                                                                                                                          Terry Memory                                                                            Perrin Millard
                                               wards in our hospitals are transformed with exhibitions of original artwork. This year                                           Chapel corridor
                                               has seen the expansion of Outside In exhibitions into Holy Spirit Northside Private        Geraldine Wheeler                                                                       Cielle van Vuuren
                                     Hospital, building on four successful years of the program at St Vincent’s Private Hospital          Beatrice Prost                        Floor 2, general medicine                         Gabi Mika Mc-Naughton
                                     Brisbane.
                                                                                                                                          Debbie Mack                                                                             Roslyn Howse
                                     The art exhibitions enliven the hospital environment and bring beauty, colour and vibrancy.
                                     Importantly, the art invites the viewer to engage a greater sense of well-being through the                                                Floor 3, palliative care                          Cecily Slade
                                                                                                                                          Graham W. Smith F.R.Q.A.S.
                                     inspiration it offers.                                                                                                                                                                       Susan Wishart

                                     Our theme Outside In aims to bring depictions from the outside world into the hospital,              Tricia Reust                                                                            Jennis Ardern
                                     enabling patients to connect with their own experience and memory of natural beauty in their                                               Floor 4, medical
                                                                                                                                          Terri Vidler                                                                            Felicity Clarke
                                     motivation and recovery to health. Outside In continues to create a dynamic environment for
                                     healing and the program of changing exhibitions provides new interest for patients and staff.        Tiffany Warner                        Floor 5, pain management                          Nicola Duncan

                                     Outside In artists understand the contribution of their art to the healing of our patients and       Tony Walker                           Floor 6, interim care                             Logan Artist’s Association
                                     well-being of staff and visitors, and generously share their creativity with us. I would like to                                           Floor 8, Brisbane Centre for Pain
                                     thank each of the artists that contribute to our hospital by loaning their artwork for exhibition.   addSALT: Jennii Gould and Kate Bray                                                     Stewart Free
                                                                                                                                                                                Management
                                     As you visit our hospitals, I encourage you to explore and enjoy the richness of the
                                     exhibitions.

                                                                                                                                          Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
                                                                                                                                          Block 1, January to July 2018         Location                                          Block 2, July 2018 to January 2019
                                                                                                                                          Cathy Gilday                                                                            Lindsay Farrell
                                     Daniele Doyle                                                                                        Donna Henery                          Ground floor, Ward GA
                                     Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                      Abramo Papp
                                                                                                                                          Sandra Pearce
                                     Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
                                     St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane                                                               Maxwell Butler                        Ground floor corridor                             Helle Cooke
                                                                                                                                          Fiona Paterson
                                                                                                                                                                                Floor 1, Ward 1C                                  Kirsty Kennedy
                                                                                                                                          Anne Yang
                                                                                                                                          Vanessa Bertagnole                    Floor 1, corridor                                 Anne-Louise Ciel

                                                                                                                                          Wendy Rix                                                                               Paula Payne
                                                                                                                                                                                Floor 2, outside Intensive Care Unit
                                                                                                                                          (January to August)                                                                     (September to January 2019)

                                                                                                                                          Kay Watanabe                          Floor 2, entrance corridor                        Jennifer Hudson

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Lynette Tilt
                                                                                                     Lynette Tilt is a Brisbane-based artist creating stylised
                                                                                                     artworks and jewellery inspired by both natural and man-
                                                                                                     made environments. Her current focus is on movement and
                                                                                                     change within the environment. Her stylistic paintings border
                                                                                                     at times on abstract and are reflected in her jewellery.

                                                                                                     Lyne is also the creator and operator of LyneArt Designs and
                                                                                                     has her work in a variety of locations including Brisbane,
                                                                                                     Dayborough and Mt Tamborine.

                                                                                                     It is her hope that her artwork brings joy and inspiration to
                                                                                                     those who view it. Lyne regularly shares her artwork and
                                                                                                     progress via Instagram and Facebook and would love to

     St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane
                                                                                                     engage with you there.

                                                                                                     instagram: lynetiltart_lyneartdesigns
                                                                                                     facebook: LyneArtDesigns

     Block 1, 2018

                                                                                                                                                                             Exhibition location: ground floor, entrance corridor

                                                                                                     Tony Walker
                                                                                                     Tony Walker’s expressive style in watercolour and acrylic
                                                                                                     inks on paper and canvas is interpretive, going beyond
                                                                                                     impressionism to explore spirit, mood and the character
                                                                                                     beneath the surface of the landscape or figurative subject.

                                                                                                     Tony travels widely on ‘en plein air’ painting trips and to
                                                                                                     participate in Urban Sketchers’ events in cities worldwide.
                                                                                                     He is represented in galleries in Australia and overseas. Most
                                                                                                     recent awards include: Best Watercolour Brisbane Rotary
                                                                                                     Art Spectacular 2017; first prizes RQAS Brisbane ‘Town
                                                                                                     and Country’ exhibition June 2016; Watercolour Society
                                                                                                     Qld Annual Exhibition 2015; and, selected to exhibit his
                                                                                                     watercolour painting in the prestigious FabrianoInAquarello
                                                                                                     exhibition in Fabriano, Italy, in May 2018.

                                                                                                     He provides workshops in ‘Expressive Watercolour’ and
                                                                                                     ‘Urban Sketch’ (pen/acrylic ink) periodically at venues in
                                                                                                     Brisbane.

                                                                                                     www.tonywalker.com.au
                                                                                                     facebook: tonywalkerartist

                                                                                                                                                                             Exhibition location: ground floor and floor six, Interim Aged Care

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Wendy Bennett                                                      Geraldine Wheeler
                                                                               Wendy’s work is based on her photography and sketching             Geraldine Wheeler is a retired minister of the Uniting
                                                                               during walks in nature, the everyday and travelling. She           Church in Australia who has been using images as visual
                                                                               looks for interesting trees, collections of leaves, reflections,   interpretation of scripture to complement preaching and
                                                                               water and abstract forms. What she notices in everyday             teaching in words and as a means of entering into prayer
                                                                               life can be something everyone will walk by unnoticed. It          and meditation for several decades.
                                                                               surprises the viewer of her work, as they may take no notice
                                                                               of some frozen weeds at the side of the road with beautiful        For this exhibition, Geraldine presents a range of her
                                                                               green and purple crystalline hues.                                 gouache stencil paintings on black Stonehenge paper. Some
                                                                                                                                                  draw upon visits to various places in parts of Europe, whilst
                                                                               The rest of Wendy’s work comes from her intuition and              others are part of a series based upon flora – “Patterns
                                                                               emotions when viewing the world and struggling with her            of Petals”. Another piece depicts Jesus healing blind
                                                                               son’s disability, which she feels has given her more insight       Bartimaeus, originally created for a Catholic Education
                                                                               into what art can do for the artist and the viewer. Wendy can      Lenten study book and then hung in the prayer room at
                                                                               look at the mundane and turn it into a work of art, and see        Stillpoint for some years.
                                                                               beauty in everyday scenes.
                                                                                                                                                  Geraldine has drawn, painted and made prints from school
                                                                               Wendy was born in London, UK, but has lived in Australia           days, studying art at high school and taking adult classes
                                                                               most of her life. After attending a special art high school        with artists such as Clem Forbes, Wim de Vos and Michael
                                                                               in Western Australia, she studied graphic design at Curtin         Winters. She is three times winner of the Maleny Art Awards
                                                                               University, and worked in advertising.                             Christian Theme section and is founder/co-ordinator of
                                                                                                                                                  the ecumenical group of artists in South East Queensland,               Exhibition location: floor one, Chapel and link corridor
                                                                               Aspiring to be an artist from a young age, for last twenty         “Visionaries”.
                                                                               years Wendy has been creating art while being a mother to
                                                                               twins. Wendy has worked in health for the last 14 years in         Her Ph. D. thesis (ACU 2004) examined the possibilities for
                                                                               children’s hospitals.                                              the role of visual art within the theological understanding of
                                                                                                                                                  the Reformed Tradition of Christianity.
Exhibition location: floor one, Rehabilitation                                 facebook: wendybennettartist
                                                                               instagram: wendybennettartist

                                                                               Terry Memory                                                       Beatrice Prost
                                                                               Terry Memory is a Brisbane-based photographer who                  French born Australian artist, Beatrice is creating poetic
                                                                               is primarily interested in capturing either ideological            images in her studio tucked in the Noosa hinterland. From
                                                                               contradictions and ambiguities or natural beauty and form,         an engineering career as a geophysicist working for an
                                                                               often in a visually diffused manner. The subject matter for        international corporation she decided to release her inner-
                                                                               his work is wide, but typically genres include landscape, still    creative voice and call Australia home.
                                                                               life and figuration (human form). He is particularly interested
                                                                               in, and drawn to, the monochromatic pictorialist style that        Starting less than a decade ago, her practice is twofold.
                                                                               dates from 1890-1920 and alternative printing processes            She paints large aerial views of our planet to the point of
                                                                               such as platinum and palladium printing.                           abstraction. Her works are gestural, textural and energetic
                                                                                                                                                  as she interacts with mixed media layers using wet-on-wet
                                                                               With respect to colour imagery, Terry is drawn to modern           techniques on her canvasses on the floor.
                                                                               concepts portrayed in a painterly style. Thus, for his still
                                                                               life and figurative work he seeks to contrast ideological          The other side of her practice is to hand carve in her unique
                                                                               contradictions, via subject matter, with emotional                 way her own original images of the Australian nature
                                                                               overtones created via the chosen aesthetic style. Likewise,        she resonates with. Carving lines and making marks in a
                                                                               for landscape works, he finds the combination of the               subtractive, erosive motion on rag paper requires a detailed
                                                                               pictorialist style with colour philosophically interesting         meditative precision. Beatrice opens up the narration, the
                                                                               and aesthetically pleasing. A logical extension of these           poesy and the music of each of her original pieces. Her
                                                                               photographic styles is complete abstraction.                       language refers to a wide range of universal marks found
                                                                                                                                                  on topographic maps, tattoos, embroidery, lines and dot
                                                                               For Outside In, Terry has assembled a collection of                painting, lino carving techniques and more.
                                                                               landscape and still life flower captures which vary in
                                                                               style from realistic to painterly and through to complete          With those irreversible unique mark makings, Beatrice
                                                                               abstraction. All the images use natural light and were shot        releases the raw surface from the ink to weave the stories
                                                                               on location throughout Japan, New Zealand, Tasmania and            captured into the images. Each of those marks is a new
                                                                               Queensland.                                                        shard of light. She bridges the digital with the artist manual
                                                                                                                                                  touch in a unique way. Her artworks are all originals and               Exhibition location: floor two, general medical
Exhibition location: floor one, Rehabilitation
                                                                                                                                                  collected in hospitals, council and private collections.

                                                                                                                                                  www.beatriceprost.com

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Debbie Mack                                                     Tricia Reust
                                                                               Debbie moves slowly and listens to the land, feels her          Much of Tricia’s work has a consistent Australian theme,
                                                                               energy and rhythm. She observes the colours and moods           being representations of Australian landscape, flora and
                                                                               as they are slowly revealed to her. Debbie’s paintings are      fauna.
                                                                               about interpreting these emotions and observations as she
                                                                               immerses herself in the landscape.                              Tricia creates her work through layers of collage and texture,
                                                                                                                                               including text, which give depth and visual message in the
                                                                               Debbie is dedicated to plein air painting and sketching         works. Through this technique she invites speculation and
                                                                               from life, and this process underpins all of her work. There    contemplation from the viewer, through extending the time
                                                                               is an unpredictability in working ‘en plein air’ that infuses   they spend with each artwork.
                                                                               the artwork with energy and tension. This is what she loves
                                                                               most about the process.                                         Tricia attended the Newcastle Art School for over two years,
                                                                                                                                               holds a Basic Art Certificate from the Art Instruction School
                                                                               She is constantly gathering views, flashes of moments and       in Minnesota, USA, and is a graduate with Distinction from
                                                                               imagery, and assembles her memories into simple and             the Open College of the Arts, Queensland.
                                                                               emotional interpretations of the beauty that surrounds her.
                                                                                                                                               Tricia exhibits regularly in regional shows and competitions,
                                                                               Debbie hopes her work will catch your eye and make              since moving to Queensland from Michigan in 1987. She
                                                                               you think differently about the scene, and perhaps, about       is active in the art community, coordinated the Redcliffe
                                                                               painting.                                                       Regional Youth Art Awards with artist and friend John
                                                                                                                                               Robinson (1997-2007) and was the inaugural Chair of the
                                                                               Debbie has exhibited widely in Queensland, recently as part     Scarborough Fair Arts Association Inc. Tricia teaches, and
                                                                               of the Lethbridge 10000 Art Awards as a Gallery Exhibition      presents workshops throughout Australia and overseas.
                                                                               Finalist, the RNA Exhibition, Brookfield Show, Percolator
                                                                               Gallery and the State Library of Queensland’s “Peace and        She is a Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Australia
                                                                               Quiet Exhibition”. She has also exhibited in the U.S. at the    (PSA) Inc. and a member of Artists in Redcliffe; Redcliffe Art
                                                                               Brooklyn Art Library and Artbox Project Miami 1.0.              Society; Visionaries; and the Moreton Bay Arts Council.
Exhibition location: floor three, Palliative Care                                                                                                                                                                       Exhibition location: floor four, general medical
                                                                               www.debbiemack.com                                              www.triciareust.com
                                                                                                                                               www.ozpastels.com
                                                                                                                                               www.colourinyourlife.com.au

                                                                               Graham W. Smith                                                 Terri Vidler
                                                                               F.R.Q.A.S. Master Pastellist                                    Terri Vidler was born in Brisbane and spent many happy
                                                                                                                                               weekends and holidays visiting the Gold Coast and
                                                                               Graham’s main oeuvre is landscapes and seascapes, but in        Sunshine Coast as a child.
                                                                               the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize his oil painting
                                                                               of “Silver Steve” was one of 200 semi-finalists out of 1200     She has a great love for classic Queenslander style homes
                                                                               entries Australia wide.                                         – and the simple retro fibro beach houses at the Coast – a
                                                                                                                                               natural topic for her painting today and her most popular
                                                                               He has held workshops in Queensland, New South Wales,           artwork with art buyers.
                                                                               South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, and has
                                                                               tutored at the Regional galleries of Bundaberg, Tweed River     Terri’s preference is for stylised paintings – done in bright
                                                                               and Bunbury. He has contributed over 17 tutorial articles       happy colours. They are not painted on site or from
                                                                               as well as 60 monthly “Art Tips” columns for the Australian     photographs but are imagined places using various favourite
                                                                               Artist magazine. His TV programme “Arts Masterclass”,           home styles familiar to her. For Terri, it’s about the colours,
                                                                               shown over 12 episodes on Briz 31, was seen in Brisbane,        memories and charm of these houses.
                                                                               Sydney and Melbourne, and he also ran a twice weekly Art        Remember ‘clothes prop’ clothes lines in backyards? Old
                                                                               Tips segment on Bay FM radio, Brisbane. His work is in the      fashioned water tanks on timber stumps? How about cheap
                                                                               collection of the Sunshine Coast Regional Gallery and Pine      and cheerful holidays in little fibro weekenders at the Coast?
                                                                               Rivers Gallery.                                                 Some of these houses still survive, but they are disappearing
                                                                               In 2004 he became a Master Pastellist with the Pastel           quickly... for ‘progress’. Ah… memories!
                                                                               Society of Australia, and the Pastel Society of America in      Terri loves it when an art buyer connects with one of her
                                                                               New York awarded him a scholarship in 2005. In 2015 the         paintings. “I always hope they get as much enjoyment from
                                                                               Royal Queensland Art Society awarded him a Fellowship to        them as I do from creating them”, she says.
                                                                               the Society and he has created over 2750 works across all
                                                                               mediums and judged many art shows. In 2018 his work will        Terri is a member of Art St. and more of her art can be seen
Exhibition location: floor three, Palliative Care                              be exhibited in Fabriano, Italy.                                at www.artst.com.au                                                      Exhibition location: floor four, general medical

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Tiffany Warner
                                                                               Most of Tiffany’s photography is shot in and around the
                                                                               Redland area, and she feels very fortunate to have found
                                                                               this magical place since moving from Melbourne in 2010.
                                                                               She enjoys the bayside and bushy lifestyle, full of amazing
                                                                               flora and fauna which makes for a wonderful backdrop for
                                                                               portraits, landscapes and the amazing Wellington Point
                                                                               sunsets.

                                                                               Tiffany has won awards for her work through Scattered
                                                                               Arts, Light Space and Time, and has had work published
                                                                               by Redland City Council, Redland City Bulletin, Weekend
                                                                               Notes, and the Bureau of Meteorology. She has also had
                                                                               extensive exposure via numerous social media platforms via

                                                                                                                                                 St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane
                                                                               Tourism Australia, Tourism Queensland, Northern Territory
                                                                               Australia and 612ABC Brisbane.

                                                                               In 2017 she obtained a Diploma in Fine Art Photography
                                                                               and exhibited at the Ekka Queensland Show, Nundah Art

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Block 2, 2018
                                                                               Show, produced the annual Wellington Point Calendar, as
                                                                               well as presenting her first Outside In exhibition.

Exhibition location: floor five, pain management

                                                                               addSALT
                                                                               Jennii Gould and Kate Bray are two Brisbane-based artists
                                                                               who aim to bring zest, pattern, colour and vibrancy through
                                                                               their artwork. Their joint exhibition addSALT brings together
                                                                               the far away Italian shores and the closer shorelines of
                                                                               Redlands Bay and North Stradbroke Island. Mingling the
                                                                               vibrancy, colours, patterns and the rhythm of all things salty.
                                                                               Fishing villages, days at the beach, fish and chips, seagulls
                                                                               and walks by the ocean.

                                                                               In their artwork the viewer might find a safe place to
                                                                               connect, explore and even escape into another world. They
                                                                               hope that memories might be triggered that hark back to
                                                                               times of freedom, fresh air, fun and familiarity.

                                                                               Jennii and Kate met at TAFE while studying for their
                                                                               Diploma of Fine Arts in 2013 and have since become firm
                                                                               friends, encouraging each other in their respective creative
                                                                               journeys.

                                                                               Jennii, a published children’s book author and illustrator,
                                                                               has a passion for interpreting and visually recording her
                                                                               immediate environment in delightful, unexpected, colourful,
                                                                               fun filled ways. Jennii’s addSALT work is vibrant and
                                                                               energetic, filled with life, movement, patterns and rhythm
                                                                               and invites the viewer to participate.

Exhibition location: floor eight, Brisbane Centre for Pain Management          Kate uses a variety of mediums and techniques drawing
                                                                               inspiration from the coastal environment of Redlands Bay
                                                                               and North Stradbroke Island.

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Lesley Kendall                                                   Kim Herringe
                                                                               Inspired by the natural world, Lesley Kendall creates            Printmaking is Kim’s passion. It is her respite. It is her
                                                                               artworks from what she sees around her.                          second love.

                                                                               In February, she completed a two-year residency at the Mt        Printmaking gives Kim a space of calming respite from a
                                                                               Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, where she used its rich diversity      culture of haste and automation. She loves combining the
                                                                               of plants and birds as her inspiration. She paints botanically   meditative craft of relief and intaglio printing with capturing
                                                                               inspired paintings.                                              the slower pace of life in the natural world as the subject
                                                                                                                                                of her work. In her experiences of nature and its translation
                                                                               Quiet, solitary walks in the garden are a central part           through the act of printmaking, she is reminded to be still
                                                                               of her creative process. Plants are seen as objects of           and present in daily life.
                                                                               contemplation.
                                                                                                                                                Kim is the wife of a contemporary war veteran and she
                                                                               This exhibition includes a series of paintings from this         feels that her printing practice gives her respite from the
                                                                               residency, which have been created using watercolours, ink       sometimes chaotic world of the PTSD that they both live
                                                                               and natural materials.                                           with and manage.
                                                                               www.lesleykendall.com                                            In a culture of haste and automation, the natural world
                                                                               instagram: #rustlingleaf                                         encourages us to be still and present. In a built and enclosed
                                                                               facebook: a year in the garden – les kendall                     environment, art can bring this natural world, its stillness and
                                                                                                                                                calming qualities, inside.                                                 Exhibition location: ground floor, entrance corridor

                                                                                                                                                Kim is a printmaker working with intaglio and relief
                                                                                                                                                printmaking, and letterpress. She is a member of Maleny
                                                                                                                                                Printmakers, Flying Arts, NAVA and Arts Connect Inc. This is
                                                                                                                                                her second Outside In exhibition, and she has also exhibited
                                                                                                                                                on the Sunshine Coast.
Exhibition location: ground floor, entrance corridor
                                                                                                                                                www.kimherringe.com.au

                                                                               Joe Ruckli                                                       Lizzie Connor
                                                                               Joe has long been drawn to the otherworldly quality of           Lizzie’s exhibition presents the happy times most of us have
                                                                               sunlight in Australia. Through it, the sidewalk becomes an       experienced at the beach, both as children and adults. From
                                                                               uncanny stage where characters momentarily emerge and            holidays and surfing safaris to newly discovered breaks,
                                                                               disappear under its radiance. Striking the cities windows        winter beach walks, and of course, beautiful summers’ days
                                                                               and walls, its cast both blinds and bathes the curb below.       at the beach.
                                                                               Directed only by chance and unfolding for a fleeting
                                                                               moment, Joe has waited for these anonymous protagonists          Enjoying a number of mediums, Lizzie uses acrylic, water
                                                                               to step into the spotlight during these flashes of luminous      colour, oil paint, and a range of drawing media – and taking
                                                                               intensity. With the rest of the city lost in shadow, each        from nature, she often incorporates elements from her
                                                                               character wanders into the unknown.                              environment for a more tactile mixed media experience.
                                                                                                                                                Painting in the colours of the ocean – blues, turquoises and
                                                                               For this exhibition, Joe creates a visual conduit between the    violets – Lizzie’s work promotes a feeling of calm, well-being,
                                                                               hospital and the city street beyond. He has captured the         relaxation and fun.
                                                                               vibrancy of the CBD that can be seen from a distance from
                                                                               the hospital grounds.                                            Originally from Sorrento in Victoria, Lizzie has lived in many
                                                                                                                                                places including Western Australia and the Coffs Harbour                   Exhibition location: floor one, Rehabilitation
                                                                               Joe is currently a PhD Candidate at the Queensland College       area, and now Mudjimba on the Sunshine Coast. Lizzie
                                                                               of Art, where he is also a sessional lecturer. As part of        is a professional artist with a diverse career comprising
                                                                               Joe’s doctoral research titled “The Lived Experience of the      numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as running
                                                                               Medical Encounter”, he is spending time with our patients        classes and workshops from her home studio and venues
                                                                               capturing how it feels to live a life (both temporarily or       around South East Queensland, and leading international
                                                                               indefinitely) dominated by medical practice. Through this        group tours and workshops.
                                                                               process Joe aims to give voice back to the patient through
                                                                               documentary storytelling.                                        Lizzie has a Bachelor of Art (Fine Arts) from Curtin University,
                                                                                                                                                W.A., and is a current member of the Australian Society of
                                                                               https://www.instagram.com/__skippy__/                            Marine Artists and Royal Queensland Art Society.
Exhibition location: ground floor, entrance corridor
                                                                                                                                                www.lizzieconnor.com.au

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Perrin Millard                                                      Gabi Mika-McNaughton
                                                                               Perrin’s art is influenced by observations made during a            Gabi is fascinated with the array of flowering trees and
                                                                               long standing nursing career - a recognition that when life         shrubs in our tropical Brisbane Spring and Summer. Some
                                                                               is at a low point the more we reflect on what holds value.          are not necessarily endemic to Brisbane, such as the
                                                                               When all that is superfluous falls away, the beauty of nature       Poinciana or Jacaranda, but seem permanently etched into
                                                                               seems to bring an element of peace. Drawing on historical           this beautiful city’s landscape.
                                                                               and contemporary art, Perrin looks at nature, landscapes,
                                                                               and humanist experiences, focusing on how light, colour,            These colourful flowers provide inspiration to Gabi’s new
                                                                               and images effect our emotions and our memories.                    body of work, shown for the first time in this Outside In
                                                                                                                                                   exhibition.
                                                                               In this exhibition, Perrin presents a study of the depth and
                                                                               atmosphere of sky and clouds. There is something unique             Gabi was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1963 into
                                                                               about the sky, as you look at centuries of its representation,      a family of painters and singers. She emigrated from New
                                                                               is it is one of the few things in the world that is holistically,   Zealand with her family to Australia to study fashion/textile
                                                                               predominately unchanged by the passage of time, yet it              design at the National Art School in 1980.
                                                                               changes minute by minute. This collapsing of time allows us
                                                                                                                                                   After a career in fashion, photography, and interior design, in
                                                                               to understand our place in the world.
                                                                                                                                                   2009 Gabi decided to concentrate on painting full time. She
                                                                               Perrin Millard has an evolving art career based on a decade         is a prolific painter and multi award- winning artist. In 2014
                                                                               of traditional art training followed by a visual art education      won ‘She’, an Australian national art prize for Women and
                                                                               at Queensland College of Art (QCA) Griffith, were she has           has been a finalist in many prestigious national and state art
                                                                               been awarded an Academic Excellence award in 2015 and               prizes.                                                                   Exhibition location: floor two, general medical
                                                                               2016. Perrin teaches art classes at Lilly-Lee Gallery and has
                                                                                                                                                   www.gabi-mikamcnaughton.com
                                                                               been actively involved in numerous exhibitions over the past
                                                                               decade, including two shows in 2018 at Percolator Gallery
                                                                               and POP Gallery.
Exhibition location: floor one, Chapel and link corridor
                                                                               www.perrinmillard.com

                                                                               Cielle van Vuuren                                                   Roslyn Howse
                                                                               Cielle is a Zimbabwean-Australian emerging visual artist            A nature lover since childhood Roslyn studied biology
                                                                               and art therapy student. She immigrated with her partner            and worked as an environmental scientist for 20 years in
                                                                               and son from Zimbabwe to Brisbane in 2008.                          Gladstone. Work included guiding industries and councils
                                                                                                                                                   to manage their impacts and research studies of mine site
                                                                               Settling into a new environment reignited her passion               impacts (Mt Morgan).
                                                                               for nature as place, a heritage from time spent in the
                                                                               Zimbabwean bush amplified by her experiences of                     Retiring to Brisbane in 2012 provided the opportunity to
                                                                               Queensland’s environment. Concern for and celebration of            indulge in painting. Jane James taught Marine Science at
                                                                               nature are key elements of Cielle’s recent work. She uses           the Brisbane Institute of Art and she was a huge inspiration.
                                                                               an experimental approach across printmaking, drawing,               Within six months of weekly lessons, paintings emerged
                                                                               eco-dyeing and new media; often engaging with visually              which provided great joy and pride. Roslyn hasn’t stopped
                                                                               seductive ephemeral materials like tea bags, silks and              painting since.
                                                                               thread.
                                                                                                                                                   Roslyn has regularly exhibited at Percolator Gallery, Aspire
                                                                               In this exhibition, Cielle presents her eco dyed silk works,        Gallery, RQAS and BIA since arriving in Brisbane. As a
                                                                               printmaking pieces and photographs. The beauty of                   member of ArtSt she has exhibited twice in the Art Space at
                                                                               leaves, flowers and delicacy of details such as spider              the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Prior to moving
                                                                               webs connects the works, providing an uplifting feeling as          to Brisbane, Roslyn had exhibited mosaic works, bead
                                                                               experienced in walking in the botanical gardens, in a forest,       sculptures and photographs at the Gladstone Art Gallery and
                                                                               or among community gardens.                                         Museum. Five entries were accepted for the annual Rio Tinto
                                                                                                                                                   Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards (2008 to 2016).                   Exhibition location: floor three, Palliative Care
                                                                               Since completing her Bachelor of Fine Art degree at
                                                                               Queensland College of Art, Cielle commenced postgraduate            This collection of paintings was chosen to represent
                                                                               studies in Art Therapy at the Miecat Institute, Melbourne.          Australian seascapes and landscapes. It is hoped that every
                                                                               She finds this enriching for her arts practice and personally,      patient will be able to say “I’ve been there!” to at least one of
                                                                               and subsequently desires to use art making processes and            these paintings. Just a couple of those big lovable animals
                                                                               group participation to enhance community connectivity               have wandered in for a visit.
Exhibition location: floor one, Rehabilitation                                 both interpersonally and to the natural environment.
                                                                                                                                                   www.artst.com.au/artist-roslyn-howse
                                                                                                                                                   instagram: @roslynhowseart

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Outside In exhibition catalogue 2018 - St Vincent's Private Hospital ...
Cecily Slade                                                       Jennis Ardern
                                                                               Cecily paints floral artwork from living flowers. Her paintings    Jennis Ardern is an emerging contemporary artist inspired by
                                                                               are built from many layers of oil paint, each one adding           nature. She explores themes of growth, transformation, and
                                                                               luminosity to the work. Strong contrasts, vibrant pure             the interconnectedness of people and their environments,
                                                                               transparent colour, intense detail and nuances of tone and         with a particular love for Queensland. Jennis focuses on
                                                                               light are a strong feature of Cecily’s work, as is a passion       hope and love of life and uses bold colours and flowing lines
                                                                               for good design as the basic structure on which the work is        to convey the complexity and richness of life and the human
                                                                               conceived.                                                         experience.

                                                                               Cecily makes art because something makes her heart sing            She says, “I believe as human beings we have an amazing
                                                                               and she is so entranced by the intricate beauty of it that         capacity to remake the world every time we open our eyes;
                                                                               she wants to make it part of herself. Her work is uplifting,       a complex network of senses, ideas and memories all come
                                                                               intensely focussed and very time consuming as she                  together to create meaning in each interaction with person,
                                                                               breathes life into it.                                             place or object. It is incredible that there are meanings for
                                                                                                                                                  one person that do not exist for anyone else in quite the
                                                                               When viewing these paintings you are invited to sink into          same way. And this is what brings my landscapes to life;
                                                                               the work, like a meditation, and open your heart to the            they are mixes of experiences layering upon each other and
                                                                               beauty and life energy captured within the bloom.                  all connected, memories and seasons out of order, the seed
                                                                                                                                                  and the tree together but all of it real. All of it meaningful.”
                                                                               Cecily has won three Special Merit Awards for ‘Light, Space
                                                                               and Time’ Online Gallery; Finalist in the Milburn Prize,           Jennis has exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout
                                                                               Brisbane Institute of Art (2017); 2nd prize winner of the ‘Still   Queensland since 2014 including: the Peace and Quiet
                                                                               Life and Florals’ in the Australian Artist Magazine (March         Exhibition at the Queensland State Library (2015-2016), as
                                                                               edition, 2016); and, Finalist in the Lethbridge 10000 (2016        a finalist in the Rotary Art Spectacular (2016) and the Darcy
                                                                               and 2014).                                                         Doyle Awards (2017).
                                                                               www.cecilyslade.com                                                www.jennisardern.com
Exhibition location: floor three, Palliative Care                                                                                                                                                                           Exhibition location: floor four, general medical
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                                                                               Susan Wishart                                                      Felicity Clarke
                                                                               Susan is a digital artist who creates art that is immersive,       For over 15 years, Felicity has been a soft sculpture and
                                                                               meditative and healing, as she works towards the                   mixed media artist, creating bespoke accessories and
                                                                               intersection where the mind is engaged but peaceful at the         artworks with needle felt and machine embroidery.
                                                                               same time.
                                                                                                                                                  Her artworks range from textile landscapes, art quilts, 3D
                                                                               The Subtle Energies in Nature comprises images shot in             stitched sketches on sheer organza, multi-layered mixed
                                                                               Queensland, with iconic landscapes such as Mt Cooroora             media figures and lighting.
                                                                               in Pomona, Gardners Falls in Maleny and Magnetic Island,
                                                                               alongside others from travels, connecting with nature in           Felicity’s primary inspiration comes from replicating images
                                                                               Melbourne and the United Kingdom. In creating her work             of nature and the world around us, using many non-
                                                                               she selects the photographic image, then manipulates,              traditional upcycled materials, along with recognisable
                                                                               draws and add filters and effects to create a visual.              fibres, textures and mediums in a 3d format.

                                                                               Based on subtle energies – states of mind such as intuition,       In recent times her work has also encompassed exploring
                                                                               dreams, visions and déjà vu – Susan attempts to recreate           internal landscapes of the mind and body, with work
                                                                               what is in her mind’s eye. In the process, it evolves, until       focusing on thermal and MRI imaging of the brain with PTSD
                                                                               she reaches a point where memory and image match.                  and other mental health imaging.

                                                                               Susan has a Bachelor of Media Arts from RMIT and a                 Felicity won the emerging artist award from Art From the
                                                                               Masters in Digital Art from University of the Arts London.         Margins in 2018, where she also volunteers, and was a
                                                                                                                                                  finalist in the RBWH Art Awards 2017. She has exhibited
                                                                               www.susanwishart.com                                               in diverse group exhibitions including with Art From
                                                                                                                                                  the Margins, Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland,
                                                                                                                                                  Grace Arts Events, Australian Textile and Surface Design
                                                                                                                                                  Association and the Queensland Spinners, Dyers, Weaver
                                                                                                                                                  and Fibre Artists.
Exhibition location: floor three, Palliative Care                                                                                                                                                                           Exhibition location: floor four, general medical
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Nicola Duncan                                                                                                             Logan Artists’
                                                                               Nicola is fascinated by nature’s design, particularly the
                                                                               infinite repetition with plants and flowers, and her digital                                                              Association
                                                                               work reflects these shapes and patterns found in nature.
                                                                               Nicola regards these shapes, patterns and colours of nature                                                               The Wednesday morning art participants at Logan Artists’
                                                                               to be healing, calming and inspirational.                                                                                 Association are a wonderfully eclectic group. They come
                                                                                                                                                                                                         from diverse backgrounds and have formed an extremely
                                                                               Nicola came to art later in life, after a cancer diagnosis                                                                friendly and supportive unit where everyone feels safe to
                                                                               in 2015. She found that when all else falls away and you                                                                  experiment and hone their artistic skills.
                                                                               spend time away from the world, time in rest and healing,
                                                                               you discover what is truly important.                                                                                     Artists all work on individual pieces in mediums of water
                                                                                                                                                                                                         colour, acrylic, oil, drawing and mixed media. It is truly a
                                                                               “As part of my healing, I allowed my creativity to come to                                                                delight to be part of this and to witness the development
                                                                               life – I thanked my inner critic for protecting me thus far,                                                              and experimentation of enthusiastic artists.
                                                                               but made it clear that I no longer needed such protection.
                                                                               I create for me first and foremost, to lose myself in nature’s                                                            Artists exhibiting:
                                                                               beauty and bathe in the often surprising and delightful                                                                   •     Shelley Bagnall
                                                                               results of letting your creativity lead you wherever it wants                                                             •     Peter Biggin
                                                                               you to go. If in the process of creating I can engage another                                                             •     Connie Blunden
                                                                               individual, draw them into my creation, causing them to
                                                                               pause, breathe, reflect, reconnect, remember – or just smile,                                                             •     Lyndell van Emmerik
                                                                               then wow,” she says.                                                                                                      •     Debbie Hogg
                                                                                                                                                                                                         •     Colleen Lloyd
                                                                               Nicola has been a participant in the Royal Queensland Art
                                                                               Society Watercolour and Member’s exhibitions.                                                                             •     Pauline Meizer
                                                                                                                                                Artist: Shelley Bagnall
                                                                                                                                                                                                         •     Lrae Tawse
                                                                               www.nicoladuncan.com.au                                                                                                   •     Brian Toomey
Exhibition location: floor five, pain management
                                                                                                                                                                                                         •     Debaran Wright

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Exhibition location: floor six, Interim Aged Care

                                                                              Stewart Free
                                                                              The actual process of painting delights Stewart, who enjoys
                                                                              working in acrylics and is fascinated with the play of light on
                                                                              surfaces, be it a small object, a landscape or an old house.

                                                                              For his third Outside In exhibition, Stewart presents acrylic
                                                                              paintings of familiar Brisbane street scenes and Brisbane
                                                                              back fences with local colourful creepers. Subjects that will
                                                                              be known to most.
                                                                                                                                                Artist: Lyndell van Emmerik
                                                                              In addition, some paintings are from his recent trip to India.

                                                                              Stewart is a Brisbane-born artist who has studied under
                                                                              several of Brisbane’s respected artists, including Mervyn
                                                                              Moriarty, Roy Churcher and Shealagh Mee, at Brisbane’s
                                                                              famous ‘Flying Art School’ (Eastaus) in the 1970s.

                                                                              Between 1975 and 2008 Stewart’s professional obligations
                                                                              took precedence over his painting, however he kept painting
                                                                              and completed many private commissions.

                                                                              Upon retiring in 2008, he returned to his art school roots
                                                                              and joined the Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, where
                                                                              he studied under Paul Milburn (with whom he had a very
                                                                              successful two-man show at White Canvas Gallery), David
                                                                              Paulsen, Sally Cox and Nameer Davis.

Exhibition location: floor eight, Brisbane Centre for Pain Management                                                                           Artist: Debaran Wright                                   Artist: Lrae Tawse

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Photography: Joe Ruckli
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Cathy Gilday
                                                                                                      Cathy finds inspiration in the everyday, from many
                                                                                                      different avenues, and her creativity is inspired by personal
                                                                                                      experiences. She paints in a style that allows her to express
                                                                                                      her feelings and emotions – predominantly in a semi-
                                                                                                      abstract or abstract style, and in some cases verging on the
                                                                                                      surreal.

                                                                                                      The majority of Cathy’s works begin with simple charcoal
                                                                                                      lines and are then continued with acrylic paint. However, she
                                                                                                      enjoys the use of a mixture of mediums and she is always
                                                                                                      open to experimentation with new techniques and products.
                                                                                                      To create depth and tonal value, Cathy uses multiple
                                                                                                      coloured glazed layers in her paintings, which is a slow but

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                                                                                                      rewarding process.

                                                                                                      Cathy has been involved in many group exhibitions across
                                                                                                      South East Queensland and is currently a finalist in the Art
                                                                                                      Lovers Australia 2018 Art Prize on the Gold Coast.

     Block 1, 2018                                                                                    www.cathygilday.com

                                                                                                                                                                              Exhibition location: ground floor, ward GA

                                                                                                      Donna Henery
                                                                                                      Donna Henery is a young and passionate emerging artist
                                                                                                      whose work brings fun and imaginative imagery into her
                                                                                                      exhibition.

                                                                                                      Donna’s watercolour paintings mostly focus on cat-like
                                                                                                      characters, a naturally outdoor animal, and places them in
                                                                                                      human clothing, along with magic-realistic situations. The
                                                                                                      characters and their interactions within the paintings are
                                                                                                      open to interpretation, but commonly convey internal healing
                                                                                                      in a hurt world. Many of these situations concern growth,
                                                                                                      energy, and our animalistic connection to the Earth.

                                                                                                      As a current business/fine art student, Donna enjoys
                                                                                                      creating new art pieces in her free time, combined with her
                                                                                                      creative writing experience. She also creates for educational
                                                                                                      purposes when the opportunity presents itself. Much of
                                                                                                      Donna’s original work consists of watercolour art and
                                                                                                      illustrations, and comic-style art. She also designs her own
                                                                                                      t-shirts and postcards, using original illustrations combined
                                                                                                      with creative writing.

                                                                                                                                                                              Exhibition location: ground floor, ward GA

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Sandra Pearce                                                    Fiona Paterson
                                                                               Sandra is a maker of artist books, printed imagery and           For Fiona Paterson, “From drought and flooding rains”
                                                                               paper installations incorporating distinctive textural and       speaks volumes. Weather has played across the surface of
                                                                               colourful monoprinting techniques.                               the Australian Landscape and created masterpieces that
                                                                                                                                                have captured photographer’s hearts for many years. But to
                                                                               Her work examines the notion of boundaries,                      Fiona, this has inspired her to paint.
                                                                               domestication, and the commodification of natural
                                                                               landscapes, focussing on nature-human conflicts. She is          Fiona loves the creative lines that flow outward and inward
                                                                               particularly interested in the impact of urbanisation on the     across the scenes. The way disasters have changed the
                                                                               biodiversity of native wildlife and plants.                      colours and contours of our land taps into her imagination
                                                                                                                                                and adds a new dimension to the mediums she loves. She
                                                                               The work in this exhibition features bird species that people    can roll with ink and acrylic, spray and flick too, sponge
                                                                               frequently encounter in their day-to-day lives. Many birds       and scrape on texture. Then finish off with the soft vibrant
                                                                               live and thrive amongst humans and we love to watch them,        pastels that pull it all together. So whether she paints at
                                                                               listen to their song, and feed them in our backyards. In         the horizon or from above, the story of our country travels
                                                                               urbanised areas birds are our most dynamic connection to         along mountain ranges, coastlines and breaks banks to flow
                                                                               the natural world. Through their accessibility, urban birds      through the contours in many directions.
                                                                               can ‘open the door’ for city residents to develop a broader
                                                                               interest in the conservation of wild nature.

                                                                               All of the works incorporate Sandra’s colourful monoprinting
                                                                               techniques, using found materials including plants and
                                                                               stencils to create one-of-a-kind and often unexpected
                                                                               images, reflecting the textures and patterns of the world
                                                                               around us.

                                                                               www.sandrapearce.com.au
Exhibition location: ground floor, ward GA                                                                                                                                                                               Exhibition location: floor 1, ward 1C

                                                                               Max Butler                                                       Anne Yang
                                                                               Max Butler has travelled all over Australia for seven years in   Anne began painting in 1998. She paints in both pastel
                                                                               his van Morrison, taking hundreds of photos of the everyday      and oil from her home studio in Cooroy, Sunshine Coast,
                                                                               countryside. At home, he transforms these sometimes dull         Queensland.
                                                                               photos into brilliant paintings, avowing that those colours
                                                                               are actually there if we look close enough.                      Anne delights in the beauty of nature, be it the rugged
                                                                                                                                                beauty of the bush or the delicacy of a flower, and she paints
                                                                               Max simply calls all of his paintings “My Country” and           in response to this emotional connection. Painting outdoors
                                                                               numbers them in the order in which they were created.            en plein air is where she feels most connected with the
                                                                               He has sold over 500 paintings, most of which are from           environment, and really enjoys this both in the physical and
                                                                               this series which at present numbers 442 paintings of this       emotional sense. This combined with a love of adventure
                                                                               country he loves so much. He hopes the paintings will            and travel has led Anne to paint in Australia, New Zealand,
                                                                               remind you of places you have been or want to visit in the       USA, Spain and Portugal.
                                                                               future.
                                                                                                                                                Anne finds the immediacy and vibrancy of the soft
                                                                               Max began exhibiting his art in Toowoomba and Miles              pastel medium to be the perfect artist’s tool to portray
                                                                               and then at various exhibitions throughout Brisbane, as          the contrasting variety of colour, texture and form in the
                                                                               a member of Royal Queensland Art Society and Artists             landscape and the illuminating power of sunlight. Her
                                                                               Guild of Australia. He exhibited regularly at the Ascot State    expertise in this medium was recognised by the Pastel
                                                                               School Art Show where he was Principal for ten years. The        Society of Australia in 2014 when she was awarded the
                                                                               Ascot State School P&C Association has sold over 250             status of Master Pastellist.
                                                                               prints of his painting “School Days at Ascot”. In 2009, he
                                                                               began exhibiting at Martin Galleries at Nundah.                  Anne’s work is represented by the Montville Art Gallery, Main
                                                                                                                                                Street, Montville.

                                                                                                                                                www.anneyang.com.au

Exhibition location: ground floor, corridor                                                                                                                                                                              Exhibition location: floor 1, ward 1C

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Vanessa Bertagnole                                             Kay Watanabe
                                                                               Vanessa Bertagnole is an award-winning photographer,           Kay Watanabe is a Brisbane-based visual artist with her
                                                                               artist and Arts Management professional. Her work is           main medium being printmaking, and she has recently
                                                                               mainly concerned with the elusiveness of memory and            diversified into painting, drawing and sculpture. Born in
                                                                               mediated forms of communication.                               Tokyo, she moved to Australia in 2005.

                                                                               Digital Disruptions is a series of bright and colourful        Often Kay’s artworks are themed around humanity’s
                                                                               landscape images juxtaposed against a black dropdrop           relationship, both amongst themselves and with their
                                                                               that have been glitched to reference abstract paintings.       environment. To express these themes, she frequently
                                                                               Vanessa’s work is an exploration in painting with pixels       chooses plants and planets as her motif, as she becomes
                                                                               and exploring the liminal spaces between converging            more humble about a human being’s relationship with their
                                                                               digital worlds. Glitch Art or databending, involves manually   surroundings. She focuses on the beauty of nature, which
                                                                               tweaking and recoding an image’s raw data to create            amazes people and, which, at the same time, might make
                                                                               obscure and unpredictable visual effects. Still images         them feel humble, spiritual and possibly scared.
                                                                               are reconfigured using various digital media – video,
                                                                               phones, computers and projectors and then materialized         Kay actively exhibits in shows and art fairs in Australia
                                                                               in new photographic form. By disrupting the digital code       and internationally, which includes her solo shows in
                                                                               and constant stream of digital imagery pervading our           Tokyo in 2016. Her works have also been selected for
                                                                               everyday lives, these images allow for quiet reflection        numerous shows and she was awarded various awards and
                                                                               and contemplation on the convergence of media now              commendations. Most recently in October 2017, Kay was
                                                                               commonplace in modern society.                                 awarded third place in the New York International Miniature
Exhibition location: floor one, corridor
                                                                                                                                              Print Exhibition to which over 600 works by 235 printmakers
                                                                               Vanessa regularly exhibits throughout Australia as well        around world were submitted.
                                                                               as overseas. She has been a finalist in many national
                                                                               and international art prizes and most recently she was         Kay teaches printmaking through various organisations,
                                                                               selected as a finalist in the 2017 Olive Cotton Award for      including Queensland’s art peak body Flying Arts Alliance,
                                                                               Photographic Portraiture and for the William and Winifred      Artisan, State Library of Queensland and the Brisbane
                                                                               Bowness Photography Prize. Vanessa’s work is held in           Institute of Art.
                                                                               various private collections throughout the world.
                                                                                                                                              www.printmaking8.wix.com/kaywatanabe
                                                                               www.vanessabertagnole.com

                                                                               Wendy Rix                                                                                                                              Exhibition location: floor two, entrance corridor
                                                                               Wendy is a Yuwaalaraay woman – her family are from a little
                                                                               town called Goodooga in north west NSW, however she
                                                                               lives in Redcliffe. She paints in a contemporary, Indigenous
                                                                               style, mostly using acrylics on either canvas, timber,
                                                                               furniture, walls, concrete...

                                                                               “I try to paint what I cannot express in words. The feelings
                                                                               of hope, love, overcoming obstacles, family stories,
                                                                               challenges. I paint from my heart, from my spiritual place,
                                                                               and I use Baayami (God) to help me. When I have to think
                                                                               about a painting, I lie down on the couch, (push the dogs
                                                                               off!) and close my eyes. I wait till my breathing has calmed
                                                                               and my eyes are still and I say, ‘so God, what are we going
                                                                               to paint’ … and he tells me, I listen, we paint,” she says.

                                                                               Wendy’s first Outside In exhibition was at St Vincent’s
                                                                               Private Hospital, and her work is part of the hospital’s
                                                                               permanent collection. 2017 was an exciting and busy year
                                                                               for Wendy, as she completed art workshops and large
                                                                               scale murals in schools and neighbourhood centres. Her
                                                                               work was commissioned to be incorporated into fashion
                                                                               designs for Lifewear, Dezigna and Faebella, as well as the
                                                                               Indigenous Australian Invitational Rugby Team and the
                                                                               design the Australian Defence Force AFL jersey.

                                                                               www.wensart.com.au
Exhibition location: floor two, outside Intensive Care Unit

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Lindsay Farrell
                                                                                                      “Camino” (Spanish for “the way”) denotes a pilgrim walking
                                                                                                      route. Lindsay’s exhibition Noosa Camino is a series of
                                                                                                      images and reflections developed while walking in the Noosa
                                                                                                      National Park. The images relate to Christian Spirituality
                                                                                                      and the path that Jesus walked. These images of places in
                                                                                                      the Noosa National Park become stations for reflection and
                                                                                                      allude to the local place, prayer and the Christian story.

                                                                                                      The Noosa National Park holds stories that are from the
                                                                                                      sacred dreaming of the first Australians. The Noosa Camino
                                                                                                      series seeks to respect those stories.

                                                                                                      Lindsay Farrell was Associate Professor in Art at the
                                                                                                      Australian Catholic University for 24 years until his

     Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital                                                           retirement in 2017. He has a PhD from Griffith University in
                                                                                                      Art Education and Spirituality. His work involves practice,
                                                                                                      teaching and research in visual art. It engages the social,
                                                                                                      ethical and religious dimensions of life and includes
                                                                                                      collaborative projects with the Queensland Art Gallery and

     Block 2, 2018                                                                                    art in health.

                                                                                                      In 2012 he was a Smithsonian Scholar in Washington DC.
                                                                                                      He was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching
                                                                                                      Citation (2010) and the ACU Community Engagement Award
                                                                                                      2009. In 2012 he was awarded the Vice Chancellors Staff
                                                                                                      award for exceptional and valuable contribution to the ACU
                                                                                                                                                                              Exhibition location: ground floor, ward GA
                                                                                                      community. He has lectured in Art and Spirituality in UK,
                                                                                                      Canada, USA and Australia. He has also had over 25 solo art
                                                                                                      exhibitions overseas and in Australia.

                                                                                                      Abramo Papp
                                                                                                      In his third Outside In exhibition, Abramo presents a
                                                                                                      collection of works from the Southern Moreton Bay region.
                                                                                                      His works range from oil and acrylic painting on canvas, to
                                                                                                      watercolours and acrylics on canvas paper.

                                                                                                      Abramo’s new work consciously makes greater use of
                                                                                                      colour, rather than just reproducing the world as we see
                                                                                                      normally it.

                                                                                                      Abramo is a retired architect who has re-ignited his passion
                                                                                                      for painting which started in his teens. Since returning to his
                                                                                                      art in 2006, water has been a constant source of inspiration
                                                                                                      for his works mainly because he found that sailing and
                                                                                                      being on or near the water was the only pastime which truly
                                                                                                      relaxed him and took his mind off the stresses of work.
                                                                                                      While gazing over water his mind would naturally drift into a
                                                                                                      meditative state, reflecting on his inner-most thoughts and
                                                                                                      feelings. His aim is for the viewer to experience these same
                                                                                                      calming and reflective states as they gaze upon his works.

                                                                                                      www.abramopapp.com.au

                                                                                                                                                                               Exhibition location: ground floor, ward GA

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Helle Cooke                                                     Anne-Louise Ciel
                                                                               Helle uses painting as language to investigate the notion       As an expressionist painter, Anne-Louise is interested in
                                                                               of home and sense of place. Balancing on the threshold          how colour and shape can convey feeling without words or
                                                                               of abstraction and figuration, she explores the liminal         explanations. Her wish is to have the viewer interact with the
                                                                               experience of home plurality and the endless activity of        painting at a subliminal level, evoking emotion and thought,
                                                                               wonder on finding oneself in a new place. Allowing the slow     often both uplifting and peaceful, and she has a strong
                                                                               process of painting to take agency, a sense of imagination,     interest in the therapeutic power of colour.
                                                                               analogy and memory takes place.
                                                                                                                                               Anne-Louise first primes the canvas with acrylic in the
                                                                               Recognisable figures and symbols are present yet narratives     ‘base’ colour which sets the mood, then applies oil paint
                                                                               remain ambiguous and non-prescriptive. Eschewing                with a palette knife, each stroke creating movement and
                                                                               traditional and inflexible notions of “home”, a concept of      atmosphere. There is no pre-drawing so she must ‘find’ the
                                                                               empathy and plurality opens spaces of multiple perspectives     shapes by painting the negative space around them, often
                                                                               within and in-between and fuels a quest for multifaceted        creating a cut-out look. Lately she has been developing work
                                                                               exploration. She welcomes the viewer in the activity.           with figurative images interspersed with simplified flat planes
                                                                                                                                               of colour, in a Modernist style.
                                                                               Danish-born Helle has lived in Brisbane since 2007. Her
                                                                               unique and international aspect is informed by her Danish       Anne-Louise has exhibited extensively and has paintings
                                                                               background, the element of transit, of being and feeling ‘in-   in collections in France, England, Greece and USA. She
                                                                               between’; and by everyday life in Australia, and her travels    has had solo exhibitions at Percolator Gallery (2015, 2017),
                                                                               around the World.                                               group exhibitions at Jugglers Art Space and Aspire Gallery
                                                                                                                                               (2017, 2018), and achievements including Finalist in the
                                                                               In 2017, Helle achieved a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting)       Moreton Bay Art Award (2016), the Brisbane Art Prize (2017),
Exhibition location: ground floor, corridor                                    at the Queensland College of Art. In the same year, she         the Lethbridge 10000 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and the                   Exhibition location: floor one, corridor
                                                                               was involved in both group and solo exhibitions at the          Rotary Art Spectacular (2017).
                                                                               Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Jugglers Art Space, Nundah
                                                                               Community Centre and QCA Project Gallery as well as             www.annelouise-ciel.com
                                                                               undertaking an artist residency in Denmark.

                                                                               www.hellecook.com

                                                                               Kirsty Kennedy                                                  Paula Payne
                                                                               Kirsty creates new artworks in her ‘adapted verandah’           Paula’s paintings focus on sublime colour fields that have
                                                                               studio, where she is able to effectively create, paint, hang    great space and depth using emotive colour to provide
                                                                               and store her works.                                            opportunities for reflection, inspiration and contemplation.
                                                                                                                                               Her work also speaks of the Australian light, and a cultural
                                                                               For her first Outside In exhibition she has created a           yet world-view of landscape. Paula’s intention is to evoke
                                                                               new series of paintings. Mainly drawing on her own              a spiritual connectedness reflecting on the beauty in the
                                                                               experience of ‘outdoor life’ in South East Queensland,          landscape whether it be stormy or serene.
                                                                               Kirsty incorporates varied imagery of land and seascapes,
                                                                               swimmers and abstractions, predominantly using the colour       Paula’s diverse experience ranges from a practising visual
                                                                               Blue in all of the paintings.                                   artist and visual arts teacher and lecture, to curator and
                                                                                                                                               project manager. Paula is currently undertaking a Doctorate
                                                                               Kirsty’s artistic practice has expanded since retiring from     of Visual Art at the Queensland College of Art, where she is
                                                                               employment a few years ago. Since then her paintings have       also a tutor in the Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
                                                                               been exhibited at various galleries and venues in Brisbane      degree program.
                                                                               including the Indooroopilly Library, Metcalf Gallery and the
                                                                               Lockyer Valley Art Gallery.                                     www.paulapayneartlife.blogspot.com

                                                                               Her practice is encouraged through participation in a
                                                                               weekly meeting with like-minded amateur artists at the
                                                                               Brisbane Institute of Art.

Exhibition location: floor one, ward 1C                                                                                                                                                                                Exhibition location: floor two, outside Intensive Care Unit

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