Ann Gordon is a contemporary landscape artist who paints directly from the Australian bush, either on canvas or in a journal. Many of her works are created using handmade brushes formed from materials collected from the landscape. With a small palette of paints and charcoal, she creates intuitive, energetic and layered artworks that express the essence of the Australian landscape.

In her studio, she takes these smaller journal paintings and starts to work them into larger paintings. Ann’s work has been selected as a finalist in several art prizes including The Fishers Ghost, Gosford Art Prize and the Waverley Landscape Prize. She holds a Bachelor of Design Hons (Visual Communications), University of Technology.

Artist Statement

“My intention is to capture the unique energy of a place through my work. The feeling of being grounded in the Australian landscape began in childhood with family camping adventures and my dad’s love of bush walking. Although my studio is in Sydney, I regularly escape the city to the North Coast to work on new paintings. When I travel into the bush, I take my plein air kit, journal and a selection of small pieces of canvas. My process starts by using automatic and rhythmic drawing to create a first impression which is at first chaotic and intuitive. Without overthinking, I record the essence of what I’m seeing and feeling. I then begin layering with paint and colour, working with flux, alternating layers of mark making and veiling until I sense I have reached a balance between what I observed and my emotional response to a place.”  Ann Gordon

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
A Day to be Remembered, The Moree Gallery
Terrain Group Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
The Artist’s Landscape Group Exhibition, The Moree Gallery

2022
Darlings Summer Exhibition, Curatorial + Co, Redfern
Group Exhibitions at The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Group Exhibitions at The Moree Gallery

2021
Darlings Summer Exhibition, Curatorial + Co, Redfern
Group Exhibitions at The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Mistress 2, Group Exhibition at Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle

2020
Darlings Summer Exhibition, Curatorial + Co, Redfern
Gallery Artist Exhibition for the IGN Art Fair, Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle
HOME Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Abstract Landscape Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange

2019  HOME Block J Studios, Botany
2016  Frances Keevil Gallery Group Exhibition, Double Bay
2015  Group Exhibition, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington
2014  Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2013  Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2012  Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2011  Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2008  Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2007
Group Exhibition Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
Group Exhibition Glen Street Gallery, Belrose
2006
Art Sydney 2006
Melbourne Affordable Art Show
2005
Art Sydney 2005
Melbourne Affordable Art Show
Group Exhibition Arty Girl, Artier Gallery
2004
Edge 5, Paddington
Group Exhibition Global Gallery, Paddington Frances Keevil Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Marking Ground, Art2Muse Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2012  Off the Wall, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2010  Tell Tales, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay
2009  Urban Stories, Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay

Art Prizes

2021
Finalist for the Blackstone Works on Paper, Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle
Finalist for the Fishers Ghost Art Award 2021, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Finalist for “Mini Series Art Prize”, Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Finalist for “Inside this Box”, Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange

2020
Finalist for the Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
Finalist for the Works on Paper “Blue” Prize, Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle
Finalist for the Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington
Finalist for the Southern Buoy Landscape Prize, Mornington Peninsula
Finalist in 8×10” Exhibition, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange

2019
Finalist in The Greenway Art Prize
Finalist in The Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
Finalist in The Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche, Paddington
Finalist in The Northern Beaches Prize

2018
Highly Commended 9×5 Waverley Landscape Prize

2015
Finalist Mosman Art Prize
Finalist Waverley Prize (2 works)
Finalist in Little Things Art Prize

Education

1988 – 1991
Honours Degree Visual Communications, University of Technology, Sydney

Publications + Media

House and Garden, Commissioned Artwork Featured
The Weekend Australian, Mansion Magazine – Etc. Artwork featured
Home Beautiful Magazine – Artist Profile
Art Edit Magazine – Full page Showcase
Inside Out Magazine – Artist Profile
Women’s magazine Prevention – Inspiring women in art

Commissions

Vaucluse, Bondi Beach, Blue Mountains, Northern Beaches, Clovelly, Cornwall, Hong Kong

Ann Gordon photo credit Brigid Arnott