Miranda Summers
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Miranda was raised in Sussex England and trained and accredited in Fine Art and Theatre Production. Miranda commenced a theatrical career as a Prop Maker and Scenic Artist for Russell Beck Studios in London’s West End working with the English National Opera, Royal Opera House and in Television with Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson. Miranda joined the team at the Designers Guild on Kings Road, London for a short spell as a visual merchandiser before taking an explorative holiday to her native homeland Australia. Falling in love with the landscape and the people she began a career with Opera Australia initially with Team Props moving on to becoming a Stage Manager and ultimately an Assistant Director. Miranda assisted with direction for the ‘Operatic World Premiere of Brett Whiteley 2019’, Graeme Murphys ‘Turandot’, David McVicars ‘Don Giovanni’, Francesca Zambello’s ‘La Traviata’ and Handa’s Opera on Sydney Harbour, HOSH 2020.
Artistic expression is paramount to Miranda’s practice/life balance, alongside ‘growing the palette knife’ in her own demonstrative style as she explores the hidden grace and beauty of Australia’s rugged landscape. Miranda was a finalist in the Port Lincoln Art Prize 2021 and recently completed an exhibition titled ‘Everywhere I Look’ at Be Brave Art Space.
Artist Statement
“I live and have a studio in North Sydney and paint landscapes, waterways and Aussie native flora. I paint impasto oils, alla prima with palette knives directly onto stretched cotton canvas. I am often drawn to vast expanses glimpsed beyond the sometimes-chaotic bush of our coastal natives. My landscapes are composed to lead the eye through chaos towards space and calm. Painted to put the viewer under and amongst tree limbs and leaves shading the viewer and framing the space beyond. My flora paintings are all about loving the chaos, the sculptural layering, the stacking of thick paint and finally seeing order as a sense of calm develops and takes hold.
My joy is to paint the story of our unique environment, the grace, humility and synergy that our beautiful trees, plants and flowers imbued with and the symbiosis of Australia’s natural habitat. I am constantly reminded that we can all coexist harmoniously like our natives to better care for her, our heartland and each other.” – Miranda
Artist CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Kuringgai Pop Up Exhibition, traffic jam galleries Sydney NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Everywhere I Look, Be Brave Art Space Avalon NSW
2021 RME Downland Art Exhibition, Toowoomba QLD
2021 Flora, Dandenong VIC
2021 Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba QLD
2021 Inside this Box, The Corner Stone Gallery Orange NSW
2020 Contemporary Australian Art Display, The Corner Stone Gallery Orange NSW
2015 Emergence, Underground Art Space Warringah Creative Space NSW
AWARDS
2021 Finalist Port Lincoln Arts Prize, SA
2017 Finalist Northern Beaches Art Prize NSW
2016 Finalist Northern Beaches Art Prize NSW
HIGHLIGHTS
2021 – 2017 Volunteered Digital Illustrations, 6 books for ‘Short Stories Tall, theatre show
2020 Painting Donation, Cancer Research
2018 Painting Donations, Opera Australia Benevolent Fund
EDUCATION
HND 1996 Theatre Production Northbrook College, Sussex UK
BA 1995 Jewellery and Silversmithing, London Guildhall University, incomplete
ND 1991 Fine Art, Northbrook College Sussex UK
Sydney Rocks
This exhibition is inspired by hikes around Sydney harbour and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. “We have on our doorstep one of Australia’s most diverse geological wonders of all time, The Sydney Basin. My painting inspiration is one small section by comparison but to me its presence is huge. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park with its beautiful Hawkesbury River backdrop magnifies the intense beauty, heightens the light and compounds the stature of the extraordinarily awesome monolithic ROCKS!”- Miranda Summers
Sydney & Surrounds
'Sydney & Surrounds' is a thematic group exhibition that will be held during the month of February and features numerous tjg artists responding to this theme. Overt or with subtle links to the thematic brief, works include sculpture, painting, collage and mixed media.
Kuringgai
To celebrate the launch of Miranda's works at the gallery we are thrilled to announce 'Kuringgai' a pop-up exhibition of exciting new highly textured works.
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September 29, 2022
We are excited to share new work by REBECCA PIERCE for her upcoming solo exhibition opening October 14th 'And Yet Again' 61 x 45cm acrylic paint and ink, oil sticks and charcoal on canvas $ 1,200.00
September 25, 2022
'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' by DEAN REILLY "Much of our early colonial history is riddled with absurdity. Explorers doomed for failure through bad planning miscommunication and a disconnect and discomfort with the landscape. Like a fish out of water or a naked white man on a chartreuse camel, the new can sometimes appear bizarre." - Dean Reilly 'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' 40.5 x 51cm, 43.5 x 54cm framed acrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00
September 24, 2022
"The great gold rush has never really ended it has just become corporatized, legalised, monopolised, justified and naturalised. Fly into the heart of Australia and you will see men in uniform moving about in airports, to go and dig up the earth to provide security and pleasure for their families." - DEAN REILLY Gold 1, 2 and 3 on display and available now
September 24, 2022
'Gone Fishing' new work by Miranda Summers. This work is 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $ 640.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide. For overseas shipping, please contact the gallery. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 23, 2022
"In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime" - DEAN REILLY 'There is so Much to See Here Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide.
September 23, 2022
'Banksia Fringe' 61.5 x 61.5cm oil on canvas $ 1,450.00 by MIRANDA SUMMERS. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 22, 2022
"I have come to learn that the landscape is represented by my internalised feelings drawn from experience and memories within the landscape and my landscape is littered with heroes, villains, myths and legends grounded in story." - DEAN REILLY Solo Exhibition on now until 30 September You can browse and buy works online via our website and view the exhibition page and catalogue. Or please feel free to contact the gallery team with any questions or enquiries.
September 22, 2022
"Black swan theory suggests that the black swan is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a complete surprise. One can only wonder how early Northern hemisphere explorers would have perceived and reacted to seeing the first black swans." - DEAN REILLY 'Odette Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 Free packing and shipping Australia wide
September 21, 2022
Dreaming of sunny Sydney days with MIRANDA SUMMERS new works inspired by scenes of Sydney ! 'Pink Pocket in Time' 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $640.00
September 21, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S 'Past Present Future' 51 x 40.5cm, 54 x 43.5cm framedacrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00 "The past, present, and future is governed and informed by our feelings towards the landscape you are in. Whether you see it as majestic natural wilderness, a wild mongrel scrub to be developed or sacred country, is up to you. However, mostly it is inherited through the stories we hear and the experiences we have that form our views of the landscape and ultimately the world." - Dean
September 20, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S Solo Exhibition 'The Landscape is Beyond Me' is on now until September 30th. "In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime. My experience towards landscape comes from my internal feelings and experiences of country through observation, study, and from the dreams I had as a little boy growing up on the land. Landscape can be viewed as a majestic natural garden, a wild mongrel scrub or sacred country, for me however, landscape represents a strange combination, torn between the heroic and the absurd. I think it is the absolute hopelessness of the situation that we can find joy, connection and hope in the landscape that is beyond me." - DEAN REILLY #birdpainting
September 20, 2022
The gallery will open as usual 10am - 5pm on the Queens National Day of Mourning public holiday on the 22nd of September. Please contact the team if you have any questions or enquiries. #northshoreart
September 20, 2022
Inspired by Sydney ! New work by MIRANDA SUMMERS 'Bridge the Harbour' 61.5 x 61.5cm oil on canvas $ 1,450.00 This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022. For enquiries or to view more new works by Miranda, please reach out to the team or visit Miranda's page on our website. #texturedart
September 19, 2022
"The myth becomes clear as the truth becomes clouded. The story becomes legend and begins to inform us in how we feel about our history and how we feel about ourselves as people. What we choose to believe becomes the way in which we view the world and form morality. Inspired by Nolan’s Ned Kelly series. The Bushranger is caught in a fused representation of a centaur. Here the figure is caught between the human and the animal, metaphoric for the wild and tame." - DEAN REILLY Solo Exhibition ON NOW with free packing and shipping on all works Australia wide 'Myth' 122 x 91cm, 125 x 94cm framedacrylic on canvas $3,500.00
September 19, 2022
'Picnic Point' 31 x 31cm oil on canvas $720.00 by MIRANDA SUMMERS with free packing and shipping Australia Wide ! New works by Miranda including this piece are available to purchase now but are still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022. For enquiries or to view more new works by Miranda, please reach out to the team or visit Miranda's page on our website.
September 18, 2022
"I have heard conflicting opinions on the art of water divining. Some people believe it is very precise and reveals the location of underground water. Whilst others believe there is water everywhere, it is only matter of depth." - DEAN REILLY Divine Calling 101 x 101cm, 104.5 x 104.5cm framed acrylic on canvas #australianpainter
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