Amber Wallis - Paintings

Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present 'Paintings' by Amber Wallis.

Amber Wallis' paintings move between landscapes, abstractions and figuration. Using both raw and primed linen the works are stained, blurred and layered; made gently and quietly.

Wallis intentionally does not make the work figurative "....too landscape, too abstract but what has remained conceptually is an interest in stillness, voyeuristic viewpoints, hints to structures, the land, blurred figures and invisible yet visible women.

The work is an ode to Intimism - a French term used for quiet domestic scenes; the window is present, alongside veils and curtains and calm viewpoints where figuration is largely absent..."
- Amber Wallis, 2025

In 2022 Amber Wallis was awarded the inaugural Wollumbin Art Award at Tweed Regional Gallery and previously won the Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship (2008). She is a regular finalist in art prizes including the Sir John Sulman Prize (2025, 2024), Mosman Art Prize (2025, 2018), Bayside Painting Prize (2025), Geelong Contemporary Art Award (2024), Evelyn Chapman Art Award (2022) and the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (2019). She has also completed residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris and the Nancy Fairfax Artist Residency at Tweed Regional Gallery.