The Redcliffe Art Society is proudly presenting an exciting new exhibition
in August 2025. Toward HOME brings together five artists Mel Brady, Amanda
Gardner, Kylie Harries, Sarah ONeill and Rachel South whose works explore home
as memory, body, history, family and longing. From ancestral connections to
domestic critique, sensory experience and emotional terrain, each artist moves
toward a different vision of what home is or could be.
Through a multi-disciplinary approach, the works reflect on comfort and discomfort,
presence and absence, rootedness and restlessness. Toward HOME is not about
arriving but about searching the journeys that shape a sense of belonging.
The exhibition runs from Wednesday 6 August until Sunday 31 August, and the
Official Opening is at 1:00pm Saturday 9 August. Entry is free.
Brisbane painter and installation artist, Mel Brady works with paint and fabric
to create symbolic still life, murals and site-specific, immersive
installations. Mels love of vintage patterns and textiles remains at the heart
of her practice. Her work has been described as dreamy, kaleidoscopic and
nostalgic.
Visual artist, Amanda Gardner, marries a material-led process with concepts
that emerge from the inherent qualities and limitations of found materials and
images. Through a mindful approach to selecting materials that are recycled,
biodegradable, and plastic-free, Amanda delicately balances complex concepts
with visual and resource constraints.
Multidisciplinary artist, Kylie Harries, elevates womens stories and reveals
hidden, forgotten and erased histories. Kylie challenges audiences to revere
womens contributions to familial and societal structures. In diverse media
forms, Kylie plays with scale and perspective, and highlights the broken,
rotting and imperfect.
A distinctive blend of coastal life and suburban character influences much of
Margate-based visual artist and photographer, Sarah O'Neills work. Sarahs
contemporary digital practice focuses on capturing the beauty and nuance of
everyday life, by exploring themes of place, identity, and personal narrative,
and emphasising light, texture, and storytelling.
Rachel Souths practice explores emotional landscapes of human experience
through vibrant oil and acrylic paintings, often blending symbolic natural
forms with introspective portraiture. She creates evocative, immersive works
that encourage self-reflection and connection. A hands-on upbringing in a
family business introduced Rachel to tools and materials that now inform her
multidisciplinary approach.
The Old Fire Station Gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00am to
3:00pm. Visit the Gallery Shop to see a wide variety of unique artworks from
talented local artists.
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