The Familiar in the Unfamiliar - A Spanish Residency, 2023. (Solo)
BRENDA COLAHAN FINE ART
Familiar in the Unfamiliar - Introduced Species, 2023, 120x120cm, oil on linen. PRIVATE COLLECTION.
“The paintings in this exhibition are as much an exercise in figuration, as they are a masterful control of colour. They are as much about representation as they are about construction…
These works demand that you look at them… with fresh eyes and with an air of familiarity…. (they) recall the real and imagined landscape of southern Spain.”
Miguel Olmo, Manager, Curator Gallery Lane Cove & Studios, 2023

Finding the Camino, 2023, 100x100cm, Oil on board

Familiar in the Unfamiliar - Dried Grasses, thistles and Eucalypts, 2023, 120x120cm, oil on linen
Fickle Prickle and the Sage, 2023, 100x100cm, oil on board

Sacred Thistle, 2023, 120x120cm, Oil on Linen

The Familiar in the Unfamiliar - Expat, 2023, 21 x 22cm, oil on board SOLD

Familiar in the Unfamiliar - Expatriation in Spain, 2023, 50x50cm, oil on linen SOLD

Camino, 2023, 100x100cm, oil on board SOLD

Familiar in the Unfamiliar - Gum, 2023, 120x120cm, oil on linen SOLD

Flora de Cartas, (1) 2023, 30x30cm, Oil on board SOLD

Flora de Cartas, (2) 2023, 30x30cm, Oil on board SOLD

Flora de Cartas, (3) 2023, 30x30cm, Oil on board SOLD

Expat Gum, 2023, 60x60cm, Oil on board SOLD

In and Out of Bounds, 2023, 60x90cm oil on board
Familiar unfamiliar -Verano
10 x 15cm Vase
Earthenwear & glaze with Spanish Dirt
Familiar unfamiliar- Blytonesque Arvo, 2024, 10 x 15cm Vase, Earthenwear & glaze with Spanish Dirt
Camino SOLD
Familiar unfamiliar- Sacred Nino
10 x 16cm vase
Earthenwear & glaze with Spanish Dirt
Familiar - 30ml Smokey Eucalypt and Sage reed infuser.
Unfamiliar - 30ml Citrus & Flowering Eucalypt reed infuser