Pictured above: Children of the ghost gum 2025
synthetic polymer paint, oil stick, mica flakes, alumina and oil paint on wood panel 120 x 150cm (122 x 152cm framed)
Come down to us 🛸
18/3/2025 - 5/4/2025
Sophie Gannon Gallery
2 Albert Street Richmond VIC 3121 Australia
T +61 3 9421 0857
Fred Fowler’s ‘Come down to us’ presents a group of extraordinarily compelling paintings that embrace the iconography of a range of histories that combine to make his ‘floating landscapes’. With his own unique artistic language built upon over the years, his paintings are a rich tableau of colours, textures, symbolism, mythology and imagery. The visual frequency and palettes inspired by the colours of the Australian bush, and symbols that could be the discoveries of archaeological excavations, combine to create portals or ‘wormholes’ to metaphysical places or consciousnesses.
Speaking of the exhibition, Fred says ‘Come down to us refers to my interest in history and is a phrase historians often use referring to evidence and accounts they use to form pictures of events that transpired sometimes thousands of years before our time. That’s how i see art itself - the artist combines a process of knowledge, ideas, references, mythologies and experiences to create their own depiction of reality and meaning. Creating paintings, much like studying history - to quote Hermann Hesse ‘is submitting yourself to chaos, but nevertheless retaining your faith in order and meaning’.
To request a preview of the show please contact the gallery on +61 3 9421 0857 or via email: info@sophiegannongallery.com.au
Pictured above: The conquering tide 2025
synthetic polymer paint, oil stick, mica flakes and oil paint on wood panel 80 x 90cm (82 x 92cm framed)