Allyson Reynolds
Overview
Allyson Reynolds paints moths. Her extraordinary large-scale images of randomly scattered moths on white grounds have achieved an international reputation. Living and working near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, she is surrounded by lepidopteral life, and she has devoted herself to recording it beauty, its fragility and its variety.
She has developed a highly personal technique ideally suited to her subject. By painting 'wet on wet' with thinned down oil paints on fine linen she is able to achieve effects with unexampled delicacy. The subtle patterning and rich colouring of the moths appears almost to be a part of the canvas; there is scarcely a sense of the artist's hand, only of the image in all its purity and strength.
Moth Song a beautifully-produced book about Reynolds' art, with specially commissioned detailed photographs, was published in 2012.
Works
Exhibitions
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Springtime
Group Show 9 April - 31 May 2020Inside Springtime, an exhibition by contemporary artists such as Rose Blake, Nyarapayi Giles, Mersuka Dopazo and Pauline and Emma Wangin at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Float
Allyson Reynolds 1 June - 1 July 2017 LondonShells, beetles, glass bottles, feathers, seed pods, keys. The paintings of Queensland artist Allyson Reynolds, with their menagerie of natural textures, seem to draw on the still life tradition of...Read more -
Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Group Show 3 December 2013 - 11 January 2014 LondonThe Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery opened in Fitzrovia, Central London, twenty-five years ago. Since 1988 it has grown to become one of the most innovative and respected galleries in the...Read more -
Australian Artists Month
Group Show, NYC 13 - 31 May 2013During the month of May, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Mott Street, will be showcasing some of the most reputable and rising stars in Australia's contemporary art world, including David Bromley, Emma...Read more
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