Surface Tension - Contemporary Australian Art
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August 24th 2025 @ 6:30 pm AEST
Surface Tension - Contemporary Australian Art
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Surface Tension
A Live-Streamed Auction of Contemporary Australian Art
Artbid presents Surface Tension, a live-streamed auction featuring 164 works by 94 contemporary Australian artists The collection spans expressive abstraction, detailed studies of form and nature, and explorations of place, reflecting the breadth of current Australian practice.
With works starting from $300, this auction offers opportunities for both new and established collectors.
Auction Details:
164 original works across a range of mediums and styles
94 artists from across Australia
Live-streamed auction with professional auctioneer and real-time bidding
Works starting from $300
Join us live from 6:30pm AEST on Sunday August 24th.
Browse the full catalogue, place your bids, and experience the next chapter in contemporary Australian collecting.
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Height 101cm x Width 76cm
Estimate: $3,300 - $3,800
Starting Bid: $1,800
acrylics on canvas (framed)
Height 55cm x Width 65cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,000
Height 64cm x Width 74cm
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $900
Height 23cm x Width 23cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $350
5
Height 43cm x Width 99cm
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,300
Starting Bid: $1,400
Height 101cm x Width 101cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $650
Height 76cm x Width 61cm
Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $500
Lot 8
Our Evenings, 2025
acrylics on canvas (framed)
Height 40cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $600
Height 45cm x Width 95cm
Estimate: $3,200 - $3,500
Starting Bid: $2,300
Lot 10
Cassandra DOVE
Strengthening, 2024
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 54cm x Width 44cm
Estimate: $650 - $900
Starting Bid: $450
Height 40cm x Width 60cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $600
National Park, 2024
oil paint on gessoed paper, mounted on wooden board, handmade frame
Height 30cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $600
Height 53cm x Width 53cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,100
Starting Bid: $650
Starting Bid: $300
Height
30.5cm x Width
40.5cm
Estimate: $400 - $600
Lot 15
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting Bid: $400
- $2,200
mixed media on stretched canvas framed in oak floating frame (framed)
Height 105cm x Width 105cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500
Starting Bid: $2,300
18
Height 90cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Starting Bid: $1,000
Lot 19
Still Life with Blue and White, 2024
oil paint on triple-primed
Height 30cm x Width 30cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $650
Estimate: $2,500 - $2,900
Starting Bid: $1,900
West End Jungle, 2025
oil on birch panel, framed in oak (framed)
Height 33cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $750
Height 70cm x Width 80cm
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,200
The Rocket Shack, 2025
acrylic on panel (framed)
Height 45cm x Width 60cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Starting Bid: $900
The rivers are still crossing the ash arteries, 2024 oil on linen
Height 101cm x Width 101cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500
Starting Bid: $1,900
Lot 25
‘Fragment’, 2024 plaster, oils, oil sticks, charcoal and finished with varnish. (framed)
Height 35cm x Width 35cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $600
Height 42cm x Width 52cm
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $550
Lot 27
Michelle Harvey Waiting For The Night
To Come, 2025
acrylic on canvas, framed in natural timber (framed)
Height 43cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $700
Height 122cm x Width 102cm
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
Starting Bid: $3,500
Lot 29
acrylic and oil stick on linen board (framed)
Height 32cm x Width 27cm
Estimate: $650 - $850
Starting Bid: $400
Height 42cm x Width 32cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Height 100cm x Width 100cm
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $2,000
Height 33cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $550 - $750
Starting Bid: $450
33
Sunlight beyond the steps, 2023
acrylic on canvas board, framed (framed)
Height 31cm x Width 31cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $450
Lot 34
mixed media on polycotton
Height 80cm x Width 97cm
Estimate: $2,600 - $3,100
Starting Bid: $2,000
Height 33cm x Width 24cm
Estimate: $600 - $900
Starting Bid: $350
Height 90cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $1,400
Height 60cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 50cm x Width 40cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $800
Height 95cm x Width 65cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $950
Height 90cm x Width 70cm
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $450
Height 33cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $550
Height 30cm x Width 23cm
Estimate: $500 - $750
Starting Bid: $300
The lemon tree in my garden 2, 2025
oil paint on stretched belgian linen (framed)
Height 53cm x Width 63cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $600
Root of all things goodVegetables, 2023 oil on birchwood panel with cradled frame 4cm deep edge
Height 51cm x Width 41cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $500
Height 49cm x Width 49cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $650
oil pastels, oil sticks, charcoal (framed)
Height 120cm x Width 100cm
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,600
Starting Bid: $1,800
Height 61cm x Width 76cm
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,100
Flow 14, 2025
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $750
Height 180cm x Width 91cm
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Artwork, 2025
Height 91cm x Width 76cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $750
Height 43cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $700 - $900
Starting Bid: $550
Lights On, 2024
oil on canvas (framed)
Height 30cm x Width 30cm
Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting Bid: $400
Lot 54
Ani Ipradjian
Australian Dividing
Ranges, 2025
acrylic and mixed media on canvas (framed)
Height 100cm x Width 100cm
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $1,500
Height 156cm x Width 105cm
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $1,800
Height 43cm x Width 53cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $650
Height 30cm x Width 40cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $750
Height 60cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting
Lot 59
Fourth Day of Winter, 2025
oil paint and oil stick on linen (framed)
Height 40cm x Width 35cm
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $450
Height 61cm x Width 61cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 50cm x Width 40cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $500
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $950
Height 76cm x Width 51cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $700
Lot 64
Christopher R. Inwood Does my name even matter to you, 2024 oil, acrylic, and charcoal in wood (framed)
Height 40cm x Width 32cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $750
Lot 65
Tea with lemon, 2023
gouache painting on canvas with a pine frame (framed)
Height 33cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $300
mixed media on canvas (framed)
Height 43cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $700
Serenity in Pink & Magpie, 2024
acrylic on canvas, framed in beautiful sustainable gum. (framed)
Height 64cm x Width 64cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $600
Tonight I Saw A Fish, 2025
oil on wooden panel
Height 40cm x Width 30cm
Estimate: $600 - $900
Starting Bid: $450
'To Do: Go Somewhere And Be Amazing', 2025
Height 95cm x Width 95cm
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 104cm x Width 114cm
Estimate: $3,300 - $3,900
Starting Bid: $1,900
Height 101.5cm x Width
122cm
Estimate: $2,600 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $1,600
Height 45cm x Width 45cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $600
Height 76cm x Width 61cm
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $1,400
Height 50cm x Width 40cm
Estimate: $1,300 - $1,700
Starting Bid: $750
mixed media on cotton canvas
Height 122cm x Width 91cm
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,300
acrylics painting (framed)
Height 102cm x Width 76.5cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Starting Bid: $900
Height 122cm x Width 102cm
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
Starting Bid: $3,500
mixed media (framed)
Height 59cm x Width 91cm
Estimate: $1,300 - $1,700
Starting Bid: $950
Height 25cm x Width 31cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $700
Justine Bartie
Days I Will Remember, 2025
oil on canvas framed in oak (framed)
Height 23cm x Width 23cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $350
Height 23cm x Width 31cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $400
Height 42cm x Width 32cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
83
The Path Only I Know, 2024
acrylic and oil stick on canvas (framed)
Height 53cm x Width 44cm
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $550
acrylic and metallic on thick edge handmade canvas.
Height 120cm x Width 120cm
Estimate: $2,700 - $3,100
Starting Bid: $1,900
85
First Bay Coolum, 2024
oil paint on gessoed paper, mounted on wooden board, handmade frame
Height 30cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $600
Height 33cm x Width 99cm
Estimate: $600 - $900
Starting Bid: $300
Height 53cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $500 - $800
Starting Bid: $400
acrylic and oil stick on packing
ply (framed)
Height 47cm x Width 49cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $600
oil on canvas, framed (framed)
Height 40cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $700
Height 90cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 102cm x Width 102cm
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 60cm x Width 60cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Starting Bid: $900
93
A Glimpse of Heaven, 2025
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 53cm x Width 53cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $750
Height 102cm x Width 76cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $900
Lot 95
The World Slows, But
My Heart Quickens, 2025 oil on canvas, framed in oak. (framed)
Height 28cm x Width 28cm
Estimate: $650 - $850
Starting Bid: $400
30.5cm
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Lot 98
A Taste of Spring in Autumn, 2025
oil paint and oil stick on linen (framed)
Height 40cm x Width 30cm
Estimate: $650 - $850
Starting Bid: $450
Height 65cm x Width 95cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $950
mixed media on polycotton unframed
Height 97cm x Width 80cm
Estimate: $2,400 - $2,800
Starting Bid: $2,000
Height 30cm x Width 30cm
Estimate: $650 - $900
Starting Bid: $300
Height 40cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
acrylic on canvas. varnished and framed in oak. (framed)
Height 64cm x Width 64cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $850
A Peaceful Path, 2025
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $750
Height 28.5cm x Width
28.5cm
Estimate: $650 - $850
Starting Bid: $450
Where light lingers, 2025
oil on canvas in a floating raw wood frame (framed)
Height 63cm x Width 63cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $650
acrylic on panel (framed)
Height 33cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $700
Beyond the waves, 2024
acrylic on canvas, framed in tasmanian oak. (framed)
Height 94cm x Width 94cm
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $1,600
Height 120cm x Width 80cm
Estimate: $2,600 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $2,200
Height 60cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $1,200
plaster, oils, oil sticks, charcoal and finished with varnish. (framed)
Height 34cm x Width 34cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $600
Height 43cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,300
Starting Bid: $1,400
The Long View, 2025
acrylic and mediums (framed)
Height 33cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $550
Height 62cm x Width 92cm
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Height 61cm x Width 120cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Height 81cm x Width 121cm
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid: $1,800
Young
Turns to Night, 2025
mixed media on board (framed)
Height 43cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $700
Blow my whistle, 2024
mixed media on canvas in white oak frame (framed)
Height 91cm x Width 91cm
Estimate: $2,100 - $2,500
Starting Bid: $1,500
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $350
A fernished home, 2025
acrylic paint on canvas framed in timber (framed)
Height 42cm x Width 52cm
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $500
Releasing, 2024
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 54cm x Width 44cm
Estimate: $650 - $900
Starting Bid: $450
Height 102cm x Width 76.5cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Starting Bid: $900
Unbound, 2025
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 24cm x Width 24cm
Estimate: $550 - $800
Starting Bid: $300
Height 76cm x Width 76cm
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $650
Height 70cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $1,200
mixed media (framed)
Height 43cm x Width 54cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $650
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,100
Starting Bid: $650
Height 76cm x Width 101cm
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Starting Bid: $800
Height 36cm x Width 46cm
Estimate: $700 - $900
Starting Bid: $500
Height 53cm x Width 53cm
Estimate: $850 - $1,100
Starting Bid: $650
mixed media (framed)
Height 80cm x Width 80cm
Estimate: $2,300 - $2,700
Starting Bid: $2,000
Height 76cm x Width 91cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
134
oil on canvas, framed in oak (framed)
Height 52cm x Width 42cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Starting Bid: $950
Height 61cm x Width 50cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Starting Bid: $1,200
Height 90cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Starting Bid: $1,200
acrylic,
Height 36cm x Width 25cm
Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting Bid: $350
Height 100cm x Width 140cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,700
Starting Bid: $2,500
The lemon tree in my garden 1, 2025
oil paint on stretched canvas (framed)
Height 63cm x Width 53cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $550
Coastal Nude, 2024
oil on arches oil paper
mounted and framed (framed)
Height 42cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $400
Height 45.5cm x Width 36cm
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $750
Sitting with the Great Big Dog
2025 oil on birchwood, with cradled frame with 2cm edge and varnished
Height 51cm x Width 41cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $500
Lot 143
Height 100cm x Width 100cm
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $1,500
144
A nice place to sit, 2025 oil on masonite in a reclaimed frame. (framed)
Height 53cm x Width 63cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $600
oil paint on wooden panel (framed)
Height 45cm x Width 35cm
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Starting Bid: $1,000
acrylic on canvas. frame in australian oak and varnished. (framed)
Height 64cm x Width 64cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $850
Height 90cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Starting Bid: $1,100
Height 122cm x Width 152cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500
Starting Bid: $1,600
Unhurried, 2025 oil on canvas framed in oak (framed)
Height 23cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $350
Mimetic Desire, 2025
oil on board (framed)
Height 57cm x Width 51cm
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Starting Bid: $800
Height 40cm x Width 32cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Starting Bid: $750
The Trees Remember, 2025
mixed media on cavas framed in ash floating frame (framed)
Height 73cm x Width 93cm
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,600
Starting Bid: $1,800
153
A Quiet Reach, 2025 oil on board. (framed)
Height 64cm x Width 49cm
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,900
Starting Bid: $550
Lot 154
acrylic on canvas (framed)
Height 42cm x Width 32cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $300
Fade into you, 2025
oil on canvas framed in white washed oak frame (framed)
Height 110cm x Width 90cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,800
Starting Bid: $2,200
acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang
Height 35.5cm x Width
35.5cm
Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid: $300
Height 65cm x Width 65cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $700
The AustraliansSummer evening, 2025
Height 50cm x Width 40cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Starting Bid: $800
Height 33cm x Width 33cm
Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Starting Bid: $500
Height 43cm x Width 43cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200 Starting Bid: $600
Steady Now, 2025 oil on canvas, framed in oak (framed)
Height 23cm x Width 23cm
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $300
mixed media on canvas (framed)
Height 33cm x Width 66cm
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
Starting Bid: $500
Starting Bid: $2,500
Height 110cm x Width 180cm
Estimate: $2,900 - $3,400
Height 61cm x Width 51cm
Estimate: $700 - $950
Surface Tension - Contemporary Australian Art