8 - 14 December
Of all the places I’ve ever seen and all the people I’ve ever been, 2025, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm
These paintings reflect on how a life gathers within itself. Each thought, moment seen, felt, or remembered leaves a trace, joining what came before. Like strata in the earth or layers of water and air, experience settles and shifts, forming the ground of who we become.
In the studio, this understanding takes material form. Watercolour and graphite build translucent surfaces where traces of text appear and fade. The materials matter, their behaviour shaping the work as much as any idea. Some words remain, others dissolve, a quiet evidence of what we know and of what we have yet to understand. Their partial obscuring ensures the paintings are not fixed in meaning, leaving room for viewers to bring their own stories and interpretations.
My fascination with how people think and change informs this work, though it begins in lived experience rather than observation of others. Each painting holds a version of self, shaped through time and attention. Together, they reflect on perception as the shifting shape of what is true, provisional, layered, and completed only through the encounter with the viewer.
- Amanda van Gils
Version 5.7, 2025, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm, $5,700
OfalltheplacesI’veeverseenandallthepeopleI’veeverbeen, 2025, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm, $5,700
Sensibleisoverrated, 2025, watercolour and graphite on linen, 87 x 107 cm, $4,200
Perfectly,imperfectlycompleteandunfinished, 2025, watercolour and graphite on linen, 81 x 107 cm, $4,000
Itwasalwaysmine, 2025, watercolour and graphite on linen, 87 x 107 cm, $4,000
Iamnotmybiggestregret, 2025, watercolour and graphite on canvas, 107 x 81 cm, $4,000
Destiny(unfinishedbusiness) 2024, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 87 x 107 cm, $4,000
CompoundingSecrets, 2024, watercolour, watercolour pencil, graphite and acrylic on canvas, 81 x 107 xm, $4,000
Beyourownlighthouse, 2025, watercolour and graphite on canvas, 107 x 81 cm, $4,000
CompoundingSecrets, 2024, watercolour, watercolour pencil, graphite and acrylic on canvas, 81 x 107 cm, $4,000
Ithasalwaysbeentrue, 2024, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 81 x 81 cm, $3,500
EveryConnection, 2025, watercolour and pencil on canvas, 81 x 81 cm, $3,500
TravelDiary, 2023, watercolour and pencil on linen, 61 x 77 cm, $2,800
Beforeyouknewme, 2025, watercolour, acrylic, watercolour pencil and graphite on canvas, 61 x 77 cm, $2,800
Inhindsight, 2024, watercolour and graphite on canvas, 46 x 51 cm, $2,400
MomentarilyAligned, 2023, watercolour, ink and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 41 cm, $1,400
Asifbymagic..., 2023, watercolour and pencil on board, 26 x 40 cm, $1400
QuietVoices, 2025, watercolour and pencil on board, 26 x 40 cm, $1400
IwishIcouldremember, 2022, watercolour acrylic posca pens and graphite on linen, 25 x 40 cm, $1,400
SongsofWonder, 2023, watercolour and graphite on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
Revisiting,timeandagain, 2025, watercolour on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
Inallit’sglory, 2025, watercolour on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
Competingvoices, 2025, watercolour on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
Anotherforgottenstorywantingtobeheard, 2024, watercolour on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
Andthereyouare, 2025, watercolour on aquaboard, 20 x 25 cm, $750
