Ingrid Daniell

This work is part of Ingrid Daniell's 2025 solo exhibition, 'The Paradox of Awe'.

Says Ingrid Daniell of this work, "My paintings start long before I enter the studio. They begin in the moments I spend immersed between the landscapes of my two homelands in Wadawurrung Country on Victoria’s Surf Coast, and in Pyemmairrener Country on the east coast of Tasmania. I actively avoid working from plein air or photographs as I’m not trying to mirror what I am engaging with; rather, I am representing how I feel when I am in the environment.

"With this exhibition, I explore the paradoxical nature of awe: the ephemeral, sublime moments in nature that simultaneously inspire hope and fear, strength and fragility, insignificance and transcendence. Ultimately, my work seeks to evoke awe as a transformative emotion; one that offers space for reflection, belonging, and connection. It is a call to remember our place within nature’s intricate and fragile web, to hold both the heartbreak and the wonder, and to find meaning in the moments where time, memory, and the land converge."