SAMANTHA DENNISON
CLOSE TO HOME
NERAM and A K Bellinger Gallery
August 2022
My still life oil paintings explore notions of beauty, space and stillness in the details of my everyday. They are the result of being close to home, committed to family, and surrounded by the domestic for these years. I paint the things that catch my eye - flowers and plants from our garden or from friends and neighbours, together with ceramic vessels I have collected from other artists or have made myself. I set them up and arrange them where I can see them every day in passing, allowing me to watch how the light changes as the days progress. I’m looking for balance and symmetry, using repetition of shape and form but most importantly space to achieve stillness. The moments of quiet contemplation when arranging my subjects and painting my still life pieces help me move through the noise and rush of daily life.
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Samantha Dennison
100 x 100cm Oil on Canvas $5900
100 x 100cm Oil on Canvas $5900
70 x 70cm Oil on Canvas $3900
25 x 33cm Framed Oil on Panel $1300
25 x 33cm Framed Oil on Panel $1300
25 x 33cm Framed Oil on Panel $1300
100 x 100cm Oil on Canvas $5900
25 x 33cm Framed Oil on Panel $1300
25 x 33cm Framed Oil on Panel $1300
100 x 100cm Oil on Canvas $5900
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
50 x 50cm Oil on Canvas $2700
40 x 40cm Oil on Canvas $2200
40 x 40cm Oil on Canvas $2200
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Samantha Dennison is a visual artist residing in Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. She is best known for her contemporary realist still life oil paintings which reflect her search for space and stillness.
Originally from Perth, Samantha studied Art Education at Edith Cowan University and graduated as a high school art teacher. In 2003, she held her first solo exhibition of landscape paintings. It is since her move to Albany in 2012 that Samantha has concentrated on still life painting.
Samantha has been a finalist in the 2021 Ravenswood Australian Womens’ Art Prize, 2020 Joondalup Invitation Art Prize, 2018 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award and 2016 Albany Art Prize. She won the Popular Choice Award in the 2019 Great Southern Art Award, the Painting Prize and Popular Choice Award in the 2015 Great Southern Art Award, and the Popular Choice Award in the 2014 Great Southern Art Award. Her still life painting, Flora, was acquired by the Royal Perth Hospital Collection in 2019.
Samantha Dennison is represented by Linton & Kay Galleries in Perth Western Australia and A K Bellinger Gallery in New South Wales.
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EDUCATION
2011 Graduate Certificate Literacy Education Edith Cowan University
1990 Bachelor of Education (Secondary Art) Edith Cowan University
1989 Bachelor of Arts (Education) Edith Cowan University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Shape and Space, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
New Paintings, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell NSW
2020 On the Road, Linton and Kay Galleries
New Paintings, A K Bellinger Gallery
2019 Flora, Linton and Kay Galleries
New Paintings, A K Bellinger Gallery
2017 Across the Road and Around the Corner, Linton and Kay Galleries
2015 Conversations, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany WA
2003 Escape, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 False Machine, Jennings Kerr Gallery, Robertson NSW
Incognito Art Show, Sydney
Interconnected, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
2021 Women of the West, Linton and Kay Galleries
Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2020 Light and Shade, Linton and Kay Galleries
Joondalup Invitation Art Prize
2019 Water: Above and Below, Linton and Kay Galleries
A Great Big Christmas Exhibition, Part 2, A K Bellinger Gallery
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award
Great Southern Art Award, Albany
The Alternative Archive, MIX Artists, Albany
2018 Christmas Exhibition, Part 2, A K Bellinger Gallery
Women of the West, Linton and Kay Galleries
2017 Women of Wildflowers, Linton and Kay Galleries
Hyper-Botanica, Gallerysmith, Melbourne VIC
Trophy, MIX Artists, PIAF Great Southern Festival, Albany
2016 Artist Open House Fremantle
City of Albany Art Prize
Square, MIX Artists Inc, PIAF Great Southern Festival, Albany
2015 Fleurt, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
Great Southern Art Award, Albany
AWARDS
2021 Finalist Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2020 Finalist Joondalup Invitation Art Prize
2019 Popular Choice Award Great Southern Art Award
2018 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Award
2016 Finalist City of Albany Art Prize
2015 Painting Prize Great Southern Art Award
Popular Choice Award Great Southern Art Award
2014 Popular Choice Award Great Southern Art Award
Highly Commended Great Southern Art Award
2003 Highly Commended Leonora Art Award
2002 Highly Commended City of Melville Art Awards
2001 Acrylic Painting Prize City of Melville Art Awards
2001 Highly Commended City of Gosnells Art Awards
1998 Highly Commended Albany Art Prize
COLLECTIONS
Royal Perth Hospital Collection
Private Collections Australia and Overseas
REPRESENTATION
Linton and Kay Galleries
Allison K Bellinger Gallery
