Alexandra Lawson Gallery

Alexandra Lawson Gallery Alexandra Lawson Gallery is a Commercial Art Gallery representing professional artists.

Alexandra Lawson Gallery is a Commercial Art Gallery and Studios representing professional artists.

Meet the artist, David Usher on Sunday 28 June 2026, between 11am and 1pm to view the exhibition Fire in the Hole’ a ret...
16/06/2026

Meet the artist, David Usher on Sunday 28 June 2026, between 11am and 1pm to view the exhibition Fire in the Hole’ a retrospective exhibition documenting four decades of David Usher’s Ceramic practice.

The exhibition is on display 24 June - 26 July 2026

Crows Nest Gallery
New England Highway and William Street
Crows Nest QLD 4355

14/06/2026

I adore listening to talking about her work - it was such a pleasure to follow her around in the gallery once we’d installed this work and listen to her tell the stories attached to these pieces. Amazing work, and a beautiful human to work with ❤️

It was a pleasure to facilitate ‘How to Pitch an Exhibition’ for Toowoomba Regional Art galleries as a part of the Creat...
13/06/2026

It was a pleasure to facilitate ‘How to Pitch an Exhibition’ for Toowoomba Regional Art galleries as a part of the Creative Workshop series with Dr Tiffany Shafran this morning. Thank you to the super engaged participants, this was a beautiful room to be in.

Thank you to the amazing for the beautiful photographs.

11/06/2026

Aurora Elwell on ‘Wild Garden Vessel (Bronze), 2026 which features thorns, exploring how nature deals with duality, inherently representing growth, vulnerability and new life, while simultaneously presenting thorns in order to protect the vulnerable elements of the plant. These ideas are reflected for Aurora within our own humanity.

Aurora Elwell, ‘Wild Garden Vessel (Black)’, 2026, ceramic, 19.5 × 17cmThese gorgeous works are still available to view ...
11/06/2026

Aurora Elwell, ‘Wild Garden Vessel (Black)’, 2026, ceramic, 19.5 × 17cm

These gorgeous works are still available to view as a part of the solo exhibition titled ‘Wrath and Mercy’ at A Block Gallery until 26 June, the space is open during business hours.

This work was the first vessel based object that Aurora made for this show that depicted the intersection between the thorns and the vessel (which is representational of the self), the thorns explore defensive mechanisms, protective of the ‘soft bits’ a premise that exists in the natural world.

Join us for ‘Fire in the Hole’ a retrospective exhibition documenting four decades of David Usher’s Ceramic practice. Me...
05/06/2026

Join us for ‘Fire in the Hole’ a retrospective exhibition documenting four decades of David Usher’s Ceramic practice.

Meet the artist on Sunday 28 June 2026, between 11am and 1pm, and join us for lunch afterwards.

The exhibition is on display 24 June - 26 July 2026

Crows Nest Gallery
New England Highway and William Street
Crows Nest QLD 4355

I popped in to Monica Usher’s studio today, this is a work in progress painting, I love seeing how the next body of work...
04/06/2026

I popped in to Monica Usher’s studio today, this is a work in progress painting, I love seeing how the next body of work shifts after a show. Exciting times.
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02/06/2026

Here, Aurora Elwell explains that this work, titled ‘Wild Garden Vessel (Black)’ is the first thrown work she made for this series. She explains the work is thrown with porcelain paper clay in addition to the decisions she made around the glaze for this object. On opening night, we did a floor talk where she articulated that this work took her around four days to make, she said she worked really slowly through the development of the thorn structures, considering how she wanted them to exist in relation to the vessel shape itself, which portrays the human form. Aurora also spoke about the process of the construction of the objects in the studio, and this slow process being a beautiful meditative influence in her life.

This work is part of the exhibition by Aurora Elwell titled ‘Wrath and Mercy’ that is showing at A Block Gallery (open during working hours) until 26 June 2026.

01/06/2026

Here, Aurora explains the process of making these wall works, they were some of the first she made in this body of work - and existed in this series as a means to explore the thorn motif, prior to making the larger ceramic works. In the installation of the exhibition we deliberately hung them low, rather than the centre of the works being at 150cm, (at which you’d usually view/read a painting for example). This installation decision was based on allowing these works to feel grounded when the viewer looked/experienced all the work together, which was their important purpose throughout the making process, informing the rest of the exhibition.

31/05/2026

I had a beautiful time installing this work with Aurora and hearing the stories around the work, I have a few moments to share here, around how the photographs included inform the work, and the significance of the inclusion of the thorns in the work, and the making process. 🔥

This exhibition is available to view at A Block Gallery, open during working hours. All welcome.

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