Alcaston Gallery presents four highly acclaimed artists at Korea International Art Fair 2012: Sally Gabori, Clinton Nain, Emily Evans and Paula Paul.

Sally Gabori paints memory and place. Each canvas is a window through time, a recollection of events, darkness and light, moments that have shaped and brought colour to a life. Through rich, interwoven layers of paint Sally Gabori creates landscapes that honour the memory of her late husband and connect her to her country on Bentinck Island, Queensland. Sally Gabori continues to receive accolades, and earlier this year was named winner of the inaugural Gold Award for contemporary Australian painting.

Clinton Nain's paintings and mixed media installation works draw from the domestic realm, but point to far broader complexities. Through his artwork Clinton Nain fervently engages a political, cultural and social discourse. Often using household mediums such as bleach, heritage paint, bitumen and found objects. Clinton Nain tackles issues of race, gender and the colonisation of his people. 

In stark contrast to the work of both these artists are the meticulously executed paintings of Emily Evans. Her sophisticated depictions of Balibal, the spotted stingray, are created with a lightness of touch, the fine white dots swirling over the canvas in patterns that are at once creature and cosmos.

Paula Paul paints the flat reefs and oysters surrounding Bentinck Island, Queensland, through the artist's expert use of colour and composition the motifs in her paintings appear to float as though suspended in a body of water. In 2010 major work by Paula Paul was acquired by the NAtional Agllery of Victoria, Australia and in 2012 Paula Paul is a finalist in the prestigious Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Alcaston Gallery exhibited paintings by Paula Paul at the Korea International Art Fair 2008 and 2011 to overwhelming success. 

by Beverly Knight