Meredith Howse

Meredith Howse is an accomplished Australian artist celebrated for her captivating landscape paintings that evoke emotion and atmosphere. With an eye for detail and a deep connection to nature, her works invite viewers into immersive worlds—where cool depths, storm-charged skies, golden sunlight, and the salty scent of ocean air are expressed through masterful brushwork. In addition to her landscapes, Howse explores abstraction with equal finesse, using colours and textures that reflect the rhythms and patterns of the natural world.

Originally born in the Northern Territory, Meredith’s childhood was spent in regional New South Wales, where the vast skies and open spaces left a lasting impression on her artistic spirit. Following her education at the University of Technology Sydney, her creative path was enriched by travels through Europe, North America, and Asia before she eventually settled in Queensland—drawn by its serene beauty and vibrant light.

Her distinctive approach, which she coined as Australian Freestyle in 2018, is characterised by loose, expressive brushstrokes, dynamic energy, and an emotive use of colour. This style bridges realism, impressionism, and abstraction, resulting in artworks that are both contemporary a...

Brisbane Institute of Art
Diploma Applied Science UTS
Brisbane Painting school with Marcel Desbiens.
Workshops with Australian Landscape Artist John Wilson, Australian Impressionist Colley Whisson, Australian Abstract Artists Glenda Charles, Beverley Tainton and Peter Griffen.

2023 1st Prize Royal Queensland Show (Seascape)
2022/23 Finalist Clayton Utz Art Prize &The Doyles
2022 Inverell art show. Aspects Goondiwindi Art show. The Tower Art Show. New artwork series Landscape Illumination
2021& 2022 Finalist Art Lovers Australia Award
2020 Top 30 Best selling artist Bluethumb Australia. New artwork series 'The Colours of Texas'
2019 New Artwork Series 'Opalescence'. Coined the words Australian Freestyle to describe an Art Style.
2017/18/19/21 Curator The Tower Art Show, Ashgrove, QLD.
2018 Solo exhibition at The Lockyer Valley Regional Gallery, 90 works.
2018 Towoomba Grammar Art Show by invitation. Stuartholme School Art Show by invitation, BIA Members Exhibition, 1st Prize Great Lakes Art Exhibition,NSW, 1st Prize Landscape Award Goondiwindi Aspects Art Show. Prize winner for Landscape The Doyle's Art Award. Finalist in ‘Mission to Seafarers Mariners Art Award’ for ‘Seaworthy’.
2017 2nd Prize Gold Coast show, 2nd Prize Wallamba District show, Finalist Milburn Art Award, 3rd Prize ‘Landscape’Award. Petrie Terrace Gallery.
2016 Major Exhibition 'The Brisbane River Series' at Petrie Terrace Gallery, Queensland. 30 works.
2016/17/18 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular.
2016 3rd Prize RQAS Town and Country Exhib...