Trevor Rowe

I am a colourist. My work explores colour balance, colour contrast and colour relationships. The results are strong vibrant works through to works that are minimalist, subtle and subdued. There are recurring themes of starkness, aloneness, isolation and otherness that reflect my lived experience.

While much of my work involves acrylic on canvas and board, I embrace collage and digital painting, mixed media, watercolour and sculpture.

I seek to engage with viewers, inviting exploration of the creative process, patterns and markings. Sometime the engagement entails humour. I would like viewers of my work to understand mediums and their meanings.

In my mixed media work, I have begun to use found materials, repurposing the mundane and ordinary (for example cardboard) into works that exhibit beauty.

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In 2022, I graduated from the Canberra Institute of Technology with a Diploma in Visual Art. This follows a range of short courses completed over a span of years.

Favourite courses include water colour with Noel Ford at the Canberra School of Art, screen printing, etching and lithography at the Megalo Studio in Canberra and figure and portrait painting with Alan Ramsay at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London, UK

2009 - Kings Road Outdoor Exhibition
2009 - Heatherley School of Fine Art, End of year Exhibition
2012 - Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, Waterloo - 'Not the Summer Exhibition.
2013 - Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, Waterloo - Not the Summer Exhibition.
2012 - Untitled Artists Fair - Chelsea Old Town Hall
2014 - Untitled Artists Fair - Chelsea Old Town Hall
2014 - Megalo Studio - 'Megalo rocks' - An exhibition of lithography by Megalo lithographers
2014 - Portico Gallery, West Norword - Lambeth open
2014 - Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, Waterloo, - Not the Summer Exhibition
2018 - Queanbeyan Art Society - :Abstract and abstractionism
2021 - Salon Exhibition at Aarwun Gallery, Canberra.
2021 - solo exhibition - Goodwin Clubhouse, Monash, Canberra.
2022 - Queanbeyan Art Society's Abstract and Abstractionism Exhibition
2022 - solo exhibition - Goodwin Clubhouse, Monash, Canberra.
Feb, 2023 - Abstract and Abstractionism, Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
Feb, 2023 - Earth unframed, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra.
May, 2023 - Solo exhibition, Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW