Justine Reilly
Words from Justine
After harbouring a career spanning 20 years in graphic design, art direction & digital design, in 2020 Justine turned her focus full-time back to her primary love: fine art.
Working with acrylics, graphite, posca, charcoal, ink, pens, pastels, metallic pigment & poster markers - finished with embellishments of metallic leaf and tape - give her work a strong physical presence.
That presence is enhanced by her ability to look beyond the physical into the metaphysical, combined with her ability to manipulate softness and scale, creating a sense of lyrical unease; a ‘pretty’ threat.
The resulting works illustrate Justine’s unique and unmistakeable signature.
Her work is arresting as it is beautiful, primal and elemental, defying the “norm” of beauty by casting light upon the inner being in all aspects of self: healing, defiant and radiant.
All works are original and unique to this exhibition.
Justine lives and works in her Byron Bay studio space.
www.justinereillyart.com.au
@justinereillyart
