Catherine Chambers

Honoured to be a finalist with my painting “He Didn’t Think About His Future” for this years Sidney Nolan Prize @sidneynolantrust
The painting was also longlisted for @jmpaintingprize 2025

He Didn’t Think About His Future
2025
A painting that evolved from an earlier version, but is likely to grow further in the future - swipe to learn more about the painting..

The exhibition continues to the 4th October
Open Weds-Sat 11am-4pm

50 artists were selected from over 1600 international entries and had their works installed throughout the galleries, historic buildings, and gardens of the Sidney Nolan Trust

I’ve not been able to make it down to the exhibition myself, so thanks to @sarah_jane_moon @carolinepoolart and @soulbaraitser for the in situ pics
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@parkerharrisco #contemporaryart #triptych #figurativepaintings #storytelling #paintingpeople

This triptych considers a tale told by a younger man about an older companion, but who seemed at risk of following the same path.
As we staged the composition of the two (in the centre panel) at a local bar one evening, others in our company watched on. I thought about how the comment “He didn’t think about his future” applies to others and the painting grew organically.
Often when we focus on one subject, the peripheral slips away; the ‘storyteller’ perhaps wasn’t aware of his own destiny despite being so acutely aware of others, and myself as the artist, focusing on the painting, for a while lost sight of my own involvement of future plans. With hindsight, I introduced the others in our company onto the outer panels. In the triptych ‘uncertainty’ is suggested by the intrusion of the central characters into the outer panels. Paths cross, the unexpected happens and time moves on.
The painting demonstrates continued patterns in human behaviour.