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Fox Galleries is proud to announce Jo Darvall’s commission for the brand-new boutique hotel ‘The Howey,’ in Melbourne’s CBD.

This commission is a result of Jo’s very successful exhibition ‘Hydrosphere’, held during September and October.
We would like to congratulate Jo on her achievement and commend her for her dedication to this project.

Fox Galleries has a history of commissioning projects, such as Nigel Sense x Porsche and Tim Clarkson’s Stag at St. Hubert’s winery. These expertise enabled a copyright and moral rights agreement to be made between Jo and ‘The Howey.’

This facilitated the reproduction of seven key works from ‘Hydrosphere’ into 89 prints of various sizes for the hotel guest rooms, as well as allowing the hotel to use the artwork images for promotional purposes, such as complimentary gift cards.

The hotel’s ambition was to champion art and design from Melbourne and Victoria.
Jo’s talent, coupled with her Yarram upbringing, and her time at the Victorian College of the Arts made her a natural choice.

Jo’s attention to detail is astonishing. Each of the 89 commissioned artworks is finished with a hand made and hand painted oak frame finished in carefully created bespoke shades of red, blue, and green.

The frames evoke the three natural elements of earth, fire, and water. Nature, and water in particular, is an essential aspect of Jo’s works, and it is this fluid element that imbues her work with a sense of tranquillity.

Patrons of The Howey will be able to immerse themselves in this experience as the works are hung throughout the tastefully decorated rooms of the hotel.

A selection of Jo’s works are on display in our stockroom at Fox Galleries and available online at:
https://foxgalleries.com.au/stockroom-selection/
If you would like to see the works in person, book your stay at the Howey at the link below:
https://www.causeway.com.au/the-howey-melbourne

ART WATCH has announced 2023 TOP100Artists featuring our represented artist AL Poulet. 

Al Poulet is part of this years celebration of collectable artists living, working and exhibiting in Australia. Art watch surveys the current Contemporary Art scene for stand-out artists, whose work features prominently in recent exhibitions, award listings, publications and across high-profile media platforms, earning them commercial success and critical acclaim in a highly competitive art world.

Al Poulet lives and works in Wedderburn. He was recently featured in Artist Profile, and presented at Sydney Contemporary in 2022, with other recent notable exhibtions at Penrith Regional Art Gallery in the joint exhibition, ‘Cummings & Poulet’.

Al Poulet is a graduate of UNSW Art and Design, achieving a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) in 2013 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2017.

The Artist States:

“My paintings come from within. They are an attempt to express something on the tip of your tongue, that which has no expression in language. A horizon in the landscape is another analogy, a landmark yet literally a place unreachable. Painting records my experience with the irresistible urge to make a mark and process this life. Working with the flow and embracing my practice has revealed these new paintings from beyond the horizon of Wedderburn and my inner landscape.”

For a full catalogue of Al Poulet please contact admin@foxgalleries.com.au or call + 61 3 8560 5487

ANTON THOMAS   Wild World (detail) 2023, original and framed editions available.

After an astronomical THREE YEARS of drawing, Fox Galleries is proud to announce our presentation of Anton Thomas’ now completed map of the ‘Wild World’.

Anton Thomas is an artist-cartographer based in Melbourne. From his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island to the present day, he has been enchanted by geography, exploring its confluence with
art via hand-crafted maps.

His maps are drawn with coloured pencil and fine-liner pen. They are astonishingly detailed, sometimes needing thousands of hours of research and drawing to complete. He believes the most emotive maps are those that evoke a sense of place, that see a location not just by its topography and hydrography, but by what it feels like to be there. By the colours, sounds, and lifeforms – animal or human – that inhabit it.

Due to his unique hand-drawn approach and themes around biodiversity, Anton Thomas’ aesthetic, functional and educational maps have garnered a global repution through his uncanny ability to turn geography into exquisite art.

For further details on his upcoming exhibtion in  work please contact admin@foxgalleries.com.au or call + 61 3 8560 5487