In his debut solo exhibition Bare, Brisbane-based artist Andrew Sleeman presents a gentle series of paintings that examine the human form. This exploration extends beyond physicality into an investigation of how emotion is held within the body.
Working primarily with oil and acrylic, Sleeman brings his gestural brushwork and quiet observational style to depictions of nude figures. These are not grand, performative scenes but moments of stillness of figures caught mid-thought, rendered with expressive mark-making and a deep reverence for natural light, form, and composition. Bare captures the power of the uncelebrated moment, inviting the viewer into the created realm of tension, vulnerability, and pause.
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Join us for the opening of 'Bare' — a solo exhibition by Brisbane figurative painter Andrew Sleeman — at Side Gallery on Thursday 14 August.
Artist Talk — 5.30 pm with Andrew and curator Laura Brinin
Opening Night — From 6 pm
It’s the weight of the past that pins us there 2025
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
$650 Framed
I can’t understand why you don’t understand me 2025
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 40.6 cm
$500 Framed
Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be 2025
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.4 cm
$320 Framed
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The struggle is not to see what isn’t there 2025
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.4 cm
$320 Sold
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Give yourself a moment everyday 2025
Oil on canvas
20.3 x 25.4 cm
$280 Sold
Something underneath everything 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Framed
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Time to be alone and wonder who I am 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Sold
If you know what you are doing there is no risk 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Framed
Cast in a role 2025
Oil on canvas
20.3 x 25.4 cm
$280 Framed
Just tell me what you need 2025
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.4 cm
$320 Framed
To feel the texture of your life 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Framed
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Surrender 2025
Oil on canvas
20.3 x 25.4 cm
$280 Sold
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You’re all sorts of things you don’t even know yet 2025
Oil on canvas
20.3 x 25.4 cm
$280 Sold
Nothing on 2025
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
$650 Framed
Even good boys bleed 2025
Oil on canvas
25 x 25 cm
$300 Framed
There’s more for us on the horizon than anyone knows 2025
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 40.6 cm
$500 Framed
Try to feel 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Framed
I can’t see the point 2025
Oil on canvas
25.4 x 30.5 cm
$320 Framed
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I don’t know why I am the way I am 2025
Oil on canvas
20.3 x 25.4 cm
$280 Sold
I’ve always had a wild heart 2025
Oil on canvas
45.5 x 61.5 cm
$850 Framed
A dream interrupted halfway through 2025
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
$650 Framed
