Exploring ideas around depicting our landscape and the sublime, Zac Moynihan, in collaboration with Side Gallery, presents Out There, an exhibition capturing the beauty and magnetism of our natural world. Working en plein air and reflecting further in the studio, Zac's connection to place is evident in the hurried, loose brush strokes of the plein air studies, suggesting an outdoor, elemental struggle to get the vista in front of him down with finesse. In contrast, the detailed, disciplined outcomes derived from the studio process elude to a rich and vigorous study of preindustrial revolution painters, lending knowledge and grounding to Zac's painting style.
The outcomes of Zac's two different processes at first glance are similar: landscapes painted in oil, both focus on composition with a strong focal point, both present rule of thirds, and are framed in a modern, handmade Tasmanian oak which avoids a feeling of antiquity. Yet the physicality is what puts the two apart. In the Plein air paintings, the rough and loose brush strokes are visible, creating a connection to the artist's hand and ultimately creating an understanding of the conditions in which Zac worked. The learning phases, education and strategy of an artist continually pushing themself to grow is evident with the highly resolved and finely executed work Zac applies under studio conditions. The two styles, created by two different processes and mindsets, sit in a balanced and considered part extension of the whole. Ultimately, it is clear that both techniques and methods in this body of work pursue a genuine passion for exploring the natural world and a love of painterly expression.

Amamoor Morning #2 (Woonoongoora) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$490 Sold

Gumridge (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
40 x 30 cm
$790 Sold

Passing By Coot-tha (Meanjin Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$590 Sold

Samford Valley Idyll (Meanjin Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
40 x 40 cm
$690 Sold

Simpson’s Falls (Meanjin Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$590 Sold

Chalahn Falls (Woonoongoora) 2022
Oil on Panel
26 x 30 cm
$690 Sold

The Steamers (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 30 cm
$490 Sold

Upper Duroby - Afternoon (Bundjalung land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$590 Sold

Afternoon Storm Red Hill (Meanjin Land) 2023
Oil on Panel
20 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Angler’s Esplanade (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
15 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Approaching Rain (Bundjalung Land) 2021
2021 Oil on Panel Plein Air
15 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Boonah Colour Study #1 (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
21 x 15 cm
$500 Sold

Boonah Colour Study #2 (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Bunya Boss (Wakka Wakka, Jarowair and Barrumgum Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$490 Sold

Bunya Thunder (Wakka Wakka, Jarowair and Barrumgum Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 15 cm
$500 Sold

Coot-tha Afternoon Colour Study (Meanjin land)
Oil on Panel
14 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Coot-tha from Cathedral Hill (Meanjin land) 2022
2022 Oil on Panel Plein Air
20 x 30 cm
$500 Framed

Coot-tha Pastoral (Meanjin land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Montserrat Trails (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Point Glorous (Gubbi Gubbi Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 15 cm
$490 Sold

Samford Blues (Jinibara Land Wakka Wakka/Yuggera) 2022
Oil on Panel
14 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Samford Morning (Jinibara Land Wakka Wakka/Yuggera) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Samford Pastoral (Jinibara Land Wakka Wakka/Yuggera) 2022
Oil on Panel
12 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Samford Valley East View (Jinibara Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Secret Spot Afternoon (Jinibara Land Wakka Wakka/Yuggera) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$490 Sold

Storm Shapes (Meanjin) 2023
Oil on Panel
15 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Sweeping Rains (Jinibara Land Wakka Wakka/Yuggera) 2022
Oil on Panel
10 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Top of the Trail - Bunya (Wakka Wakka, Jarowair and Barrumgum Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 45 cm
$590 Sold

Upper Duroby - Morning (Bundjalung Land) 2022
Oil on Panel
15 x 22.5 cm
$500 Framed

Western Afternoon Light Red Hill Afternoon Light - Red Hill (Meanjin) 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Bunya Twilight 2022
Oil on Panel
20 x 20 cm
$500 Sold

Mt Gravatt Storm 1 2021
Oil on Panel
16 x 30 cm
$500 Sold

Lamington National Park 2022
Oil on Panel
62 x 95 cm
$5000 Framed

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Install view