Previous Exhibition

Catherine Parker —
Urban Calm

Mar 10 – Apr 1, 2022

About the Artist      

Join us Thursday 10 March from 6 pm to celebrate the opening night of urban calm, Catherine's latest body of work.

Catherine Parker brings an incredible collection of work to Side Gallery to invite the viewer to feel optimism through the magnetic pull of water, to rest, and reconnect with nature’s elements. This collection of work in urban calm, created over two years, captures glimpses of life by the water. Depictions of the sublime; cool bodies of water amidst the warm tones of the Australian environment. We are transported, remembering the feeling of being near or in water with endearing and calming nostalgia.

Urban calm is not just an exhibition to view but a place to go.

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The Barracks Pool   2019/2020

Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 20 cm
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Chair Study #1 — Sun lounge   2021

Acrylic ink and pencil on board
11 x 11.5 cm
$300 Sold

Chair Study #2   2021

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Acrylic ink and pencil on board
10 x 14 cm
$300

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Chair Study #3 — Striped chair   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
10 x 14 cm
$300 Sold

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Chair Study #4 — Green chair   2021

Acrylic ink and pencil on board

9 x 10 cm
$300 Sold

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Chair Study #5 — The night chair   2021

Acrylic ink and gold leaf on board
10 x 14 cm
$360 Sold

Chairs in waiting   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$370

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Basking in the sun   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
13 x 22 cm
$400 Sold

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Deck chair by pool   2021

Acrylic ink and pencil on board
18.5 x 16 cm
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Desert paradise   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 23 cm
$390 Sold

House pool   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
12.5 x 21 cm
$390

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Oasis   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 17 cm
$450 Sold

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Olympia   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
10 x 16 cm
$470 Sold

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Pool study three   2020

Acrylic and ink on board
14 x 14 cm
$370 Sold

Retro Paradise — Bel Air Hotel Cleveland   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 20 cm
$600

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Chair Study #6   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 10 cm
$260 Sold

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Skull boat   2020

Acrylic and ink on board
10.5 x 25 cm
$360 Sold

Solitude   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 11 cm
$370

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Solitude by the pool   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
16 x 17 cm
$390 Sold

The dam at dusk   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
23 x 16 cm
$450

Tropical chair   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 16.5 cm
$390

Moody sky, Calm (Diptych)   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 6 cm, 8 x 8.5 cm
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Moody sky   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 6 cm
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Calm   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
8 x 8.5 cm
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I know this place   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
7.5 x 5.5 cm
$270 Sold

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Rainbow over water   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 7cm
$270 Sold

Spirit pool   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
8.5 x 9 cm
$280

The warmth   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

View of coast   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

Ghost rider 1   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
16.5 x 22.5 cm
$390

A subtle moment   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
22.5 x 19 cm
$420

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Caravan in dunes   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
16 x 17 cm
$390 Sold

End of the road   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
19 x 30 cm
$450

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Felix at West Point   2020

Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$390 Sold

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Hidden view   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 30 cm
$370 Sold

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Mist over water   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
22.5 x 16 cm
$490 Sold

Ode to Edward Hoppers arm chair   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
16.5 x 17 cm
$370

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One Sunday afternoon   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
26.5 x 20.5 Cm
$550 Sold

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Pool over Mewah Mountain   2020

Acrylic in ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$365 Sold

Raby Bay Paise To View   2019

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Acrylic and ink on board
24 x 25 cm
$530

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Sky pool    2020

Acrylic and ink on board
18 x 45 cm
$600 Sold

A solitary nature   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 17 cm
$450

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Somewhere In Victoria   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
23 x 17 cm
$420 Sold

The Encroachment   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
22 x 20 cm
$510

The final resting place   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
18.5 x 29.5 cm
$450

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The painter of oceans   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 16 cm
$390 Sold

There's no telling who's hiding   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 30 cm
$520

View from Olympus Ave (Diptych)   2020

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Acrylic and ink board
19.5 x 30 cm each panel
$1150

View from Olympus Ave part 1   2020

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Acrylic and ink board
19.5 x 30 cm
$1150 Diptych (sold together with View from Olympus Ave Part 2)

View from Olympus Ave Part 2   2020

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Acrylic and ink board
19.5 x 30 cm
$1150 Diptych (sold together with View from Olympus Ave Part 1)

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Backyard object painting   2020

Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 20 cm
$550 Sold

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Hidden retreat   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 6.5 cm
$270 Sold

Ancient land   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$290

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Melita sun wall   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280 Sold

Pool friends   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
5.5 x 8 cm
$270

Dive deeply   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
22 x 17 cm
$510

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I have been here before   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
16 x 23 cm
$470 Sold

Spirit mangroves   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 13.5 cm
$370

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A place called earth   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
14 x 14 cm
$360 Sold

An interesting discourse   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 14 cm
$420

Back road to Alma Bay   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
11 x 13 cm
$370

Coral pool (Diptych)   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
19.5 x 30 cm each panel
$1150

Coral pool part 1   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
19.5 x 30 cm
$1150 Diptych (sold together with Coral Pool Part 2)

Coral pool part 2   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
19.5 x 30 cm
$1150 Diptych (sold together with Coral Pool Part 1)

Coral shelf   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
22 x 22 cm
$420

Dancing florals   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 20 cm
$600

Dream home with pool   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 16.5 cm
$500

Floating pool   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
18.5 x 26 cm
$380

Greetings from Woodgate   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$370

Horseshoe back beach   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
23 x 29.5 cm
$550

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Melita Mountain view   2021

Acrylic ink and ink pen on board
15 x 11.5 cm
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Night journey   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$360

Our guardian friend   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 19.5 cm
$410

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Painter of pools   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
14 x 15 cm
$370 Sold

Pool sanctuary   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
11 x 11 cm
$360

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Pool series retro paradise with figure   2020/21

Acrylic and ink on board
12 x 17 cm
$450 Sold

Storm painter   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
16.5 x 22 cm
$420

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Summer days   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
19 x 22 cm
$410 Sold

Sunshine view   2021

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Acrylic ink on board
13.5 x 18.5 cm
$360

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The flying whale    2021

Acrylic ink and ink pen on board
15 x 11.5 cm
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The flying whale 2   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
23 x 16 cm
$490

Dune spirits   2021

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16.5 x 17 cm
$390

The princess of the pool   2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
16.5 x 17 cm
$390

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The book of quiet karma   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
20 x 20 cm
$550 Sold

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The whale at Alma   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
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Tropical lust   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
15 x 14 cm
$400

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Tropical shadows   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
14 x 21 cm
$380 Sold

Suburban green   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 16 cm
$390

Spirit Road   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$300

A Tropical Wonderland    2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
13 x 20 cm
$490

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Healing Pool   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
13.5 x 22 cm
$400 Sold

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Ghost track   2020

Acrylic and ink on board
17 x 14 cm
$380 Sold

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Storm Bay

Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 20.5 cm
$300 Sold

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Spirit Line   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
6.5 x 12 cm
$300 Sold

Park to Alma Bay    2020

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Acrylic and ink on board
22 x 30 cm
$490

Quiet Cave Ocean   2022

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Acrylic and ink on board
14 x 11.5 cm
$300

Welcome To The Big Dolphin   2022

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Acrylic and ink on board
15 x 22 cm
$410

Bremer Path    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 7 cm
$280

Cliff Dwellers    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

Heading Out To The Ocean Canyon   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 8 cm
$280

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Rainbow Bay 3   2021

Acrylic and ink on board
$280 Sold

Horizon Pool    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
7 x 8 cm
$280

Later Afternoon Spirit   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 9 cm
$280

Rainbow Bay    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

The Quiet Dune    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

Wild Flower Bay   2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm
$280

Spirit Road, View of coast, Melita sun wall    2021

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Acrylic and ink on board
9 x 8.5 cm approx each
$300, $280, $280

Catherine Parker 'urban calm'    Published 2022, designed & printed in Brisbane Australia. Foreword by Rachael Parsons — Director of New England Regional Art Museum

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68 pages
Hard cover, 15 x 18 cm
$55

About the Artist

Catherine Parker

Catherine Parker is a painter / mixed media artist and educator based in Toowoomba, Queensland. 

Parker has a metaphysical interest in nature and spiritual systems and celebrates the beauty in both the Australian urban and natural landscape, choosing to honour, rather than divide the two. Although her landscapes are essentially Australian they also have a universal quality. She takes heart that within any landscape there are always mysterious elements, an invisible presence perhaps that restores the balance.

Catherine Parker has been exhibiting since 1989 and has held 17 solo exhibitions and exhibited in close to 100 group exhibitions nationally and internationally

About the Curator

Laura Brinin

Laura Brinin is a curator of contemporary art, currently facilitating the vibrant program at Side Gallery in the heart of Red Hill, Brisbane. With an unwavering passion for nurturing connections with emerging and established creatives, Laura is dedicated to fostering artistic growth through avenues such as social media, branding, and identity development.

Laura has exhibited her own work both in Australia and overseas, as well as working as an independent freelance curator across Brisbane for over ten years. In her downtime, you can find her reading, travelling, or stalking dogs.