Lucy Vader

We are delighted to announce the inclusion of one of the most adored and in-demand artists from the Michael Reid stable, Lucy Vader, into Michael Reid Murrurundi’s inaugural collaborative exhibition with RM Williams. In this exhibition, Vader showcases some of her most ambitious and expressive pastoral paintings to date, applying paint in thick, sumptuous layers that blur the boundary between abstraction and representation.

A true iconoclast of pastoral painting, Vader’s deeply saturated scenes pulse with energy, exuberance and vibrant undulations of paint, appearing as though they might momentarily break open to roiling undercurrents of pure colour.  Reflecting her deep and enduring affinity for rural life, the artist imbues these bucolic pictures with dynamism and movement, evoking the landscape’s natural rhythms.

Set to the backdrop of visually charged, radiant skies brimming with tumbling clouds, farm animals graze along rolling paddocks below. Unsurprisingly for someone whose family has farmed for generations, Vader conveys a landscape that has been both seen and felt.

Paintings by Lucy Vader are available to preview at our Sydney Gallery and appointments may be scheduled by request. For more information, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au