Therese Briggs
Therese Briggs is an artist exploring memory contained in both animate and inanimate objects which she expresses using motifs and language associated with her own visual memories. While her works on paper reflect a precision that evokes the restrained and instructional world of science, her works on canvas are fluid and organic where pictorial elements emerge from a combination of thin layers of glazes, drips, dots, and opaque brush marks.
Recently she has been exploring the concept of plant memory and displacement through the lens of the European expeditions of the 17 th and 18th centuries, where plants were ‘discovered’, exploited, and removed from their natural habitat. She suggests the plants might be considered a metaphor for the millions of humans who were displaced, indentured, and imprisoned through the Imperialist ambitions of time.
Before gaining her qualification, she undertook training in painting through Short Courses at the National Art School and ArtEst Art School in Sydney. She consolidated these experiences in 2022 when she completed her Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts at Meadowbank TAFE.
"Displacement"
The Corner Gallery,
Stanmore, May 2025
"Beauty Rich and Rare"
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
100cm x 100cm
$2300
"Saints and Martyrs of the Suburbs"
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
100cm x 76cm
$1800
"Damascene Moment"
Acrylic and mixed media on linen
60cm x 60cm
SOLD
"….We saw a small settlement below"
Acrylic on canvas
50cm x 50cm framed
SOLD
"Cabinet of Curiosities"
Acrylic and mixed media on linen
50cm x 50cm framed
SOLD
"Objects of Desire"
Acrylic and fabric on linen
50cm x 70cm framed
SOLD
"Genesis 1"
Acrylic and fabric on linen
28cm x 28cm
$650
"Genesis 2"
Acrylic and fabric on linen
28cm x 28cm
$650
"The fateful slumber floats and flows About the tangle of the rose…. (The Briar Rose - William Morris)"
Mixed media on Stonehenge paper
76cm x 57cm
SOLD
"Cash Crop - White death"
Mixed media on Stonehenge paper
76cm x 57cm
$600
"The Hero (Cactoblastis cactorum)"
Mixed media on Stonehenge paper
76cm x 57cm
$600
"Cash Crop - Food of the Gods"
Mixed media on Stonehenge paper
76cm x 57cm
$600
"Une memoire de la Madam Moiotessier"
Monotypes acrylic and oil on paper
20cm x 20cm and 15cm x 15cm
SOLD
