Affordable Art Fair
Melbourne
27 – 30 August 2026
Alan Harding
Alan Harding is a Yass-based painter working in oils across still life, landscape and everyday scenes, often drawing on quiet, overlooked moments from his local surroundings. His work has been a strong favourite at Tyger, with both of his solo shows at the gallery selling out.
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Alan lives in Yass. Visual art has always been a passion and occupation in one form or another: he trained as a Secondary School Art teacher, studied art history and curatorship, and later graphic design.
As well as teaching, he has run a retail business for over 20 years specialising in Australian craftwork.
Although he has always drawn and painted, recently he has been able to devote an increasing amount of time to his own art practice.
Alan paints with oils - still lifes, landscapes, streetscapes and abstracts.
Alan Harding has had two sold out shows at Tyger.
Alexa Kalo
Alexa Kalo is a Canberra-based painter whose still life works centre on everyday meals and table scenes, using colour and pattern to shift how familiar moments are seen. A recipient of the 2025 Tyger New Ground Award, Alexa will have her first solo show at Tyger in September.
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Alexa Kalo is a painter whose work centres on still life and mealtime scenes, using colour and pattern to explore the atmosphere and quiet energy of everyday spaces.
Her practice reinterprets the still life tradition through an intuitive, expressive approach. Pattern plays an important role in her work, acting as both structure and rhythm, guiding the eye and connecting objects across the composition. Influenced by artists such as Lucy Culliton, Alexa is interested in how repetition, arrangement and colour can shift the way familiar objects are felt and experienced.
Rather than focusing on precise representation, her paintings are driven by sensation – how tone, balance and contrast can create a particular mood. Through this process, she transforms simple domestic moments into works that feel both harmonious and alive, holding a gentle tension between stillness and movement.
Alexa was a recipient of the 2025 Tyger New Ground Award at the ANU School of Art graduate show. New work from this exciting emerging artist will be presented by Tyger Gallery at Affordable Art Fair Brisbane, with a solo exhibition to follow at the gallery in September.
Ben Randall
Ben Randall is a Sydney-based painter known for his bold, expressive abstract works, built from energetic colour and playful mark-making. He recently had a solo show My five year old could do that at Tyger Gallery.
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Ben Randall is an Australian abstract artist based in Sydney.
“I am deeply inspired by the intricate beauty of nature & the complexities of humanity. I endeavour to encapsulate these core themes, using shapes and colours to evoke emotions and provoke contemplation,” he says.
“Each painting I create is imbued with personal meaning and emotional depth, yet I am wary of imposing my interpretation onto the viewer.”
“Instead, I aim to provide a canvas for individual reflection and exploration. I believe that true artistry lies in the ability to elicit diverse interpretations and resonate uniquely with each observer.”
“In essence, my paintings serve as conduits for self-discovery and introspection, inviting viewers to imbue their own experiences and perspectives into the abstract tapestry of colours and forms.”
“Ultimately, I strive to evoke a sense of wonder and curiosity, allowing each new viewer to uncover their own meaning within the layers of my art.”
Read about the making of Ben’s epic work Somehow, Somewhere, here.
Bravo Domino
Bravo Domino is a Sydney-based artist whose work combines street art, graphic influences and contemporary landscape into bold, collage-like compositions built from colour and line. A finalist in the 2025 Palette Project Art Prize and recent Art Battle winner at The Other Art Fair Sydney, her work has developed a strong following.
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Bravo Domino is an expressionist and abstract artist from Sydney, of Filipino and Irish descent.
Having been a hobbyist painter throughout her life, Bravo began painting full time two years ago, after stepping away from a career in music festivals and concert touring.
Bravo is strongly influenced by street art, contemporary abstract landscapes, and neo-expressionism. She works primarily with acrylic, pastel and markers, dissecting surface and space with line work and a strong sense of colour.
With subject matter ranging from florals and landscapes to urban scenes and abstracts, her work features nostalgic graphic elements and patchwork-style layers that contribute to a strong, urban visual language. Each piece is a dynamic dichotomy of solid, block colours and heavily textured brush strokes that creates fluctuating moments of elation and serenity.
Bravo is also a digital pattern designer for textile and graphic design. Using photographed details of her artworks, her prints are an electric blend of analogue textures and digital distortions. Similarly to her artwork, Bravo’s patterns are a kaleidoscope of hyper-colour geometric shapes with a neon, urban personality.
Bravo was a finalist in the 2025 Palette Project Art Prize at Gallery Alchemy, and recent Art Battle winner at the Other Art Fair Sydney. Her work has been a part of group shows at Tyger Gallery, as well as in Sydney and Melbourne.
Brooke Whelan
Brooke Whelan is a Beechworth-based painter whose suburban scenes explore memory, atmosphere and everyday life. Her work is highly sought after, and she has recently held a solo show at Beechworth Contemporary.
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Brooke Whelan is a painter based in Beechworth, Victoria, whose work explores themes of memory, identity, and the beauty of both domestic and rural spaces.
Growing up in regional Australia has deeply shaped her visual language, with a particular interest in working class towns, rural landscapes and the unassuming charm of post-war and mid century architecture.
Drawing inspiration from everyday surroundings, Brooke captures the stillness and subtle stories embedded in suburban life. Through depictions of suburban homes and familiar environments, her work invites viewers to reflect on personal connections to home and community.
Her paintings sit somewhere between observation and imagination, evoking a sense of nostalgia and storytelling.
By celebrating the subtleties of mundane spaces, the artist offers a contemplative view of the passage of time and the quiet charm that exists within the familiar. Through a focus on colour, light, and architectural forms, her paintings invite viewers to reflect on the significance of the ordinary.
Caz Mackenzie
Caz MacKenzie is an Orange-based painter known for her vibrant, colour-filled landscapes inspired by rolling hills, big skies and country drives. Her work is a consistent favourite with Tyger Gallery visitors, drawn to its energy, warmth and sense of place.
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Caz MacKenzie is an artist based in Orange, NSW, on Wiradjuri Land.
A self-taught painter, Caz has always had a passion for drawing since childhood but discovered her true love for painting later in life.
Her vibrant contemporary landscapes are deeply influenced by the rolling hills, expansive skies, and rural vistas of her hometown and surrounds.
Her painting journey began as a search for a creative outlet after becoming a mother, leading her to fall in love with the medium.
Caz’s creative process is often inspired by scenic country drives with her family and nostalgic reflections on her childhood.
Starting out as a simple sketch in her travel art kit for use later on in her home studio. Caz primarily works with acrylic on canvas and watercolour on paper.
Her work aims to offer viewers a visual experience that is both uncomplicated and evocative, inviting them to connect with their own memories and imagination.
Claire Cummack
Claire Cummack is a Melbourne-based artist whose acrylic practice brings together floral still life, garden imagery and expressive composition through layered colour and intuitive mark-making. She has exhibited nationally and previously shown at Affordable Art Fairs in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, building a strong following for work shaped by colour, warmth and joy.
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Claire Cummack is a Melbourne-based semi-abstract artist working primarily in acrylics. Known for her whimsical floral still lifes and landscapes, her work is characterised by layered colour, expressive movement, and simplified forms that evoke joy, nostalgia, and abundance.
Painting from her sunlit garden studio, Claire works intuitively, often beginning with a feeling or memory. Drawing inspiration from nature and the emotional resonance of flowers, she creates works that aim to bring warmth, connection, and a sense of optimism to everyday spaces.
Originally trained as an architect and largely self-taught as an artist, Claire's paintings balance playful naïveté with a strong sense of composition and colour.
Emma O’Connell
Emma O’Connell is a Central Coast-based painter creating abstract landscape works built from rich colour, movement and an intuitive sense of place. Her work has gained strong momentum in recent years, with growing collector interest and a rapidly evolving practice.
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Emma O'Connell is a contemporary abstract landscape artist based on the Central Coast of NSW.
Drawn to the vast, resilient beauty of the Australian landscape, her work is defined by a distinctive palette of rich earthy tones - burnt oranges, terracottas, deep reds, and rusts.
Recently, she has begun exploring cooler greens and blues, reflecting her desire to experiment with colour while continuing to channel the landscape's energy and movement.
Self-taught, with a background in Visual Communication and Design, O'Connell builds her paintings through intuitive layers of colour, reworking and refining until they feel alive - like the land they represent. Her process translates the emotional terrain we inhabit into texture, movement, and form.
Her paintings celebrate the spirit of the Australian landscape: its ever-changing colours, textures, and the reverence it inspires in those who experience it. Collectors describe her work as taking them on a journey - bringing life into their spaces and sparking joy each time they pass
by.Emma was a finalist in the Northern Beaches Art Prize in both 2024 and 2025. In 2025, she presented her debut solo exhibition, Grounded in Abstraction, at Theia, Woy Woy, and debuted at the Affordable Art Fair Sydney - marking a significant year of growth and recognition. Her work has been featured in Art & Style Magazine and is held in private collections across Australia. She is currently represented by Tyger Gallery (Yass) and Northern Beaches Gallery (Cromer).
Greta Hounslow
Greta Hounslow is a Tasmania-based painter whose atmospheric works capture the colour and light of the Australian landscape. Her work is a strong favourite with collectors.
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Greta Hounslow is an Australian artist whose paintings draw from a deep connection to nature and extensive travel throughout remote Australia.
Her work blends abstract forms with elements of Australiana, using colourful, patchwork-like landscapes to evoke place, memory, and movement across time.
Working from her light-filled studio by the sea just outside Hobart, Tasmania, Greta’s practice is shaped by daily immersion in the coastal and bush environments that surround her. Nature is her primary muse, informing her use of earthy palettes, layered textures, and intuitive mark-making grounded in quiet observation and respect for country.
Greta was named a Bluethumb Rising Star in 2025 and has received national recognition through multiple art prizes. She was awarded third place in Revival Art and Design Gallery’s Emerging Artist Prize in 2024, and was a finalist for the same prize in 2023 - 2026. She was also a finalist in Corner Store Gallery’s Inside This Box Art Prize in 2022 - 2026. Greta has participated in numerous group exhibitions across Australia.
Jaqueline Burgess
Jaqueline Burgess is a Wollongong-based painter whose work moves between landscape and still life, united by a strong sensitivity to light, atmosphere and feeling. Her work has built a strong following at Tyger Gallery, including her 2025 solo show Water Holds Memory.
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Jaqueline Burgess is an Australian landscape and portrait artist based in Wollongong, NSW, known for her evocative paintings that capture the interplay of light, atmosphere and emotional connection to place.
Her work is inspired by the diverse beauty of the Australian landscape, from the coastline of New South Wales to quiet inland regions and the expansive terrain of Tasmania. Through her paintings, Jaqueline explores stillness, movement and the subtle energy within natural environments.
Exhibitions, Recognition & Artistic Practice
Jaqueline has been recognised in several prestigious Australian art prizes, including:
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2016)
Finalist, Lethbridge 20,000 (2023)
Finalist, Arts in the Valley (2022)
Finalist, ABC Selects Prize (2025)
In July 2025, she presented Water Holds Memory at Tyger Gallery, a body of work exploring landscape, memory and the emotional resonance of place.
She is a gallery-represented artist, exhibiting her work across Australia and building a growing collector base drawn to her distinctive blend of realism and intuitive expression.
A Practice Rooted in Light, Nature and Connection
Working primarily in acrylic and oils, Jaqueline’s paintings move between landscape, seascape and portraiture, unified by a deep sensitivity to light and mood. Her work often reflects moments of quiet observation – light shifting across water, trees moving in the wind, or the stillness of a rural landscape.
These scenes are not just visual, but experiential, inviting the viewer into a sense of calm, reflection and connection. Subtle, semi-surreal elements are woven into many of her works, encouraging the viewer to pause, look closer, and discover deeper layers within the painting.
Kylian Martin
Kylian Martin is a Northern Rivers-based artist. Using charcoal, ink, oil sticks, handmade botanical brushes and earth pigments collected from the land, her practice is shaped by place, movement and a lifelong connection to the Australian landscape. A finalist in the inaugural Plateau Art Prize and recipient of an Encouragement Award at Micro 10 x 10, Kylian will present a show at Tyger in 2026.
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Kylian Martin is a re-emerging artist with lifelong roots in the Australian landscape.
Raised on a farm in Yass, NSW, in the 1970s and 80s, she is now based in the Northern Rivers, where her art making is deeply connected to place, landscape and the body.
Working often plein air, Kylian uses charcoal, ink, oil sticks, acrylic, handmade botanical brushes and earth pigments made from soil, bone, wood and rainwater, thoughtfully collected from the land.
Her mark making is instinctive and responsive, while also delicate, considered and almost anatomical. Her long career as a designer, creative arts therapist and somatic educator has shaped her interest in the relationship between nature, human experience and the creative act.
Now custodian of a hinterland farm, where she is regenerating the land and planting a Big Scrub rainforest, Kylian’s practice bridges landscape, gestural abstraction and botanical forms.
Selected shows and achievements
Micro 10 x 10, Station Street Co-op, Bangalow, NSW – Encouragement Award, 2025–2026
Micro 40 x 40, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW, 2025–2026
Inaugural Plateau Art Prize finalist, Black Fig Gallery, Alstonville, NSW, 2025–2026
Resident exhibitor, Nexus Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Re-enchantment in the Studio, solo Masters exhibition, Redhouse, VIC
A Visual Voice, group exhibition, ArtSpace71, Kingston, ACT
Ray Monde
Ray Monde is a Braidwood-based artist whose work combines painting and collage to create layered compositions shaped by memory and place. Ray’s work has been shown in a major solo show at Maitland Regional Art Gallery this year, and he was an artist-in-residence at Bundanon in 2024. He is also a Paddington Art Prize winner. His work is in the permanent collections of the ACT Legislative Assembly and Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.
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Ray Monde is a contemporary paper artist who primarily works with paper-mâché and collage.
Ray uses a technique called ghostworking where he over-paints fragments of paper sourced from magazines with thin glazes of synthetic polymer paint so the texture and images of the magazines ghost through the paint, adding depth and complexity to his work.
Ray grew up on a farm in a dairying region on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales where he plastered his bedroom wall with cutouts from glossy magazines. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 and later studied at the National Arts School, Sydney in 2012.
After a successful career in advertising in Sydney, London and New York, Monde returned to his fascination with paper.
In 2022, Monde had his first major solo exhibition in a public gallery which brought to the fore the artist’s personal experience of queerness in regional Australia.
An artist-in-residence at Bundanon in 2024, he has recently been commissioned to create public hoarding in the ACT as part of the City Renewal Authority and has a solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery in 2026.
He has exhibited widely and his works are in collections in the USA and internationally. Twice finalist in the Blake Prize, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, National Works on Paper Award and Paddington Art Prize. He’s also recently been a finalist in the National Still Life Award and the Naked & Nude Art Prize.
Sally Rasmussen
Sally Rasmussen is a Yass-based fibre artist working with sustainably sourced natural fibres and reclaimed copper wire, creating intricate works where light and shadow become part of the piece itself. Her work is a distinctive and much-loved part of Tyger Gallery, drawing viewers in for a closer look.
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Sally Rasmussen is a fibre artist who grew up on Worimi Country by the ocean in Forster. She now lives and works in Yass, on Ngunnawal country with her family.
Sally completed a Bachelor of Arts (textiles) at ANU in 2003 and since then has been raising a family, worked in Steiner Education, and a Transpersonal Art Therapist.
Her love of making art with fibre, explores natural forms and human connection. Working primarily with reclaimed and sustainable fibres.
One of the Sally’s signature materials is copper wire reclaimed from electrical wire, which, when manipulated, takes on a life of its own.
As light interacts with the work, it casts intricate shadows that imbue the pieces with a dynamic presence and an evolving relationship to their environment.
The pieces act as metaphors for the way humans relate to each other and the world around them—constantly shifting, interwoven, and in constant dialogue with their surroundings.
Through these works, Sally seeks not only to highlight the potential of sustainable art-making but also to invite the viewer to pause and reflect on the way light, shadow, and texture can tell stories about the world and our place within it.
Sam Suttie
Sam Suttie is a Queensland-based painter whose richly detailed still life scenes, filled with florals, birds and symbolic objects, carry a subtle and enigmatic sense of story. Her work is a favourite with Tyger Gallery visitors, and she held a solo show at the gallery in 2023, When the Lights Go Out.
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Sam Suttie works from her home studio perched on the South Eastern side of Mount Tamborine, Queensland.
Her work mainly depicts elements from nature composed as still life arrangements. These arrangements are created in her imagination with the use of reference material and sometimes three dimensional objects.
She has a keen interest in political, religious, climate and social topics and hopes to incorporate more of these elements into her work going forward.
“When I approach a canvas I am driven by a need to release and process the world around me. Over the last few years I have used the framework of a still life arrangement to contain and maintain focus,” she says.
“My style is relaxed realism that leans towards the surreal.”
“Botanical elements and special guests from the natural world work together to narrate the story I need to tell. These stories are usually inward looking but almost always have a parallel with the world at large.”
“My medium of choice is oil paint on canvas. I started using oil paint in 2019 and a love affair with the medium is still ongoing.”
“I work on a couple of works at the same time, this helps me not to fixate on the technique but rather to get the story told. I am never sure about where the painting is going. I begin a journey with a feeling and paint until I am satisfied.”
Sara Phemister
Sara Phemister is a Yass-based painter whose work draws on domestic life and everyday surroundings, expressed through colour-rich, grounded compositions. She has had two much-loved shows at Tyger, featured in our line up at Affordable Art Fair Sydney and Brisbane, and has a show at Belconnen Arts Centre coming up in December.
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Sara Phemister is a painter based in Yass who completed an associate diploma of fine arts in 1995.
She has exhibited in group and solo shows every year since 1997 in the Yass, Canberra and South Coast region, including her 2024 show at Tyger - At Home With.
In the past two years she has undertaken many commissions and her work is held in private collections in Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, America and the UK.
Sara has been consumed with drawing in the company of a dog since she was a child. That obsession has only intensified.
Sara is endlessly inspired by capturing and illuminating daily life - her dog asleep in the morning sun, objects on a shelf, her now adult children absorbed in a task. It is a collection of these moments that Sara wants to remember.
Sara’s sketch book is most often the starting point for her paintings - drawing is the basis of her practice. Sara paints in oil, onto board and is increasingly interested in the application of paint – how it suggests line, light and form.
Sarah McCullough
Sarah McCullough is a Sydney-based painter whose vibrant works draw on the Australian landscape, flora and everyday scenes, brought to life through bold colour and expressive brushwork. Her work was a standout at Affordable Art Fair Sydney, where visitors were immediately drawn to its energy and warmth.
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Sarah McCullough (b. 2005) is a young emerging artist based in Sydney, Australia. She is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University of Sydney (SCA).
Living in the Sutherland Shire and frequently travelling to Lake Conjola on the South Coast, Sarah draws much of her inspiration from the Australian bush and coastline. She works from her small home studio, often referencing photographs taken during her explorations.
Sarah has a passion for the Australian landscape, with a particular focus on its rich flora and fauna, which are intricately woven into her artistic practice. Through her artmaking, she reflects on her love for the South Coast of NSW, drawing inspiration from the vibrant natural beauty of the coastline and its bush surroundings.
Her work has been showcased in ARTEXPRESS 2024 for her piece Fragility of Life, exhibited at Tamworth and Cowra Regional Galleries and in the ARTEXPRESS Virtual Galleries, recognising excellence in HSC Visual Arts. In August 2024, she held her inaugural solo exhibition Coastal Reflections at Clifton School of Arts (CSA), she has also featured in Tyger Gallery’s group show Life in Colour (November 2024), alongside 30 contemporary artists and most recently has had her solo exhibition, On the Road Again... at CSA August 2025.
Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson is a Canberra-based painter whose hazy, layered landscapes sit between memory and observation, with forms emerging and dissolving through thin, fluid paint. A recipient of the 2025 Tyger New Ground Award, she will present a solo show at Tyger in September 2026.
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Sarah Robinson is a Canberra-based artist who explores what lies unseen within the landscape.
Rather than direct observation, her work allows for feeling and intuition to guide the painting just as much. Traces of an unspoken narrative, half-remembered scenes and lingering sensations haunt the landscape.
Working with thin, watery paint, Robinson builds her paintings through layers. Forms emerge gradually, while transparent areas reveal the unstable ground beneath. Drips bleed and pool across the canvas, creating a tension between images emerging and dissolving, as gravity and chance play an active role in the final painting.
These landscapes hover in an uncertain state between recognition and abstraction. This indeterminacy invites viewers to bring their own memories and associations into the work.
In 2025, Robinson was awarded the Tyger New Ground Award at the ANU School of Art & Design Graduate Exhibition. She will present a solo show at Tyger Gallery in September 2026.
Trish Crampton
Trish Crampton is a Sydney-based painter who creates still life works of vintage and everyday vessels, brought together in soft, muted palettes and carefully balanced compositions. Her work was a real favourite at Affordable Art Fair Sydney, where pieces found homes quickly.
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The genre of Trish Crampton’s work is still life.
The vintage and everyday vessels she paints from her studio in Sydney all have their own quirks and personalities. They create a dynamic between themselves, and then with the audience.
Trish hopes her work brings a calm joy to the viewers.
Inspired by the subdued colours and the timeless sense of hushed contemplation of Morandi’s still lifes. She also enjoys the work of John Bokor, Bonnard and Cezanne.
The process she enjoys of layering of the paint, capturing the dance of light and working with the familiar and everyday objects and scenes is a daily practice.
Trish studied printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts in 1985 and has been a practicing artist since, exhibiting in solo exhibitions and group shows. She is also a Visual Arts educator in high schools and runs art workshops from her home studio as well as many regional ones. She feels very grateful for being able to pursue her creative path daily.
Trish has been a finalist in many art prizes. In 2025 she was in the Still Life Bowral art prize and in Orange In The Box prize. In previous years she has been in the Ewart Art Prize, Hunters Hill, The Kings School and the 40Under40 in Surry Hills.
She also hangs with the Moree Gallery and Art To Art in Melbourne, where she has been in group shows.
Oil on canvas | 30 × 30 cm | oak framed