Saint Cloche

“We are delighted to welcome to our stable Charlotte Swiden a Swedish artist and designer living in the Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung), and can’t wait to reveal her upcoming solo presentation.

Charlotte’s work has been greatly influenced by her Scandinavian heritage and love of nature. Her disciplined approach to composition and colour, honed as a graphic designer, transmutes into something like an inner landscape in her expressive paintings that pulsate with motifs of luminous figures and intimations of the natural world rendered in a muted earthen palette. Her forms shaped by the interplay of two identities, two cultures and the tensions that lies between them.

Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia in both solo and group shows and can be found in private collections nationally and internationally. Most recently, Charlotte was one of the finalists in the Saint Kevin’s Omnia Art Prize 2022.”

‘Affect’ Opens Wednesday 1st March 2023 at Saint Cloche, Sydney ~ Enquiries email info@saintcloche.com

Super excited to be one of the selected artists for the 2022 Omnia Art Prize and Exhibition with my painting ’Stiltje’.

Exhibition 27th May to 30 May at St Kevin’s College, Toorak. Winning artists will be announced on the opening night, 27th May.

Congratulations to all the selected artists!

@omniaartprize

Fundraising Exhibition & Auction – ‘Coast to Coast’
10–15 MAY Saint Cloche Gallery Sydney

My painting ‘Mirror/Mirage’ will be available together with works of over 70 artists.
All funds raised will be donated equally to @UNICEF Emergency Ukraine Appeal and @givit_aus to help people displaced and impacted by the floods on Australia’s southeast coast region.

Silent Auction begins: Tuesday 10th May
Auction link via Saint Cloche Gallery website
Bidding starts at $300 for all works.

Exhibition Opening Reception at Saint Cloche, Sydney: Wednesday 11th May, 6-8pm

‘Mirror/Mirage’, 2022.
Acrylic, Impasto and Oil Pastels on canvas, 30x40cm.
Framed in Tasmanian Oak.

A lovely interview up on Bedthreads today:

“Growing up, Charlotte Swiden always knew she wanted to be an artist. But like so many other creative types she didn’t think this was a viable career option. Fast forward to now and this narrative has flipped, with the Swedish-born painter successfully turning her passion into a full-time job with her artworks highly sought after across the country.

And while we often contemplate artists through their divine work, we less frequently think of them in their respective homes. Charlotte’s Mornington Peninsula abode is a beautiful example of being conscious about what you buy for your home. Her ’70s-style home in Dromana is filled almost entirely with vintage furniture and decor. “We also try to not buy anything new unless we have to,” she says.”

A beautiful project by @davidovarchitects featuring ‘Three Moons’.

@enceladus.studio

Today is the last day to see ‘Lores’, @b.ecsmith and my show at @novacancygallery
Gallery is open 10am-4pm

📷 @graham_alderton

Last year I had the privilege to be invited by @simonehaag to paint a mural in one of their design projects in Sorrento. A beautiful house buy @jostarchitects
What I love about Simone is how differently she thinks about interior. They know exactly how to mix bold art & statement pieces, textures & colours, and still make a home feel like a home. To quote something I read recently: “People need art in their houses. They don’t need Bed, Bath and Beyond denist-office art. They need weird stuff.” [Ezra Croft]. If you like that, then Simone is your woman.

For this project I was pretty much given free rein. The brief was bedroom meets beach, with love for the female form. I used 14 @duluxaus colours that I also mixed and layered like a painting. It was great to work on this huge scale, and my legs definitely got a work-out running up and down the ladder.

Also to @melissa__strauch Designer & Communications lead at Simone Haag for making this happen in between lockdowns, you are a 💎

The most magical night! Thank you to each one of you that came out to our opening of ‘Lores’. No stories are told in solitude and the show wouldn’t have been without you. Feeling full of love and gratitude ❤️
To @b.ecsmith for being the best friend and fellow artist someone could ever have wished to be on this journey with. To @kerensa_diball @myfwarhurst and @solfoto.portrait for your performances that made the night, thank you from the bottom of my heart. To @novacancygallery, for the opportunity to show our work at your amazing gallery. Now excuse me while I go and enjoy all my fuzzy, high feelings for a while.

Exhibition is continuing until the 27 February.