UNDERSTORIES: Things Fallen & Tidescapes – Karena Wynn-Moylan

Acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Karena Wynn-Moylan shows the culmination of nearly a decade’s work, this exhibition unites both series in this collection in a single space for the first time. 

Running from June 27 – August 2, the show features pioneering work that redefines oil painting through luminous, watercolour-inspired techniques. 

Karena’s career spans painting, music, film, and radio. She has won numerous prizes in recognition for her work across a range of media, held 18 solo shows, and participated in over 200 group exhibitions. Her work is held in private and public collections worldwide. 

In UNDERSTORIES, she subverts traditional oil painting by layering transparent glazes from light to dark, harnessing the canvas’s raw whiteness as her only light source. The result is a radiant interplay of decay and renewal in coastal, forest, and garden fragments—rendered with Renaissance-inspired precision and modern material science. 

“By isolating patterns from nature’s chaos, I’m documenting dissolution—but also the quiet beauty within it,” says Wynn-Moylan. The poly-cotton canvases, selected for their ultra-smooth brilliance, intensify the glow of her hand-ground pigments, merging watercolour’s delicacy with oil’s permanence. A distinctive approach you won’t see elsewhere.