Charlotte Wensley

Charlotte is an abstract mixed-media artist working from her bushland studio near Lake Weyba on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.With landscape as her muse and colour and shape as her companions, each painting unfolds through curiosity, inquiry and a liminal approach that enables her to respond to what is happening on the canvas at any given moment; she works without pre-destined outcomes or plans for what a finished painting might become.She balances the accidental and the unexpected with decision making and response, respectfully allowing the painting to find its own way into being, weaving process and thoughts together as she works. The lack of prescription in her process is a conscious decision, so she remains entirely free to experiment with materials and processes. She employs collage, printmaking, drawing and painting in her work in various ways, creating layers of visual texture and surface history on the canvas.Her creative practice is…