The Art of Living: Daily Reflections

Bringing together interior scenes, still-life artworks, and expressive streetscapes by contemporary Australian artists, this curation captures lived-in rooms, intimate domestic moments, and the rhythm of daily movement. These works reflect the small rituals that shape how we live.

Evoking calm, warmth, and connection, The Art of Living highlights art that feels familiar and human, moments observed rather than staged, and the beauty found in everyday experience.

Curated by Eden Young

Landscape painting of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a cat with a surprised look is on the fence in the foreground. A sign with the words "Beware of the Dog" is below the cat adding a humorous twist.

Beware of the Dog

ByHetty Thompson

46cm (W) x 61cm (H)

Oil
A$3,480
People sitting in a landscaped garden cafe in front of a double storey masonry structure with a veranda. Three windows in each level captured.
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Earthly pleasures

BySaman Homaeifar

51.8cm (W) x 41.8cm (H)

Oil
A$340
Lone figure in an urban landscape. Blue tones with a bright yellow feature. Man is dwarfed by the surrounding architecture yet seems to be in control as he goes about his business.

Into the Blue Ed. 1 of 25

ByCarmel Cook

36cm (W) x 30cm (H)

Photograph
A$390
A deserted road runs beneath a large dark road bridge. Two parked cars and a solitary figure in the distance create a sense of scale.

Hickson Road

ByNigel Bailey

45.8cm (W) x 45.8cm (H)

Acrylic
A$1,890
interior

Interior

ByD M Ross

31cm (W) x 26cm (H)

Oil
A$440
This artwork will be exclusively avaliable to purchase at Affordable Art Fair Melbourne (29th August- 1st September). The painting depicts a group of people standing in a train carriage.

Morning Tram

ByRebecca James

76cm (W) x 76cm (H)

Acrylic
A$1,600
A glass facade of a bistro with reflection of trees. Making the restaurant as a part of nature.

Dining with nature

ByHeidi Lai

94cm (W) x 64cm (H)

Oil
A$1,990
Skateboarder zooms, static figures, AFL sign. Skateboarder rockets, static figures, AFL looms. Skateboarder blazes, static figures, AFL radiates. Poetic/Impressionistic: Youth surges, colors clash, city pulses. Technical/Art Historical: Oil on linen, vibrant realism, urban motion. Narrative/Storytelling: Skateboarder streaks, suits pause, sports sign glows. Minimalist/Abstract: Energy bursts, forms freeze, signs blaze. Humorous/Playful: Skateboarder zips, suits slump, AFL dazzles!

Afl

ByGrace Huang

148cm (W) x 120.5cm (H)

Oil
A$15,040
French Interior - painted in impressionistic style, no pencil sketching, directly with brush. Deckled edges for flat framing if desired. Small unpainted edge.

French Interior

ByT. B. Watercolours

38cm (W) x 56cm (H)

Watercolour
A$630
Red and pink dahlias in a blue vase

dahlias

ByMelissa Fraser

76cm (W) x 91cm (H)

Oil
A$1,390

About the Curator

Eden Young

Eden joined Bluethumb in 2023 with a bachelor’s in journalism and professional writing from Swinburne University of Technology, and a deep love of art that goes beyond the page. As an award-winning graphite artist, she knows that world intimately and it shows in the way she champions creative voices.

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