Internal Shack

This original painting was created from memory rather than direct observation, drawing on time spent at my grandfather’s rural property and workers’ cottage during childhood. The place remains a recurring presence in dreams, functioning as both landscape and psychological space.

Internal Shack reflects on ideas of withdrawal, containment and inherited ways of living. The composition forms a semi-abstract fusion of dwelling and landscape, where the cottage and surrounding terrain merge into a shifting, almost biological structure suspended in perpetual twilight.

Weather operates as a metaphor throughout the work. Forms appear to dissolve and reassemble as if the dwelling is being drawn upward into cloud, then released again as rain across distant hills. The result is a surreal, cyclical landscape that sits between memory, dream and place.

An ideal work for collectors of contemporary Australian painting, abstract landscape art, and concept-driven works exploring memory, architecture and psychological space.

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Julie Purcell combines graphic design training with fine art skills.

As a child of the 80's, late twentieth century video games inform Purcell's distinctive rendering style. In some ways, this early home entertainment influence shapes not only her artistic process but also her understanding of human nature and the world around her.

After starting out in corporate design, Purcell earned a BFA (Hons) from Queensland College of Art in 2017. Since then she has exhibited in group and solo shows; judged art competitions and has herself been the recipient of multiple art prizes.