City Laneway

This piece is a response to my fascination with alleyways that sit quietly amongst the hustle and bustle of the city, often containing garbage and other refuse that bare witness to a grittier reality. There is a beauty to this scene, with its combination of old buildings, bins and dappled light playing over the cobblestones. There is a rawness that is exposed in back alleys of our cities.

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Paula Maggs is an expressionist artist living and working in Melbourne. Her intuitive painting style conveys intense emotional states through colour and gestural mark making.
Maggs seeks to utilize the materiality of the paint to express psychological states. Her underlying concern is to dig beneath the facade of what it means to be human.
She completed a Master of Fine Art (with distinction) at RMIT in 2023.
Maggs has exhibited in both group and solo shows around Melbourne, as well as participating in a residency for Melbourne Fashion Week in 2021.
Previous study includes a Bachelor of Design Arts (with distinction) in 2021 from LCI Melbourne.