Present Place Exhibition | Sheree Smith & Claudio Kirac

Claudio Kirac

In his collection Arcadia, Kirac draws inspiration from unspoilt nature and its harmony, a kind of harmony that stops you in your tracks and makes you say, wow. His works capture the idyllic light that appears at sunrise and sunset, created in response to walking in that early or late light, watching the shift. That golden hour feeling lingers in his pieces. There’s something about chasing the light, and in turn, chasing the feeling of a place.

Sheree Smith

Sheree Smith’s Resonance is a celebration of colour, rhythm and presence. Each mark in these paintings is a pulse, a moment etched in time through a meditative process of repetition. She returns to these movements again and again, like footsteps retracing a memory, like breath settling the mind. This body of work captures joyful impressions from adventures, music, movement, nature and nostalgia. It’s about the colour of a perfect day, the beat of a good song, or the way light shifts when you're paying attention. Her pieces are playful, intuitive and instinctively optimistic, reflecting how we hold onto the energy of a moment long after it has passed.