luke wagner — Time Slows at Night
image details: Luke Wagner, Fugitive Light of Dusk, 2024, oil on linen, 76 x 41 cm
Luke Wagner is one of Tasmania’s most popular painters, and his upcoming exhibition of new works is eagerly awaited. Once more Luke brings us glorious landscapes set in the bucolic Northern Midlands, but in Time Slows at Night he also brings a new dream-like quality.
That magical low light as the sun rises, but also as the day ends, casts it’s glow over Luke’s latest offerings. “These paintings have a dream-like quality. They convey a feeling of both being asleep and awake at the time.” But they also have “more sky” drawing the eye to dramatic swirling clouds, further adding to that transcendent feel.
Again, Luke finds inspiration in the countryside around Longford, “which is embedded with a rich and complex history.” He spent last summer in the area “waking up at first light and spending my days walking through the landscape. Somehow this allowed me to absorb the landscape and take it back to the studio.”
Luke will be unveiling 30 new paintings in Time Slows at Night. It’s a large body of work, and as we speak to Luke, he is frantically adding the finishing touches. We wait with eager anticipation.
Luke Wagner’s Time Slows at Night exhibition runs from September 27 until October 14.