A still passage

Chanel Durante’s practice explores emotional landscapes through layered, intuitive painting. She is interested in states of transition, moments when certainty dissolves and something new begins to take form.
Each work begins from an inner sensation rather than a fixed image. Through layering, removing, and rebuilding, the surface becomes a space that holds time, hesitation, and movement. The painting evolves as a process of listening.

Describing her work, Durante explains, “Landscape, in my work, is not a specific place but an interior condition. Light, shadow, and colour function as emotional registers rather than descriptive elements. I see each canvas as a threshold, a suspended space where stillness and change coexist. The work does not aim to represent, but to evoke presence.”

All works from A still passage can be previewed and acquired by request in the lead-up to the show’s official opening on Thursday, 2 April. To request a preview catalogue, book a private viewing or secure an early acquisition, please email sophienolan@michaelreid.com.au