Madeleine Palmer is a Naarm based painter born in 1997. Her practice examines the vitality of natural ecologies and how they can be accessed and described through the language of her contemporary painting practice. It considers how the tradition of oral still life painting can be recontextualised through a contemporary lens by redefining the experience of current environmental and ecological issues and its relationship to her as an artist.

By imbuing the quirky forms with an energy that speaks to the essence of fecundity, the subject matter acts as a vehicle for talking about growth, movement and change in the natural world. Even though the work pays homage to the traditions of the still life, it seeks to escape the confines of stillness and rather seeks to capture and convey a sense of vital energy…..an unstill life.

Maddie is Front of House and consultant for our Framing Department.