Fashion, females, fabric and jewellery are the aesthetic concerns of Corinne’s work.
The setting is firmly rooted in the film and literary noirs of the 40s and 50s.
Each work takes place in the close and intimate interiors dominated by a solitary female figure.
The dim artificial lighting is evocative of a city at night. This is a city populated with femme fatales
often in an ambiguous state of dress or undress. Hardboiled men are ever absent from the scene
or just out of the picture but their presence is recurrently implied.
The works ooze sensuality and glamour but are often underscored by a darker narrative.
Where there is a narrative it is always obscured, much like the female form adorned in clothing and jewellery.
This is a highly stylised vision of femininity suggesting both fragility and sexual power. It is an ephemeral vision set in an epoch
where all popular cultural ideas about femininity were about to shatter into the feminist resurgence of the 1960’s
Corinne’s friends are her models. She styles them in her own fashions and accessories.
A collector of vintage wares for many years, Corinne adorns her models to create her original paintings.
Corinne has exhibited her paintings in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth since 2001.
She paints full time from her home in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.
Cameron, her husband frames all of her work in their custom picture framing business Two Seas Creative in M-Arts, Murwillumbah
Limited Edition Reproductions of selected paintings are available at
https://www.buyartnow.com.au/corinne-lewis
Corinne is represented by
Anthea Polson Art , Gold Coast www.antheapolsonart.com.au
Jackman Gallery , Melbourne www.jackmangallery.com.au
Manyung Gallery , Mt Eliza VIC https://manyunggallery.com.au
Exanimo Fine Art, Adelaide exanimoart.com
Exhibitions and Awards
Group Shows
2023 ‘Blue’ group exhibition M|Arts Precinct, Murwillumbah
2023 Ex Animo Fine Art, Adelaide. ‘Sonder’
2023 Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, Figurative Theme Art Soiree
2022 Exanimo Fine Art, Adelaide-opening exhibition
2022 Applecross Art, Perth
2021 Anthea Polson Art Gallery end of year exhibition
2020 Anthea Polson Art Gallery end of year exhibition
2019 Artist’s Choice, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2019 Aquatica , M-Arts, Murwillumbah
2018 Little Treasures, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2017 Small Gifts, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2016 Artist’s Choice, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2015 Anthea Polson Art Christmas Exhibition
2015 Precious Things Come in Small Parcels Exhibition. Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2014 Miniatures Exhibition Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2013 Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2013 The Colour Red Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2013 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Layers, Windhorse Gallery Bangalow,
2012 The Artist Revealed Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2012 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Go Figure, Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery, Paddington
2011 8 Days before Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2011 Contemporary Realism, Graydon Gallery Brisbane
2011 Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby
2010 Portrait show, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2010 Jackman Gallery Melbourne
2009 Gallery 2120, Brisbane
2009 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Kiln Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Divine Femme, Astras Galleries
2008 Dean Reilly Gallery (Gallery 2120), Brisbane
2008 Smartcare Charity Auction Brisbane, Gallery 2120 Brisbane
2007 Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Abused Child Trust Exhibition Brisbane
2006 Queensland Villages Art Show
2006 Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Artworks Gallery Gold Coast
2005 Archibelle, Women in Abstract, Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Artworks Gallery, Gold Coast
2004 Gold Coast Art Show
2004 Noosa Regional Art Show
2003 Jacaranda Art Show- Compassionate Friends
2003 Landsborough Art Show
2001-2003 Courier Mail Art Show
2001-2003 Chocol’art Montville
2000 Discovery, Noosa
2001-2003 Wedding Ideas Centre Brisbane
Solo Shows
2023 Upcoming exhibition Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
2022 ‘Seduced’ Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast
2020 ‘Captive Companions’ , Tweed Regional Gallery with Anne Smerdon
2017 Escape Gallery. Limited Editions
2013 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Gallery 2120, Brisbane
2010 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Room Service at the Dorchester, Gallery 2120, Brisbane
2009 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Gallery 2120, Brisbane
2008 A Man who was never Hers, Metro 5 Gallery Melbourne
2007 Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Killer Heels, Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Gold Coast
Private Collection
Tweed Regional Gallery Collection; Portrait of Susi Muddiman OAM. Donated by Stephen and Kris Webb through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2022.
John Swanepoel, Gold Coast
Higher Ground International, Rhode Island USA
Samantha Wills private collection: Portrait of Samantha Wills
Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman private collection: Portrait of Lisa Newman
John Playfoot, St Kilda private collection Melbourne
Michael & Pearl Nisson, private collection
7.30 Report journalist Pamela Bournhurst, private collection Sydney
Springwood Hotel Brisbane Foyer
Dreamworld, private collection Gold Coast
Mansfield State High School library
Education & Awards
2022 Percival Portrait Painting Award Finalist
2020 Artist’s Choice Anthea Polson Art Gallery
2019 Rotary Art Spectacular Finalist
2018 Rotary Art Spectacular Finalist
2018 Percival Portrait Painting Award Finalist
2017 Rotary Art Spectacular Finalist
2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award, Finalist.
S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney2016 Rotary Art Spectacular Finalist
2016 Brett Lethbridge 10 000 Finalist
2016 Finalist Border Art Prize Tweed River Art Gallery
2015 Finalist Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2014 Finalist Border Art Prize Tweed River Art Gallery
2013 Finalist Northern Rivers Portrait Prize
2012 Finalist Border Art Prize Tweed River Art Gallery
2010 Finalist Border Art Prize Tweed River Art Gallery
1993 Finalist Courier Mail Art show, Brisbane
1992 Associate Diploma of Arts – Commercial Art Queensland College of Art
1990 Commendation Award Coca Cola Excellence in Youth Art Exhibition
1990 Certificate of Recognition Minister’s Award for Excellence in Art
1988-1990 Top art Award Grade 10,11,12 Mansfield State High School Brisbane. Painting acquisition for school library
Publications
Brisbane Affair magazine2006
Flowers, pearls and killer heelsPort Macquarie News 2015
Exquisite Portrayal of our Sam (Samantha Wills Portrait)
http://www.portnews.com.au/story/2396813/exquisite-portrayal-of-our-sam/Peppermint Magazine 2008
Exhibitionist, Art thou GlamCove Magazine Dec/Jan 2012
Front Cover, ‘The Heiress’ paintingArtist’s Palette magazine, Issue 99
Insight section
Painting, Fashion and Photography
Corinne with Wings of Desire at Anthea Polson Art Gallery solo exhibition June 2022
Solo exhibition ‘Seduced’ at Anthea Polson Art Gallery 2022