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

 

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.

  • Gordon and Naomi Wright: Private portrait commission

  • 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

  • 2024 Wollumbin Art Award Finalist

  • 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, Sydney

  • 2016 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 heels

  • Port 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 Glam

  • Cove Magazine Dec/Jan 2012
    Front Cover, ‘The Heiress’ painting

  • Artist’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