Samantha Dennison

"In Of Ash and Ochre is Dennison's first solo exhibition in Melbourne and presents a series of still life oil paintings and ceramic works that speak to her intimate engagement with landscape and the layered connections formed through travel, collection, and making. Site-specific materials — from snakewood ash gathered in the Pilbara to clay dug from the South Coast — are woven into her ceramic process, forming unique glazes and surfaces that echo the terrains from which they came. These handmade vessels, rich with place-based histories, reappear as subjects in her paintings, creating a contemplative loop between material, memory, and representation."