A Changing Focus: 2014-2023

Highlights from the Opening Night live stream

Solo exhibition, Wayne Miles

This retrospect covers the range of works Wayne has done since moving to the central west regional NSW.
From landscapes to abstracts, still life to mythologically inspired contemporary social commentary, works on glass and mixed media on canvas - this exhibition shows the diversity and variety of Wayne’s imagination, creativity and skills over a long established career.

The Grenfell Art Gallery, 21 April - 1 June 2023

EXHIBITION UPDATES

  • Another red dot in first 24 hours

    Sold ‘ Protest Worn as Fashion’, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas

  • Opening Night sale

    ‘Light through Bush (beside Adelargo Rd)’,
    2023, oli and acrylic on canvas.

  • Behind the scenes

    Instal team hard at it the day before.
    They did an incredible job and were a delight to work with.

THE EXHIBITION

  • ‘Self-portrait 2017’
    Oil and acrylic on canvas, 91cm x 91cm. 2017

  • ‘Side Street and vapour trail remnants’. Finalist in the 2017 Calleen Art Award.
    Oil and acrylic on canvas. 101.7cm x 76.2cm. 2017

  • ‘The Bystander’
    Finalist in the 2018 Calleen Art Award.
    Oil on two stretched canvases. 101.7 cm x 152.2 cm.

  • ‘Wedding Landscape with figure’
    Oil and acrylic on Canvas.
    60cm x 75cm. 2015

  • ‘Farmtrack Grenfell’
    Oil and acrylic on Canvas. 91.5cm x 60.5cm. 2016

  • ‘Figure in a Landscape with Symbiotic Trees’. Oil on canvas. 91.5cm x 60.6cm. 2016

  • ‘Light through Bush. (Beside Adelargo Rd)’. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 122cm x 91.5cm. 2023

  • ‘George Street Grenfell’. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 76.5 x 61cm. 2019

  • ‘Waiting at the Bar (Minotaur photobombs a Back)’. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 122cm x 91.5cm. 2020

  • ‘Arriving’. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 61cm x 76.5cm. 2020

  • ‘Nightmare’. Oil, acrylic, collage, and mixed media on canvas. 91.5cm x 122cm. 2020

  • ‘Three Adolescent Males’. Oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas. 91.5cm x 122cm. 2020

  • ‘Protest Worn as Fashion’. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 101cm x 101cm. 2020

  • ‘The Art Critic’. Oil, acrylic, gold leaf, shellac, plaster, and collage on six plywood panels. 121.5cm x 101.5cm. 2020

  • ‘At the exhibition opening with his latest work”. Oil, acrylic, oil pastel and paint marker on canvas. 76cm x 101.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Beyond the Pavement of Normality’. Oil and acrylic on plywood. 120cm x 80cm. 2021

  • ‘Bawleys Rd’. Acrylic and enamel on plate glass. 90cm x 60cm. 2023

  • View of the Band Hall Grenfell from Forbes St’. Acrylic and enamel on plate glass. 52cm x 84.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Flowers in a ceramic jug (Redon)’.Acrylic on canvas. 35.5cm x 45.5cm. 2022

  • ‘Flowers in a terracotta pot (Redon)’. Acrylic on canvas. 35.5cm x 45.5cm. 2022

  • ‘Flowers in a blue bottle (Redon)’. Acrylic on canvas. 35.5cm x 45.5cm. 2022

  • ‘Flowers in a ceramic vase (Redon)’. Acrylic on canvas.35.5cm x 45.5cm. 2022

  • ‘Approaching Entropy’. Acrylic and gesso on canvas. 101.5cm x 101.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Night Games’. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. 101.5cm x 101.5cm.

  • ‘Pursuing Uniformity’. Acrylic and gesso on canvas. 101.5cm x 101.5cm.2023

  • ‘An arrangement of colours and shapes on a flat surface’. Acrylic and paint marker on canvas. 101.5cm x 101.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Pedestal’. Acrylic and mixed media on plywood.51cm x 40.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Cantilevers’. Acrylic, shellac, paint marker, oil pastel and mixed media on plywood. 40.5cm x 51cm. 2023

  • ‘An arrangement of colours and shapes on a flat surface 4A’. Acrylic and paint marker on engineered wood.30.5cm x 40.5cm. 2023

  • ‘An arrangement of colours and shapes on a flat surface 4B’. Acrylic and paint marker on engineered wood.30.5cm x 40.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Windows’. Acrylic on canvas.60.5cm x 91.5cm. 2023

  • ‘Colours and shapes with black grid’. Acrylic and paint marker on canvas.91cm x 91cm. 2023

STORIES BEHIND THE ART - Artist talks

Works on glass

The series of works on glass continues to be the most popular of Wayne’s paintings, with all works sold, and new ones snapped up quickly.
Learn more about where the idea came from and the artistic solutions in the technique including painting backwards

Minotaurs, cows and punks

Sparking conversations and provoking many questions, Wayne explains the inspiration behind the Minotaurs, cow models and fashion statements