Born 1976 in Geelong, Luke Hallam grew up and resides on the rugged Surf Coast of Victoria, Australia. Since graduating from Deakin University with a Bachelor in Visual Arts in 1996 he has worked professionally as a Graphic, Motion, and Web Designer.

Luke’s current work consists of ink and acrylic paintings on canvas. The paintings develop from loose abstract landscapes, that employ light washes, runs, drips and splashes. Canvases are then overlaid with realistic, translucent figures and elements, created by airbrushing light layers of opaque inks, combined with acrylic brushwork to varying degrees of fruition. This allows the landscape to show through the foreground elements in places, creating an almost surreal interdependence between the objects and the environment, emphasising the finite existence we all ultimately share on earth.

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