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Doug Wright‘s painting ‘Garden’ is a two-panel work (diptych) in oil and wax oil sticks on linen. A response to his having worked in large gardens in the Central Highlands, Victoria. The work is composed with a central white track related to meandering around the garden. Flower beds of varying colours, a burst of pink meadow flowers and tilled earth, and the iconic gardener’s gumboot (on the left).

This beautiful artwork is now delighting diners at an upmarket Melbourne restaurant, along with paintings by other artists including Peter Griffen and Marise Maas.

A new corporate office in the Docklands with fantastic views over Victoria Harbour, has recently installed six large original Australian artworks to further enhance its quality fitout. The office is ready for rental and our client has used these stunning artworks to make the workspace look it’s absolute best for potential local and overseas clients.

The colour and vibrancy of large original artwork complements and finishes off a quality office fit out. It increases the chance of renting an office to a high status client. It is important that the artwork is carefully selected to complement and enhance the interior design and Corporate Art Rentals includes this service free of charge.

One of Corporate Artwork Rentals clients wanted to swap over a large 3 metre artwork to two lighter works in order to brighten up their city office foyer. We supplied two large Fiona Halse paintings each measuring 170cm(H) x 200cm(L). The transformation was instantaneous and will be further improved once downlights are installed to highlight the paintings. During the install, the building’s tenants passing through the foyer were asking questions about the new artwork. It’s great to see the interest and excitement that original Australian artwork can elicit.

One of Corporate Art Rentals clients wanted to brighten up and make more interesting a long passage way from the tenants’ carpark to their offices. Rental of artwork was an option, but in this case our client decided to commission one of Corporate Art Rentals artists to paint a 15 metre cityscape along the passage wall. The artist Merryn Trevethan consulted with our client on a suitable design which included aspects of the Melbourne cityscape.

A recently modernised city office building has installed original Australian artworks to further enhance its refurbishment and help attract new tenants. One of the offices has installed four paintings by artists Jason Haufe, Peter Griffen and Nichola Malpas.

These wonderful, vibrant artworks bring colour and light into an already impressive and professional looking work space.

Artist Doug Wright has recently joined Corporate Art Rentals and proven to be a popular choice with our clients. His painting titled, ‘Spring’ has just been hung in the very busy foyer of an office complex located in Melbourne’s CBD.

Doug Wright was born in Ballarat in 1944. During 1963 – 1964 he studied at Ballarat School of Mines Art School, in 1966 at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, resulting in a Diploma of Art (Fine Art Painting). Since 1974 Doug has had over 30 solo exhibitions and is represented in numerous collections including National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria, New Parliament House Collection, Canberra; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; University of Ballarat; Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art to name a few.

A fun, family style and caring environment for their staff & clients, prompted a boutique accounting firm in Melbourne to brighten their office up with paintings by artists Donald Ramsay and Gabrielle Jones.

Geoff Harrison’s exhibition opens tonight at 6pm at Tacit Art Gallery located at Level 1, 189 Johnston Street, Collingwood Melbourne. The exhibition runs till the 29th July ’23. Below are a few pictures taken before the opening.

A new boutique Bank, looking to properly serve market segments that have been ignored by existing Banks in recent years, has installed nine beautiful artworks by Corporate Art Rental artists Karen Standke and Geoff Harrison.

One of Corporate Art Rentals clients creatively uses original Australian artwork to add colour to their building foyer. The artwork is changed every three months in order to maintain interest for their tenants. Their latest choice is a painting by artist Gabrielle Jones titled ‘One Thing Leads to Another’. The artist statement for the painting is, “A stand of scrubby trees as viewed from a passing vehicle on a country road, dissolves. The motion is pinned and made filmic by the inferred vertical lines.”

A boutique financial firm wanted to make their workplace more welcoming in a bid to encourage staff to return to the office. One of the ways suggested was to rent large original Australian artworks to create colour and interest. Corporate Art Rentals artists, Agneta Ekholm, Gabrielle Jones and John Ryrie supplied their paintings which helped the client transform their workspace into a more attractive environment for their staff.

Photographer Mike Reed often sees what most of us fail to see about us. His colourful and playful photographs of road surfaces both intrigue and delight viewers. A recently renovated office in Melbourne selected 5 of Mike’s works to bring light, colour and fun into their workspace. It’s a great example of how renting artwork can both enhance a workspace and make it more interesting for the company’s associates.

Two large paintings by Corporate Art Rentals artist Fiona Halse have added light and colour to a modern CBD office in a multi-storey complex. Complementing Fiona’s works is a beautiful painting by Queensland based artist Gabrielle Jones. These original artworks are owned by the artists and the rental income helps them keep doing what they do best, making magnificent artworks for us all to enjoy.

Sydney artist John Webb uses Australian landforms, flora and fauna and traces of human habitation to create works that are beautiful, interesting and different. A recently redeveloped office complex in Melbourne has chosen John’s painting ‘Near Mildura’ to complement its foyer & coffee shop area. The painting makes a great entry statement and a pleasing and colourful backdrop for associates enjoying a break. This painting was the winner of the Art Gallery of NSW’s prestigious Trustees’ Watercolour Prize in 2014.

A recently refurbished office in the Melbourne CBD has leased 3 colourful works by Adelaide artist Marlene Kindon. These beautiful paintings are located in the central work area so that they can be enjoyed by all staff.

An innovation and venture capital partner, associated with one of Australia’s major Banks, has recently installed 5 large and colourful abstract paintings in their Sydney office, They required the work within a two week time frame and Corporate Art Rentals worked with artists Peter Griffen and Fiona Halse to achieve this. Fiona’s beautiful painting graces the entry foyer and four of Peter’s works enhance the office and dining areas.

Two bold, mesmerising paintings by Australian artist John Aslanidis have been installed into the gallery foyer at Craftworks in Abbotsford. The artist will give a talk to the building’s tenants later this year.

Artist Jason Haufe is an accomplished draughtsman and has been selected for the Dobell Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney, Australia) in 2009, 2008 and 2005. Recently, Haufe gave a talk to the tenants at ‘Craftworks’, the newly completed commercial complex in Mollison street, Abbottsford. Inspired by the Bauhaus movement, Craftworks has been designed by CHT Architects to support and encourage collaborative thinking. The entry foyer of the building acts as an art gallery where artists are invited to talk to the building’s tenants. In the most recent artist’s talk, Jason Haufe held his Abbottsford audience spellbound, when he gave a passionate and informative talk about his artwork and the process used in creating it. Jason said that whilst studying Fine Art at Monash University, he was initially interested in figuration but then gradually moved on to non representational art. It was fascinating to hear him talk about the process he employs to create his large and colourful artworks. In order for the colour harmony to work within the painting and to create its own colour perspective, Jason firstly creates smaller scale versions and drawings. It isn’t until he finds the perfect balance that he proceeds to a larger canvas and then he only paints one canvas at a time. Each tone is determined and premixed before commencing on a large canvas. Jason talked about how he uses various colours to move the viewer’s eye around the painting. The shapes he says are also a way of creating perspective, adding to that push and pull and optical illusion. The delineation of some shapes was inspired by Picasso and Cezanne. All in all it was a very informative and passionate talk and the audience, who were mostly architects could immediately relate it to their own discipline.

A new, multi-story office complex will be welcoming customers with a stunning foyer complemented by original Australian artworks. Five large paintings by established artists, Agneta Ekholm, Bruce Earles, Fiona Halse and Paul Laspagis, enhance the building’s large open plan entry. These paintings are an excellent example of how original Australian artwork can add colour and vibrancy to a workspace.

A magnificent home in Melbourne’s south east has recently been enhanced with beautiful paintings from artists, Fiona Halse, Merryn Trevethan and Krista Stewart.

A Melbourne restaurant that aims to provide an experience that is one of excitement, intrigue and intimacy has recently installed two large Peter Griffen paintings to complement its tasteful decor.

Corporate Art Rentals have just placed 5 large paintings by Melbourne artist Jason Haufe in a beautiful, state of the art foyer of a Melbourne office complex. The five large artworks complement and enhance what was already a stunning entry to this new office building.

A special thanks to Tom & Anita from Ellis Art Installations for their professional work.

A passionate and innovative architecture firm has recently designed and built a 9 story office complex in Abbotsford, Melbourne. Inspired by the Bauhaus movement, Craftworks has been designed to support and encourage collaborative thinking. It is a collective, with opportunities to interconnect and network on every level via a thoughtfully arranged internal program. Containing a gallery, theatre, creative hub, café, wellness centre and rooftop gardens, Craftworks is a lifestyle for businesses who are passionate about their craft.

Corporate Art Rentals were selected by the architectural firm to supply artwork for their office space within the building. Paintings by artists Merryn Trevethan, Krista Stewart and Bruce Earles enhance the superb, high quality fit out.

In mid 2021, Corporate Art Rental’s artist Merryn Trevethan was commissioned by Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) to create a mural for the Chillzone area of their new home at Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay in Sydney. Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay is part of the prestigious arts precinct on Sydney harbour and is also home to The Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Bell Shakespeare national theatre company. The dynamic design is inspired by the surrounding area including the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. Recently completed, the Chillzone is proving to be a popular environment for rest, play and collaboration for professional creatives, youth and the dedicated ATYP team.

Merryn is available for specially commissioned mural projects and you can view more of her work on her website here. Click here to view her paintings that are available for rental.

Mural design and conceptualisation by Merryn Trevethan- Mural realisation by Sharon Billinge – Iceberg seating design and art commissioning by Tobhiyah Stone Feller – Photography by Katherine Lu – ATYP Workshop participants contributed to the development of the mural by sourcing site specific imagery from Google maps during 2021 Covid Lockdown.

As from today, Krista Stewart’s beautiful painting, ‘Sensual Groove’ will be delighting visitors to this entry foyer in Collins St, Melbourne. Our client likes to rent their artwork so that they can changeover their paintings every three months to keep the entry to their building both interesting and informative for their tenants.

Krista’s artist statement is below.
“Sensual Groove, is a picture based on curves overlapping each other with the hot orange red being the dominant colour. The hot orange red form provides the passion, the underlying colours support the top elongated hot orange red – suggesting red passionate lips , creating added drama. Sculptural forms within this picture are play full and contemporary, which brings about a sensual kinetic energy.”

Mike Reed is extremely well known in Advertising Film Production but now explores opportunities to create even more success in photography and the publishing of unique creative photobooks. Mike’s work is influenced by a phenomena called Pareidolia which is a type of illusion of light, shadow and form representing something that is clear and distinct; usually in clouds but also people have claimed to see Elvis or the Messiah in the discolourations of a burnt slice of toast, or the image of Vladimir Putin in the soapy scum of a shower curtain. Mike’s works employ a graphical and colourful approach, utilising colour enhancing techniques and Fuji Flex paper mounted on a light but strong Dibond aluminium frame. For more information on Mike’s work, please visit his website here.

John Aslanidis’s vibrant paintings, pulsating with colour, movement, and energy, are created with a mathematical algorithm, which underpins the symmetry of the compositional coherence. Metro Gallery in Melbourne, is currently showing Sonic Network no 20, an exhibition of recent paintings by Aslanidis. To see paintings by John Aslanidis that are available to rent, please click here.

A premium lounge, dedicated to serving high profile airline customers, is now proudly displaying paintings by artists John Aslanidis, Donald Ramsay and Martin King.

John Aslanidis’s paintings give a visual expression to the physicality of sound and can be both mesmerising and soothing. John’s paintings are collected internationally and he was recently commissioned to paint a 84 sqm wall painting for Longchamp’s Omotesando boutique in Tokyo. A predominant theme in Donald Ramsay’s paintings is his interpretation of the Australian natural wilderness landscape. Donald’s studio is located on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and many of his paintings are from that area. Martin King is acknowledged widely as one of Australia’s leading printmakers and many of his works on paper trace the movement of rain shadows and the effect of weather patterns across undulating terrain and vast tracts of desert. His work often expresses the fragility of our relationship with nature.

Corporate Art Rentals artist, Paul Laspagis has an exhibition of his work on at the Victorian Artists Society in Carlton, just across from St Patricks Cathedral. The gallery is open 10 to 4pm weekdays and 1pm to 4pm on weekends. Paul sees painting and drawing as tools with which to explore and to become conscious of the subliminal order underlying the visual world and endeavours to give it a voice through a contemporary aesthetic language that he has evolved over the years. If you would like to rent any of Paul’s beautiful paintings, please click on this link. To read a bit about Paul and his work, please click here.

Staff returning to their Collins street office will be greeted by a large Peter Griffen painting titled ‘Tracks to Waterhole #2″. This beautiful painting is located in the foyer of a multi-storey office building in Melbourne’s CBD. What a great way to welcome staff back to the office!

Recently a Sydney based company specialising in high end civil and construction services, used our website to select a stunning artwork to enhance a feature ‘off-form’ concrete wall in their office. The artwork they selected was a large painting by artist Karen Standke. Looking at the photos below, it was an excellent selection by the company and brings extra life & colour to their quality architectural wall.

A recently listed financial services business requested Corporate Art Rentals to provide five high quality archived prints, including one massive work over 3 metres long, for its central Sydney office. The company had previously commissioned Corporate Art Rentals to install archived prints by the artist Merryn Trevethan in their Melbourne office and wanted to keep a similar theme in Sydney. The attached photos show the final result and are a great example how artwork can enhance a professional office fit out.

This magnificent John Aslanidis painting, titled ‘Alternation network’ has recently returned and is now available for rental. It measures 6m long and 1.5 metres high. It would be a perfect statement piece for a large foyer. Visit John’s page here to view this painting and his other works.

We just visited the wonderful exhibition of paintings by Corporate Art Rentals artist Amanda van Gils at Gallery Smith in Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne. Check out Amanda’s paintings available for rental on our website here. For more of Amanda’s works visit her website.

One of Corporate Art Rentals most popular artists is Karen Standke. Several of our customers rent Karen’s beautiful paintings in their foyers & reception areas. Karen’s vibrant and colourful depictions of the Australian outback are truly mesmerising and they make a magnificent statement piece for your clients’ first point of entry. Karen has recently returned from a trip around Australia and is exhibiting her new works at the Manningham Gallery and will be giving her artist’s talk at Manningham on Monday 23rd July at 12pm. Click here for more information on Karen’s exhibition.

Corporate Art Rentals’ artist, Ian Wells is exhibiting his work at the Five Walls Projects gallery in Footscray.
In Ian Wells’ paintings, allusions to tabs, folds and slots and the deliberate misuse of the symbols of cardboard packaging, tease our sense of recall with recognisable forms.

The resultant paintings contain an array of odd and unlikely shapes. Forms are intersected by creases, cut lines and separate panels, interrupting our attention to the bigger picture. Images appear within the paintings, indirectly referencing little-known and indistinguishable forms that exist in industry and consumable products. In the interstitial passages of painting, the viewer is left to recognise and make sense of elements that skirt the boundary of recollection. The viewer’s perceptual re-ordering and ‘filling in’ of these disregarded and frequently discarded forms is an attempt to make sense in an undetermined environment, neither new nor old; an uncomfortable, difficult third.”

Visit the Tacit Contemporary Art Gallery between the 23 August to 10 September to see Corporate Art Rentals artist Geoff Harrison’s exhibition of beautiful landscapes. Geoff completed his Bachelor Of Arts (Fine Art), at RMIT in Melbourne. He also completed the prestigious Drawing Marathon, run by Graham Nickson at the Adelaide School of Art. Geoff partook in an Associated Diploma in Art and Design, as well as gaining his Associate Diploma in Cartography at RMIT. Painting for Geoff is a journey of self-discovery and he is constantly pushing himself to the limits of his ability to achieve this. He often feels the aim of his paintings is to punch holes in the gallery walls and let the daylight in, or nightlight depending on the work. Geoff’s works are atmospheric, peaceful and draw the viewer into their space.

Tacit Contemporary Art Gallery (http://tacitart.com.au/)

Congratulations to Corporate Art Rentals artist, Karen Standke for her work being exhibited at the Ballarat Gallery’s, ‘Black Mist Burnt Country’ exhibition. The exhibition finishes on the 5th February.
Exhibition link: http://artgalleryofballarat.com.au/gallery_exhibitions/black-mist-burnt-country-testing-bomb-maralinga-australian-art/

Karen’s work is amongst a group of indigenous and non indigenous artists commemorating the little known story of the British atomic tests at Maralinga in the 1950’s. Karen’s large triptych work, ‘Road to Maralinga II’ features on the Ballarat Gallery’s website promoting the exhibition. Whilst this work may be unavailable due to it being exhibited, you can lease other of Karen’s paintings from Corporate Art Rentals. View Karen Standke artworks !

Join one of Corporate Art Rental’s artists Peter Griffen and his wife Denise Lithgow at an exclusive art workshop in Olhao, Portugal between 24th to the 31st of May 2017. Participants will get an opportunity to paint or make textile art in this beautiful and atmospheric village of southern Portugal. More details about the workshop ‘Art in the Algarve’ – https://www.artinthealgarve.com/art-courses/1031

The package of comfortable accommodation, all meals and tuition from Peter and Denise is available only for £865.00 (approx. A$1,500) per person.

About Peter Griffen – Peter works as a full-time artist in Sydney and is influenced as much by the classical painting of the Renaissance as by the serendipity of abstract expressionism. His work can be found in many galleries and private collections throughout Australia and Europe.

Looking to lease artwork for your office? Check out Peter’s collection of beautiful and striking paintings which can transform your office space. https://corporateartrentals.com.au/author/petergriffen/

Merryn Trevethan, a Singapore-resident, Melbourne-native artist is proud to present a body of work that marks a chapter of her practice entitled “The Party’s Over”. Merryn’s inspiration stems from her observation of the urban landscape of globalised cities.

The show’s title “The Party’s Over” is a line from Leonard Cohen’s song A Street. Influenced by recent geopolitical changes occurring across the world, Trevethan observes a city that is constantly in flux and is continuously re-inventing itself. While specific buildings are not readily identifiable in the work, Trevethan captures the essence of each city scene with chromatic lines and varied hues. She depicts a landscape without horizon- using colour to collapse the picture plane. Each painting is not a portrait of any specific city but a convergence of urban cues

Exhibition Title: The Party’s Over…
Venue: The Australian High Commission, Singapore
2 AUG – 30 SEP 2016

Her selected engagements in Singapore include being awarded First Prize for the DRIVE – Public Art Open Call for her work “Accelerator City”, where she painted a mural on an outdoor wall at Gillman Barracks. In 2015, Trevethan was commissioned to create artwork for the new Facebook Headquarters at South Beach Tower, Singapore, as part of the Facebook Artist in Residence Program and is currently in the process of expanding this project.

IMAGE CREDIT: Photography by Jo Rankine