Sally Barling
Brisbane, QLD
My work is a celebration of creativity drawn with a free spirit and open mind. I find inspiration from organic forms, colours and patterns -sometimes found within nature’s hand sometimes it’s the distillation of a moment, an experience or a memory.
I was born into an artistic family and with these roots I feel inspired to create my own style and freely follow my intuition. I am compelled into creative expression as a way to collate and celebrate life experiences-it is a source of pure joy and energy.
I have been painting for over a decade and think of my work as an unfolding of discovery and evolution. For me painting is oxygen-a vital meditative immersion where cognitive thought is suspended to make way for intuition and spontaneous expression.
My palette is most often minimal bringing a sense of elegant simplicity and lightness and yet grounded with richly textured layers. I work in mixed media weaving threads of pattern through textured layers. Some paintings resolve quickly others can linger in a careless state of imbalance until the hidden marks within emerge-an element, a remnant, a symbolic form, a purpose or a question to be considered and explained-this can unlock the essence of the painting.
Over time I’ve learnt not to hurry along the process and have developed the confidence to understand when a painting is complete.
Past works can inform or offer a point of reference but instead of adhering too closely to what I’ve produced before, each new work takes me on the next journey of exploration. I let the painting tell me which path it wants to follow.
My work is currently sold in galleries and design stores in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
Sally Barling
Freesia | 2025 | 760 × 610mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
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Of Stone and Blue | 2025 | 1220 × 910mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
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A Pitcher in Blue | 2025 | 500 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
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Terrapotter | 2025 | 500 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study III | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study I | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
We Picked Cornflowers I | 2024 | 610 x 910mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
We Picked Cornflowers II | 2024 | 910 x 610mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Japanese Day Bed in The Studio | 2024 | 1220 x 1620mm | Diptych | Mixed Media on Board
SOLD
Sally Barling
Ready For The Flowers | 2024 | 1220 x 800mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Cornflower Blue I | 2024 | 910 x 455mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Cornflower Blue II | 2024 | 910 x 455mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Weavers and The Potters II | 2023 | 400 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Weavers and The Potters I | 2023 | 400 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study II | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Gathering at Number 8 | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vintage Junction | 2022 | 300 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Of Script and Clay | 2022 | 1500 x 1000mm } Mixed Media on Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
The Clay Writer | 2022 | 600 x 800mm | Mixed Media on a Deep-Edged Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Patchwork Of Pottery ll | 2022 | 800 x 800mm | Mixed Media on Deep Edge Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Melody of Amber Trees | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
(Acrylic, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink Pencil) | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Songs of Saffron and Gold | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | (Acrylic, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink Pencil) | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD