Night and Day - Jane O'Sullivan

Inspired by the evocative Cole Porter lyrics—“Night and day, you are the one…”—this series of abstract landscapes by Jane O’Sullivan explores the shifting moods and colours of the Australian landscape across time and season. The works celebrate not only place, but the emotions and sensory experiences tied to different times of day and year.

The exhibition was sparked by the creation of a single painting, Night and Day, which, to the artist’s surprise, appeared to depict a landscape caught simultaneously in sunlight and moonlight. This accidental duality prompted O’Sullivan to delve deeper into painting landscapes where the distinctions between light and dark, day and night, season and sensation are blurred and reimagined.

Credit: Jane O’Sullivan, Night and Day, 2024, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist.