Charlotte Wensley is a 2D abstract mixed media artist living and working near Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
Originally from the UK, Charlotte found her love of art from a young age. She created her first large expressive work at age 4 on the living room wall, having been left unsupervised with only a limited supply of paper and a box of crayons. She has been exploring art making as a way to communicate with the world ever since!
Spending hours absorbed in drawing as a child, Charlotte's creative horizons expanded in her late teens, and she was encouraged by her high school art teacher to explore sculpture and large-scale painting.
In subsequent years, she believed she was destined to be an illustrator and developed a passion for writing and illustrating children's stories. She began a Diploma in Advertising but found herself unsuited. She went on to art college in her twenties and there, she found a love of mixed media and collage along with methods of construction, being exposed to metalwork, woodwork, and silversmithing as part of her degree.
Charlotte returned to her 2D practice, working with oils and acrylics, after emigrating to Australia from the UK in 2001.
Global wanderings have infused her visual aesthetic with a love of rich colours; texture and ornament; structures and forms; and the contrast between natural and constructed environments. Diversity of human experience and the reality of unique personal narratives have always held a particular resonance for her, and these thoughts are never far from her mind as she paints.
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2024 - Little Feature – May, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2024 – Incognito Art Show, Sydney
2024 – Abstraction Unveiled, Wentworth Galleries, Sydney
2024 – Abstraction, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina, QLD
2024 – Beyond Form, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2024 – Abstraction, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
2024 - Open Air, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2024 – Our Locals, Studio One Noosa, Noosa QLD
2024 – Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery
2023 – Foot Square Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2023 – Abstraction, Stevens St Gallery, Yandina, QLD
2023 – Eclectica, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, QLD
2023 – Incognito Art Show, Sydney
2023 – Du Rietz Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Gympie, QLD
2023 – Little Feature, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2023 – Neu Neu Emerging Artists Exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
2023 - Petite Pieces Finalists Exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2023 – More Than The Sum Of It's Parts, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
2022 - Eclectica, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy QLD
2022 - Foot Square Finalists Exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2022 - Little Feature, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2022 - Art2Life International Juried Exhibition, Art2Life Gallery, Online
2022 - Studios 100, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy QLD
2022 - August Abstracts, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2022 - Curiosity, Yandina Art & Framing Gallery, Yandina QLD
2022 - Du Reitz Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie QLD
2022 - Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2022 - 20000 Small Scale Art Award Salon De Refuses, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2022 - Incognito Art Show, 22 Lacey Street, Surrey Hills, NSW
2022 - Immanuel Arts Festival, Immanuel Lutheran College, Buderim QLD
2022 - Local Artists Local Content Finalists Exhibition, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra QLD
2022 - Truth Healing Prophecy, Old Ambulance Station Arts Centre, Nambour QLD
2021 - Noosa Open Studios Art Trail, Peregian Beach Studio, QLD
2021 - Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin, Gold Coast QLD
2021 - Meet the Cool Locals, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Gallery, Maleny QLD
Commendations & Awards:
2023 - Winner, Eclectica Art Awards - Abstract Category
2023 - Finalist, Foot Square Art Prize
2023 - Finalist, Caloundra Regional Gallery Local Artists Local Content Art Prize
2023 - Finalist, Du Rietz Art Award Gympie Regional Gallery
2022 - Finalist, Art2Life International Juried Art Show
2022 - Finalist, Du Rietz Art Award Gympie Regional Gallery
2022 - Finalist, Caloundra Regional Gallery Local Artists Local Content Art Prize
2012 - Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Gallery Art Awards
2010 - Top 100 Finalist Award, International Art Search Painting and Drawing Competition
2010 - Honorable Mention, Best Art with a Story - Artwork Network Gallery Denver USA
2011 - Merit Award, American Juried Art Salon 11th International Fine Arts Show
2011 - Merit Award, American Juried Art Salon 12th International Fine Arts Show
2011 - Top 30 Finalist, Mediaplan Publishing Modern Art Community Semiannual Art Competition
2010 - Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Gallery Art Awards
