Kirsty McIntyre

Love Notes
Exhibition ~ Grainger Gallery
Opening Aug 14 2025

Each of these paintings began with a foraging or birding expedition.
I’m nerding out with my camo backpack, my long lens at the ready,
my merlin or e-bird app open. A harsh “Yak Yak”- a red wattlebird.. “Zzt-
zzt”- a scrubwren, “Curra..curra..currawong”.. they’re all familiar.

Then the mood turns- excitement builds around an unfamiliar call, theres a
chase, one or two that get away and finally our eyes meet.. time
stands still.. and I am aware that this exquisite creature has been
observing and tracking me in turn, that it has allowed itself to be seen
and I am profoundly grateful.
Part triumph of citizen scientist and part dreamy awestruck magic of
Disney princess. That’s the feeling I am trying to capture in these
compositions- (both real and imagined!)- painted “Love notes” to our
precious Australian flora and avian fauna.



Solo exhibitions;
April 2024; Grainger gallery ACT; “Hope is the thing with feathers”
March 2023; Satch and co gallery, Holbrook NSW “Birds of a feather”
August 2022; The Moree Gallery, NSW; "A Table Shared"
Group Exhibition History (also see prize finalist exhibitions below);
March 2024; The Moree Gallery “Birds of a feather”
September 2023; Grainger gallery, ACT; “Spring Jardin-Falling Flowers”
August 2023; Melbourne affordable art fair with Bluethumb online art gallery
June 2023, Sydney affordable art fair with Martine gallery
July 2023; Weswal gallery, NSW “Bloom”
October 2022; Grainger gallery, ACT;  "Together Alone" joint exhibition with artist, Jane
Aliendi
February 2022; Grainger gallery, ACT; "A Painted Table"
July 2021; Weswal gallery, NSW; "Bloom"
May 2021; The Moree Gallery, NSW; "An Easel by the Door"
February 2019; Victorian artists society, Melbourne; “Four plus one”