Sophie Ryan is an artist from Bathurst, New South Wales living in Canberra. Sophie is driven by a deep connection to her surroundings and a desire to convey a sense of vitality and movement in the world around her.

Sophie moved to Canberra in 2018, undertaking study at The School of Art and Design at The Australian National University, where she graduated in 2022.

Working primarily in painting, Sophie paints a variety of subjects explored through energy in gestural brushstrokes, and a vivid colour palette to create a sense of connection to place and emotion.

Sophie is currently looking into different ways of representing landscapes through gesture, embodiment, emotion and memory while combining elements of drawing and painting.

"Through myriad teal, pink and greys Water Stones depicts Spring Creek rushing with water. As the water moves towards the viewer it moves over stones creating a relaxing trickle as the wind sings through the sheaoak trees over head."

Sophie Ryan, 2024

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