
Glimmer
Glimmer interrogates the passage of light which creeps along the Blue Mountains, dissolving the threshold of day into night. This ceaseless, humbling sublimity has greatly impacted the group of artists; Amber Hearn, Hayley Zena, Nastia Gladushchenko, Shannon Smith and Ruby Rain.
Taking a woman’s perspective, the question arises: “What do we do at this time and how does it impact our perception of self?” From putting kids into bed to observing wildlife, going for a bushwalk to making dinner, we watch the light move through our lives echoing the march of time.
Here the artists explore change, identity and the everyday. Intending to create connections between women in the city and the mountains, these artists create work which transcends place, time, and language.
image credit: @documentphotography

This series titled The Gloaming was painted in Hayley Zena’s rental backyard, embodying the dirt and grass of the garden she has so tenderly cared for over the past three years. Weaving reflects the balance required to grapple with the everpresent feeling of being on tenterhooks while renting, and simultaneously not letting it stop her from cultivating a garden which holds so much life. Despite the ominous cloud of eviction threats, she persists. Tending to the land, wildlife and thus her own mental health.
left to right
The in-between (Rosella) 2025
acrylic and dirt on canvas
Sub-liminal I 2025
acrylic and dirt on canvas
Sub-liminal II 2025
acrylic and dirt on canvas
The in-between (Satin Bowerbird) 2025
acrylic and dirt on canvas



