Chris Ellis was born in Albury, 1961, spending most of his childhood on his parents farm, he started drawing before he could walk and given his first set of oil paints at the age of nine.

When Chris wasn't helping on the farm, he could be found in the workshop making model boats from scraps of wood, bows and arrows or some other kind of weapon from steel or out in the paddock painting the landscape.

Chris studied Fine Arts at Caulfield Institute of Technology between 1980-81. In 1982 he purchased his own farm in the Henty district and despite the workload, he constructed a studio space allowing him to express his passion for both farming and for art.

This exhibition is a special selection of ephemeral abstract, landscape and drop paintings from Chris' collection. The mediums include bold oil on canvas and more subtle watercolour on Arches paper.

A central theme for this exhibition comes from a flight over Lake Eyre capturing stunning ephemeral images and then creating the artwork in his studio.