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About Martin Guinness and artworks

In addition to being a multi-award-winning filmmaker and author, Martin Guinness is also an abstract expressionist artist.

"One of the things I really like about abstract expressionism is its mutability factor. You might have something in mind that you’re going to paint, but then spontaneity and intuition take over and the existential experience means that the painting tells its own story. And the outcome is generally much better than the original idea would have been."

With a nod towards great expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Clyfford Still, my work often makes a statement about paint itself and surface, with its application being foregrounded. My university education in psychology also leads to a neo-surrealist focus on the subconscious and Carl Jung’s theories about the collective unconscious.

Much of what inspires my work comes from the imaginings of nature: from the vast to the minuscule, from an image of deep space to an extra close-up photograph of a virus.

All work is for sale and is sold unframed. Please contact the artist at lifedancer.publish@gmail.com for details.

Recently exhibited at several local group art shows

Come and visit me in my studio/gallery in Woollahra, NSW

@martinguinness_artist​

Cartographies of the Unseen traces the invisible pathways that shape our inner and outer worlds. Through flowing lines and layered textures, each work becomes a fragment of an abstract map—inviting viewers to navigate through memory, intuition, and emotional resonance.

Please see dimensions and prices of all works lower down the page

All prices are in AUD (Australian dollars)
and are the price direct from the artist.
They do not include delivery

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The Goddesses of Spring.jpg

The Goddesses of Spring series

  Chloris                     Aphrodite                     Kali                       Helios

The Goddesses of Spring is a series of abstract expressionist works that contemplate nature as a living lineage. Each painting presents a single bloom emerging from a shared field of soft, atmospheric pink — a space that suggests memory, tenderness, and the quiet persistence of growth. Though united by palette and gesture, each bloom asserts its own temperament. Together they evoke a sisterhood of natural forces — related, yet distinctly individual.

Traces of Spring_11zon.jpg
Dragon.jpg
Inja.jpg
Tree-Sea Change.jpg
Joseph.jpg
Fragments.jpg
Mapping the Invisible.jpg
Regeneration and Renewal.jpg
Legacy of the Golden Dragon.jpg
Summer Joy.jpg
Eruption of Silence.jpg
Birth of a Golden Dragon.jpg

 Birth of a Golden Dragon

Acrylic on canvas

121 x 91cm

$450

Regeneration and Renewal.jpg

 Regeneration and Renewal

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 101cm

$400

Traces of Spring.jpg

 Traces of Spring

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm Framed

$300

Elysium.jpg

Elysium

Acrylic on canvas

102 x 76cm

$400

Yatra

Acrylic on canvas

102 x 76cm

$500

Behind My Eyes_edited.jpg

 Behind My Eyes

Acrylic on canvas

61 x 50cm

$350

 Incendio

Acrylic on canvas

91 x 61cm

$450

Luscious Dreams

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

Floriade.jpg

Ripples and Reflections of Sunset

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$250

Oh The Morning Glory!

Acrylic on canvas

122cm X 90cm

$600

The Early Days pentaptych

Acrylic on canvas

Each 30 x 25cm

$500 - the set

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Explorare2

Acrylic on canvas

99 x 196cm

$600

My Happy Place.jpg

My Happy Place

Acrylic on canvas

49 x 40cm

$250

Three Communities - Yellow.jpg

3 Communities - Yellow

Mixed media

Acrylic and net on canvas

30 x 23cm

Multiculturalism.jpg

Multiculturalism

Mixed media

Acrylic and net on canvas

36 x 28cm

$200

Galaxy M74.jpg

Galaxy M74

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 50cm

$400

3 Communities - Orange

Mixed media

Acrylic and net on board

30 x 23cm

$450- the set

3 Communities -

Red

Mixed media

Acrylic and net on canvas

30 x 23cm

l'arrivo (the arrival)

Acrylic on canvas

60 x 90cm

$500

Coelicus.jpg

Coelicus

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$250

Palimpsest with triskele.jpg

Palimpsest with triskele

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$250

New Fluvius.jpg

Fluvius

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$250

Appolinaris.jpg

A Manifesto for Vulnerability

Acrylic on canvas

49 x 59cm

$400

Invasion of the Dental Flossers.jpg

Invasion of the Dental Flossers

Dental flossers on carpet tile

40 x 49cm

$400

Inja.jpg

Inja

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

Eruption of Silence.jpg

Eruption of Silence

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 40cm

$350

Bringer of Joy and Happiness

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$350

Closing The Distance Between Us.jpg

Closing the Distance Between Us

Acrylic on canvas

76 x76cm

$400

Fragments of a Memory.jpg

Fragments of a Memory

Acrylic on canvas

76 x 60cm

$400

TreeSea Change.jpg

Tree/Sea Change

Acrylic on board

49 x 53cm

$350

Mapping the Invisible.jpg

Mapping the Invisible

Acrylic on canvas

45 x 45cm

$350

Memorising

Acrylic on canvas

91 x 91cm

$400

Nyctophilia.jpg

Nyctophilia

Acrylic on canvas

49 x 53cm

$400

Joseph's New Coat.jpg

Joseph's New Coat

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

Genesis Code.jpg

Genesis Code

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 26cm

$250

Legacy of the Golden Dragon.jpg

Legacy of the Golden Dragon

Acrylic on canvas

91 x 121cm

$600

Legacy of the Golden Dragon - detail.jpg

Legacy of the Golden Dragon

Detail

The Goddesses of Spring series

4 Sisters 1.jpg

Chloris

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

4 Sisters 3.jpg

Aphrodite

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

4 Sisters 2.jpg

Kali

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

4 Sisters 4.jpg

Helios

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 30cm

$300

Summer Joy.jpg

Summer Joy

Acrylic on canvas

101 x 76cm

$400

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