Sally Barling
Brisbane, QLD
My work is a celebration of creativity drawn with a free spirit and open mind. I find inspiration from organic forms, colours and patterns -sometimes found within nature’s hand sometimes it’s the distillation of a moment, an experience or a memory.
I was born into an artistic family and with these roots I feel inspired to create my own style and freely follow my intuition. I am compelled into creative expression as a way to collate and celebrate life experiences-it is a source of pure joy and energy.
I have been painting for over a decade and think of my work as an unfolding of discovery and evolution. For me painting is oxygen-a vital meditative immersion where cognitive thought is suspended to make way for intuition and spontaneous expression.
My palette is most often minimal bringing a sense of elegant simplicity and lightness and yet grounded with richly textured layers. I work in mixed media weaving threads of pattern through textured layers. Some paintings resolve quickly others can linger in a careless state of imbalance until the hidden marks within emerge-an element, a remnant, a symbolic form, a purpose or a question to be considered and explained-this can unlock the essence of the painting.
Over time I’ve learnt not to hurry along the process and have developed the confidence to understand when a painting is complete.
Past works can inform or offer a point of reference but instead of adhering too closely to what I’ve produced before, each new work takes me on the next journey of exploration. I let the painting tell me which path it wants to follow.
My work is currently sold in galleries and design stores in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
Sally Barling
Autumn In The Studio | 2025 | 600 × 900mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
Sally Barling
Florist’s Window (along the Richmond Road) | 2025 | 1050 × 1050mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
SOLD
Sally Barling
Spring Greens | 2025 | 760 × 600mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Pick Of The Bunch | 2025 | 675 × 605mm | Mixed Media on Timber
SOLD
Sally Barling
A Pitcher in Blue | 2025 | 500 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
SOLD
Sally Barling
Terrapotter | 2025 | 500 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study III | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study I | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
We Picked Cornflowers I | 2024 | 610 x 910mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
We Picked Cornflowers II | 2024 | 910 x 610mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Japanese Day Bed in The Studio | 2024 | 1220 x 1620mm | Diptych | Mixed Media on Board
SOLD
Sally Barling
Ready For The Flowers | 2024 | 1220 x 800mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Cornflower Blue I | 2024 | 910 x 455mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Cornflower Blue II | 2024 | 910 x 455mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed
SOLD
Sally Barling
Weavers and The Potters II | 2023 | 400 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Weavers and The Potters I | 2023 | 400 x 400mm | Mixed Media on Timber | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vessel Study II | 2024 | 400 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Gathering at Number 8 | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Vintage Junction | 2022 | 300 x 300mm | Mixed Media on Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Of Script and Clay | 2022 | 1500 x 1000mm } Mixed Media on Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
The Clay Writer | 2022 | 600 x 800mm | Mixed Media on a Deep-Edged Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Patchwork Of Pottery ll | 2022 | 800 x 800mm | Mixed Media on Deep Edge Board | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Melody of Amber Trees | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas
(Acrylic, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink Pencil) | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD
Sally Barling
Songs of Saffron and Gold | 2022 | 1000 x 1500mm | Mixed Media on Canvas | (Acrylic, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink Pencil) | Unframed (Framing Available)
SOLD