AMY WRIGHT, CHLOE CADAY, EDWINA EDWARDS, EDAN AZZOPARDI, JAMES RICHES, JESSIE ROSE FORD, JOSHUA DE GRUCHY, HANNAH VAN DER WAL, HILARY GREEN, AND MICKEY MASON
26 MARCH–12 APRIL 2026
The Quiet Hours brings together ten artists exploring the fleeting moments that frame the day—just before sunrise, just after sunset, and into the deeper hues of the night. In these works, light softens into shadow, colours deepen, and familiar places settle into a quiet stillness. The transition between daylight and darkness becomes both subject and storyteller, revealing the quiet tension of a world shifting into its nocturnal self.
Together, the artworks invite viewers to pause in these often overlooked hours, to sense the subtle transformations of the landscape, and to experience these scenes not as static views but as living spaces held in a rare and contemplative calm.
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
11-28 September 2025
Brunswick Street Gallery
While many turn their gaze to the grandiose vistas of the vast open spaces of the countryside, James Riches' paintings are a quiet celebration of the overlooked beauty in our suburban landscapes. Intrigued by the less revered corners of the city, Riches turns to his hometown of Melbourne for inspiration for Between Light & Shadow-capturing the quiet streets, the soft play of light over rooftops, and the shifting hues of urban skies.
Inspired by the legacy of the Australian Impressionists, Riches' paintings speak to a deep appreciation of the familiar, the everyday, and the strangely emotional and nostalgic connection we have to our surroundings. Through Riches' paintings, we see our local suburbs with new eyes, not just for the steady rhythm of the everyday but as life-filled scenes that hold a deep, quiet beauty.
BSG
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash
31×41 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed Vic. Ash.
23×12 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen. Framed in Vic. Ash.
31×41 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
23×13 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash.
15×20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
4-8 December 2024
Brunswick Street Gallery
‘What makes Riches’ work so compelling is not just his skill in capturing the physical characteristics of suburban Melbourne but his ability to convey emotion through that landscape. Where many might overlook the mundane details of urban life, Riches brings them to the forefront with tenderness and depth, revealing not just the buildings, trees, or streets but the emotional essence of the places themselves. In turn, Riches’ paintings evoke that quiet, sometimes melancholic, and nostalgic connection we all have with the places we inhabit.
These works are more than simply representations of suburban life; they are an exploration of our emotional resonance of these spaces, capturing the mood and the stillness of moments that are easily lost in the rush of daily life.’
Jacqui Burnes – Gallery Manager & Curator, BSG Projects
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on Birchply panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on Birchply panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on Birchply panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on Birchply panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
13-28 July 2024
Brunswick Street Gallery
'The mainline through Northcote, Thornbury and Preston, James Riches’ new series High Street: New Paintings, presents the famed street–recently declared the world’s coolest–in uncharacteristic quietness, cast aglow in the changing light of the day. In these hours, the viewer is offered a more serene view of a scene often bustling with people, as if we are glancing out the window of the 86 at the end of a long day.
Brimming with sentimentality, these paintings are an ode to a stretch of road that is the heartbeat for many lives. Harnessing the fleeting palettes and momentary beauty of the changing skies, Riches’ paintings are a contemplative, perhaps romanticized study of suburban scenes. Offering a narrative touched with nostalgia, his paintings place us within the magical hours as the world quietens down with the dipping of the sun, to emerge anew and hopeful with each breaking dawn.'
Jacqui Burnes - BSG Projects Manager
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on canvas panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
15x20 cm
7-21 December 2023
Brunswick Street Gallery
‘Harnessing the fleeting palettes and momentary beauty of the changing skies, James Riches’ paintings are a contemplative, perhaps romanticised study of suburban scenes. Offering a narrative touched with nostalgia, his paintings place us within the magical hours as the world quietens down with the dipping of the sun, to emerge anew and hopeful with each breaking dawn.
As Riches’ practice slowly moves in a new direction, these artworks are both the result of, and a subtle nod toward the artist’s transition into a new era of painting, as his lens shifts towards new horizons.’
Jacqui Burnes - BSG Projects Manager
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen, framed in Vic. Ash
32.4X22.2cm
Oil on linen, framed in Vic. Ash
32.4X22.2cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
48X27.5cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
Oil on linen panel, framed in Vic. Ash
14X24cm
1-18 JUNE 2023 BSG
‘Exploring a somewhat dark, vaguely idyllic notion of landscape in suburbia, Last Light: New Paintings is James Riches’ representational debut at Brunswick Street Gallery, presented by BSG PROJECTS. Developed from Riches’ personal catalogue of photographs and drawing material, the works are reminiscent of certain schools of Australian Impressionism, and are at once a timeless and contemporary encapsulation of our very own backyard.’
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash with a natural wax finish.
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic. Ash
23x13cm
These small scale oil paintings have been developed from the same point of observation where the only constant is radically changing light and sky. The garden is so complex with rambling foliage I can only suggest a few silhouetted branches and maybe a corrugated iron roof in dying light. Never painted from direct observation; imagination, reference material and time turn these fleeting lightscapes into painted studies.
For available works visit the SHOP, or the Brunswick Street Gallery STOCKROOM
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birch ply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birch ply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birch ply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birch ply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Shortlisted for Lethbridge Landscape Prize 2021
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Shortlisted for Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award 2021
Oil on birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
10”x5” / 25x13cm
Oil on birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
10”x5” / 25x13cm
Oil on linen on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
10”x5” / 25x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
This little series had been brewing for sometime and suddenly needed painting. The moon is such a potent symbol, but this precise pale abstraction suspended in rich velvety colour is so beautifully compelling visually – a perfect shape marking the sky. A series of drawings I made from about 15 years ago depicted a circle with a small figure almost dissolving into an intricate web of inked lines. I don’t recall considering these to be representative of the moon, but possibly I am wrong.
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Visit the SHOP for availability
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
These are a continuation of paintings made from collected reference material and my immediate lockdown surroundings. This little series has essentially been an excuse to experiment with cerulean blue pigment. Rich, beautiful and makes for a perfect sky.
Visit the SHOP for availability
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
These are a continuation of paintings made from collected reference material and my immediate lockdown surroundings. They have unintentionally become a slightly desperate, broken panorama of a backyard view - hopefully surveying and mapping the perimeters. The recent monochromatic paintings have to be credited to my love of painters Mark Tansey and the landscapes of Eugene Carriere.
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen birchlpy panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
5”x5” / 13x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on linen panel. Framed in Vic Ash with a natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
Oil on birchply panel. Framed in Vic Ash with natural wax finish.
9”x5” / 23x13cm
