Varnish Online

A collection of written art, assembled piece by piece. This curated gallery holds a mix of mature and emerging talent, where the breadth of voices creates a harmonious exhibition.

Patrons are invited to engage not with a single work but the complete collection – one that exposes varying techniques, styles, and accounts.

Oscar Revelins 15/12/25 Oscar Revelins 15/12/25

14. The Light Declines

The top half of Brendan’s body is hanging out of the car door as I emerge from the terminal with my obscenely large travel pack double-strapped to my body…

Gayelene Carbis 15/12/25 Gayelene Carbis 15/12/25

13. What’s Polish For: ‘The Price We Pay’?

You can never tell when she is serious, she skirts around truth, not with me but with him, her husband, whom she’s supposed to be closest to…

Ruby Klammer 15/12/25 Ruby Klammer 15/12/25

12. Perfect

Stare at the shoes…

Edmario Lesi 27/11/25 Edmario Lesi 27/11/25

10. First

My pants were stained where the insides of a dead rabbit had slammed into them…

William McKay 1/5/25 William McKay 1/5/25

5. Small Wing

Chaos from above as glittering charcoal wings dive from nowhere, only narrowly missing us and the bird settles in the path of oncoming foot traffic…

Alex Jovanović 1/4/25 Alex Jovanović 1/4/25

4. Order

Year round, the secluded park amongst period homes exhibited its array of broadleaf trees and…

Remi Shapiro-James 1/3/25 Remi Shapiro-James 1/3/25

3. Just Like Honey

The view from his apartment has always impressed you…

Jake Wighton 1/2/25 Jake Wighton 1/2/25

2. electric blue, bathroom mirror

never one to shy away. the mirror stares back, and in the dim blue light thrown by…

Jaquie Stephens 1/1/25 Jaquie Stephens 1/1/25

1. Post Meridiem

We passed noon in the air, so if it were somewhere, that place was behind and below…