Contemporary Queensland Art

Ranna Lachlan's work is contemporary Queensland art which, according to one ARTnews writer, "explores the profound while serving as a portal to beauty". Noticed as a young artist, Ranna® has been featured at premier Queensland galleries like the Institute of Modern Art and the University of Queensland Art Museum.

Reaching beyond the shores of Queensland, Ranna® has also exhibited in Japan, the USA, and Europe.

One of Ranna's Veil pieces (Veil I/ Under the Skin), exhibited in Brisbane, Qld; Washington D.C.; and Winchester, USA, using her signature Shimmer Art™ technique.

Originally trained at the Queensland College of Art in the early 1970s, and augmenting her training during subsequent years at art and post graduate institutes in Queensland and overseas, Ranna's work is infused with brilliant, shimmering light. Although influenced by long sojourns in India and residence in Japan inspiring her to work with the physics of light on the surfaces of her work, the intense light of Queensland also seems to vibrate off the surfaces of Ranna's work in her signature "Shimmer Art"™ method, which she developed while living and creating in Queensland.

Shimmering light in Ranna's work... throughout the history of Queensland art, Queensland artists have tried to capture the shimmering radiance of Queensland's light.
Light refraction media in Ranna's work.

Since 1973, Ranna®, has exhibited in Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, and Tokyo; Washington D.C.; various Virginia, USA locations; Pennsylvania USA; Munich, Germany; and the Embassy of Australia gallery in Washington D.C.

Ranna® has been based in the USA since 1998 but divides her time equally between Australia and the USA, and still comes back to Brisbane several times a year.

During her time in the United States, she has formed Ranna® Arts Incorporated (LLC) and obtained the international trademark, "Ranna®" for her artwork, now incontestable.

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Ranna's work since 2000 is at www.ranna.com

Catalogue, Washington D.C. 2000

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REFERENCES:

Brisbane Hot exhibition, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. 1985.

Queensland/Works 1950-1985: A Survey of 80 Painters, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 1985.

Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Various, 1983 - 1998.